- Photograph by
- J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Photograph by
- Ball, James Presley, American, 1825 - 1904
- Date
- 1887-1900
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.9 cm)
- H x W (Overall): 6 7/16 × 4 1/4 in. (16.4 × 10.8 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified girl and an unidentified boy photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the front along the bottom. The children pose on either side of a circular pedestal, the girl to the proper right and the boy on the proper left. The girl wears a white dress and veil and holds a small book in her left hand which rests on the pedestal. She has a ribbon badge pinned to the proper right front side of her bodice. The boy is dressed in a dark suit and rests his right hand on the pedestal with the same small book held out in his left hand. He has a ribbon badge pinned to his left lapel. The reverse is blank.
- Place captured
- Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American West
- Business
- Catholicism
- Children
- Photography
- Religion
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.37.28.49
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




