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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

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A daguerreotype circa 1856.

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The man sitting down looks like someone I should know. My best guess was "Bigfoot" William Wallace, who in 1848 rejoined the Texas Rangers & was there until he joined the Confederacy when the Civil War broke out in 1861. Not sure that is him in your picture though.
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I've added the names of the gentlemen in the daguerreotype.

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I noted some similarity between the two in their lower lip, chin & left cheek bone area although when you enlarge your pic it would appear that he has a scar on his left cheek. I noted differences in their left ears & noses.
 

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