Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified man photographed by J.P. Ball & Son
1887-1900
Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified man 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 and the man is posed turned slightly to his left. He wears a dark suit and vest, a white necktie, and has dark short hair and a mustache. The reverse is blank.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.39
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