Carte-de-visite portrait of Samuel Ely, 1862-1869. Creator: Henry C. Phillips

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Samuel Ely, 1862-1869. Creator: Henry C. Phillips

Carte-de-visite of Samuel Ely shown in three-quarter portrait. [After his civil war service he did farming and worked as a trader at the Oteo Agency, in Nebraska and as an Agent for the Pawnee Indians.] Ely is seated with his body facing the camera, but his head is turned one quarter to his right and he looks off camera. His hair is parted on the left side and combed smooth to just above his ears and he has a full beard and mustache. His cheeks are tinted pink. Ely wears a dark coat with velvet collar, white shirt, dark bowtie, dark vest, and light pants. A watch chain is visible hanging from his vest buttons. His left elbow is propped on the arm of the chair he sits in white his right hand rests on his right thigh. Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the print is the name " Samuel Ely". Handwritten in graphite on the back of the photograph is " Sam. S. Ely. / Wisconsin". Printed on the back of the photograph is a mark for H.C. Phillips with the number " 8664" written in

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