Cabinet card of an unidentified man and woman by J. P. Ball & Son
date: label: Date
content: 1887-1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Photograph by
content: James Presley Ball, American, 1825 - 1904
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified man and 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 woman stands slightly behind and to the proper right of the man, who is seated in a chair. She wears a light colored dress with a ruffled collar and fingerless gloves. Her left hand is draped over the back of the chair in which the man sits. He has a mustache and wears a dark suit. There is a length of cloth under him that is bunched up in front of his feet. They are posed in front of a painted interior backdrop. The reverse is blank.
place: label: Place captured
content: Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.37.28.60
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 4 1/16 in. (14 × 10.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Overall): 6 7/16 × 4 in. (16.3 × 10.2 cm)