Commodore Reed and Captain Sam Ellis in Front of Reed's Shack, 1895

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Commodore Reed and Captain Sam Ellis relax in front of Reed's palmetto shack house on Sanibel's Tarpon Bay prior to 1900. Reed and Ellis both homesteaded on the bay, Reed along its western shore, and Ellis on the southern shore. Reed was unrelated to the William Reed family to the east on San Carlos Bay.

Places:

Sanibel (Fla.)
Captiva Island (Fla.)

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