Bidspirit auction | CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH of Joseph Naphtaly.

CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH of Joseph Naphtaly. Full-length view. Verso signed in brown period ink: “Your friend Joseph Naphtaly’63.” Taken from Yale graduating class of 1863 photo album. Photographer: Jakes & Gibbon, Broadway, NY.     Born in Prussia, Joseph Naphtaly (1842-1910) became a pioneer San Francisco lawyer as well as a member of the California State Assembly. He served for many years as Director of Congregation Emanu-El.     See Jewish Museum of the American West, www.jmaw.org/nephtaly-jewish-san-francisco/.