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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50f41163c-d413-4f56-a55b-7d86385c2919

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