- Photograph by
- J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- 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 9/16 × 3 15/16 in. (14.1 × 10 cm)
- H x W (Overall): 6 1/2 × 4 3/16 in. (16.5 × 10.7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two unidentified women 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 portrait is a vignette. The boy is posed between the two women. He wears a dark suit jacket and a watch chain. The women both wear dark dresses and decorative hair ornaments. The woman on the boy's right is leaning her head towards him and they both look at the camera, while the woman at the proper left looks out of frame to her right. 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
- 2014.37.28.57
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




