Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified man next to a tree branch 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 man is standing in front of a woodland backdrop and leaning with his left arm against a tree branch. He wears a dark jacket and trousers and holds a bowler hat at his side in his right hand. His left leg is crossed over his right. The reverse is blank.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.59
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