Cabinet card of an unidentified child in a gingham dress 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 Child or Children
label: Photograph by
content: James Presley Ball, American, 1825 - 1904
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified child 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 image is a vignette. The child is wearing a light-colored gingham dress and is posed seated in a piece of furniture draped in dark fabric. The arm of an adult is visible at the child's proper left side with the rest of their body out of frame. 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: Children
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: 2014.37.28.36
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 × 3 15/16 in. (14 × 10 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Overall): 6 9/16 × 4 1/4 in. (16.6 × 10.8 cm)