James F. Ballard

**James Franklin Ballard** (an haife shi a ranar 16 ga watan Yuli, 1851 - 23 ga Afrilu, 1931) ɗan kasuwa ne kuma mai tattara kayan fasaha na Amurka wanda ya ƙware a fannin kafet daga Asiya da Gabas ta Tsakiya, da kuma zane-zanen zamanin da na masu fasaha kamar Albrecht Dürer .  A lokacin rayuwarsa, tarin kayan fasahansa ya sami shahara a ƙasa tsakanin masu suka da masu tattara kayan fasaha. 

## Tarin Fasaha

Ballard ya yi yawo a duniya yana neman zane-zane don siya, musamman kafet.  Ya fara tattara kafet a shekarar 1905  Ya yi tafiya sama da mil 470,000 ta Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya,  China, Duwatsun Caucasus, Indiya, Arewacin Afirka, Gabas ta Tsakiya, da kuma ko'ina cikin Turai .  Tafiye-tafiyensa sun same shi a Masar a lokacin buɗe kabarin Tutankhamun a shekarar 1922.  Gwamnatin Girka ta ɗaure shi na ɗan lokaci, kuma ya shaida Babban Wutar Smyrna (yanzu İzmir ). 

Katunan Ballard na farko sun samo asali ne daga ƙarni na 10.  A shekarar 1922, Ballard ya gabatar wa Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Metropolitan da ke New York, tarin katunan gabas guda 126 waɗanda a lokacin aka kimanta su kan dala rabin miliyan.  Daga baya ya kawo ƙarin katunan biyu, ɗaya daga cikinsu yana ɗauke da rigar Tamerlane, wanda ya kafa Daular Timurid .  Ya kuma ba da tarin katunan ga Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Saint Louis .

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Ballard a Ashtabula, Ohio ga James Ballard da Eliza (Heath) Ballard. Iyayensa suna da babban filin katako a arewacin Michigan kusa da Lapere . 

### Sana'a
Duk da cewa mahaifinsa yana da isassun kuɗi daga gonarsa ta katako, ƙaramin Ballard ya zaɓi shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo da yawon buɗe ido a ƙasar tun yana ƙarami. Daga baya ya fara shagunan magani a faɗin ƙasar kuma ya zauna a Saint Louis, Missouri . Yayin da yake Saint Louis, ya shiga cikin sarkar shagunan magani na jimla, Richardson & Company. 

A shekara ta 1882, Ballard ya janye daga Richardson & Company, ya sake fara kasuwancinsa, wato Ballard Snow Liniment Company. Wannan kamfani ya ƙera ɗaya daga cikin magungunan mallakar da aka fi tallatawa da rarrabawa a lokacin. Tallace-tallacen wannan maganin ne ya sa ya samu arziki. Bayan shekara ta 1923, ana kiran kasuwancinsa da James F. Ballard Incorporated, wanda shi ne babban mai shi, kuma a cikin shekarun baya, ma'ajin kuɗi. Baya ga Ballard's Snow Liniment, ya kuma sayar da: Swaim's Panacea, White's Cream Vermifuge, Campho Phenique, Smith's Bile Beans, Ozmanlis Nerve Pills, da Littell's Liquid Sulphur, waɗanda duk an tallata su a cikin littafinsa da ya buga da kansa: Ballard's Book of the Great War .

Ballard shi ma ya mallaki kamfanin Henry B. Platte na New York . Shi ne darektan Bankin Ƙasa na Mechanics-American, kuma wanda ya gaje shi, First National Bank & Union Trust Company na Saint Louis. 

### Membobi

* Kwalejin Zane ta Ƙasa da ke New York
* Ƙungiyar 'Yan Majalisa ta Ƙasa a Washington, DC
* Ƙungiyar Tarihi ta Missouri  a Saint Louis
* Ƙungiyar Tarihin Kayan Tarihi ta Saint Louis 
* Ƙungiyar Saint Louis
* Ƙungiyar Bankers ta New York
* Ƙungiyar Salmagundi  ta New York
* Ƙungiyar Tattalin Arziki ta New York
* Ƙungiyar Lotus ta New York

Takardun sirri na James F. Ballard suna cikin taskar adana kayan tarihi na Saint Louis Art Museum. Mutum zai iya duba bayanin abubuwan da ke ciki a wannan hanyar haɗin yanar gizon.  Ana samun su ga masu bincike ta hanyar alƙawari.

## Manazarta