This is a near full-body shot taken of a middle aged Benjamin Bissell. His hair is parted in the middle and he was wearing a dark jacket with a dark bowtie. His jacket also had 6 dark buttons on the front.
On the back someone wrote "Ben Bissell". Below that someone placed a sticky note that says:
5 Children,
Henry R., Reedville, VA
William J., New York
Mrs. Charles W. Shaw, Bel Air
Mrs. L. F. Passano, Boston
Miss Phoebe Bissell of Balt.