Two Friends Photographed in Ottowa Illinois

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Friends or brothers?

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Behind the image in the case is a drawing,pressed flowers and a written inscription from 1922 probably from the original owner and relative of the two men in the ambrotype.
This photo could have been made in the 1850s.1847 may have been a bit early.This image is amazingly sharpe and just beautiful.

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The closed case

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