The dirt, and the horizontal crack in the print, is due to the condition of the glass plate. The imae is of J. R. Mercer, the extras to the bottom are said to be the imags of his mother and first wife. Edward Wyllie photo, of circa 1895.

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Photo credit: © Charles Walker Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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Model Released: No

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