Photograph by
J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
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 5/8 × 3 7/8 in. (14.3 × 9.9 cm)
H x W (Overall): 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)
Description
A black-and-white photograph of two unidentified women 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 portrait is printed in vignette and shows the women from the waist up. The woman on the proper left is positioned just in front of the woman on the proper right. Her head is turned to her right. She wears a plaid dress with bows at the shoulders. The woman on the proper right is turned to her left and looking past the woman in front of her. She wears a dark dress with a black collar and her hair in a topknot. 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
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.37.28.52
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ee39d3ae-c40c-4553-bac7-80a3d0a9305f

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