Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified boy 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 adolescent boy photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with decorative edges. The name and location of the photo studio are printed on the front along the bottom. The portrait is a vignette and the boy is photographed from the chest up. He has light hair and eyes and wears a dark buttoned up jacket and a plaid necktie with a large circular tie pin. The reverse is blank.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.40
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