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BD Collection – Howard Mapplebeck Three

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One of the more interesting PE related old images that popped up on the #portelizabeth page recently was this one of Howard Mapplebeck (1847-1909) with family and friends, Emerald Hill, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1886. Howard is in white with pith helmet. Seated in front of him are his children Sybil Mapplebeck (1875-1955) and Sydney Mapplebeck (1877-1904). Nanny Marie stands to the side.

Howard Mapplebeck
Howard Mapplebeck – could this be in the Baakens Valley?

The BD Collection is primarily of 19th and early 20th century portraits and other historical photographs associated with the Bensted and Day families.

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Alan Straton

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