Two women stand in front of the old Bannack Capitol Building, when Bannack was briefly the capital of the territory of Montana in 1862 before it was moved to Virginia City. Inscription with photo reads: "1953 Bannack, Montana, Capitol Building, 1862 in background; Ethel McCullough watches Leslie reading plaque (sic)."
The description that came with the photograph: "Zilpha was the first white child born in the Las Vegas Valley at Old Fort. She was born on August 20, 1856 in Las Vegas Springs Mormon Mission, Territory of Nevada."