- 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.




