Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified man holding a walking stick 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 posed standing in front of a painted interior backdrop. He wears a dark pinstripe suit and stands between a small table and a cloth-covered piece of furniture. His right elbow rests on the fabric and he holds a small reed walking stick in his right hand. His right leg is crossed over his left. The reverse is blank.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.64
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