The writing at the bottom of the photograph reads: "E. G. Reed's father; Civil War; Brother of Mary A. Reed Chase."]]>
On verso: "Uncle Isom Reed and family. See wartime daguerreotype; Aunt 'Liz', Maggie, Harlen, Delmer - sitting."]]>
On verso: "Eustace Glen Reed's grandfather Reed, Irma and Helen's great grandfather, Katherine's and [Sladder's] great great grandfather Reed."]]>
On verso: "My father, 1865."]]>
On verso: "Original daguerreotype of my father, William Reed. Taken at Louisville, KY in 1863. The larger photo is a copy I had made about 1904. He was 31 at the time. He sent the picture to his sister, Aunt Mary Ann Reed Chase. 1951 E. G. Reed."]]>
On verso: "Uncle Isom Reed, brother of William Reed. Taken at 17 in his cavalry uniform. Young Isom was a Civil War veteran when barely 19. He married Elizabeth Hull in Douglas - one daughter and two sons - all are deceased. Uncle Isom was a good man and Aunt Elizabeth a wonderful woman. 1951 E. G. Reed."]]>
On verso: "My grandfather Thurman's captain, 14th Illinois Cavalry."]]>
On verso: "Joy Lindsay Xmas 1905; Susan Doniphan Frazee, Aged about 55 years. Ephraim Samuel Frazee, Aged about 25 years. Perhaps Summer of 1850. From a daguerreotype taken in Indianapolis."]]>
On verso: "Year of retirement from S. H. S. Gifts to them, clocks."]]>
On verso: "Tom Robertson with seeder; Please leave at Switch Board Monday for Elizabeth Graham."]]>
On verso: "Please leave at Board Monday for Elizabeth Graham."]]>
On verso: "Basil [Contralson's] children plant dogwood."]]>
On verso: "Just after election."]]>