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Cabinet card of an unidentified woman in profile 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 an unidentified woman 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 shows the woman in profile from the chest up looking to her left. She wears a black choker around her neck. Her hair is gathered at the back of her head in a bun. The reverse is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.47

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