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Cabinet card of two unidentified women photographed by J. P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North and Central America

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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 a two unidentified women 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 shows the two women from the waist up posed leaning toward each other with their heads touching. The woman on the proper left wears a dark dress and has light-colored hair. The woman on the proper right wears a black and white dress and has dark-colored hair. The reverse is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.44

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