The dapper gentleman is my older brother Charles. On the back of this picture written in pencil is May 18, 1952 meaning this picture was shot 60 years ago today!
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Lady by the Water
We’re back by the water with another glass negative shot by John B. Capewell of Westville, New Jesrey about 100 or so years ago. My guess is that this photograph was taken on the same day and in the same place as the shot of the wading children in last week’s post. It looks like …
Ivins, Dietz & Magee
Here’s an advertisement for Ivins, Dietz & Magee from the program/souvenir booklet for the play L’Aiglon starring Maude Adams which played in Philadelphia at The Broad Street Theater back in 1901.
…But I am also a client!
$2.50 for a life-like head of either blond or brunette hair?! There’s no way Sy Sperling could beat this!!!
On the Delaware River
We’re back on the water again this week but this time we have a larger boat and a larger body of water. Being that the photographer John B. Capewell lived in Westville, New Jersey, I think it’s safe to assume that he shot this 5″ x 7″ glass negative on the banks of the Delaware …
I’ll Never Ask For Anything Ever Again As Long As I Live!
There were tons of ads in comics aimed squarely at boys, but none sent them into paroxysms of mad delirium as much as an ad for a MINI-BIKE! Owning and riding a mini-bike was the subject of many a school yard reverie. Kids would practically drool imagining how BOSS it would be buzzing around on …
Grotesque Children Stereotypify Foreign Countries and WIN PRIZES!!!
Here’s the grotesque children! They look like those creepy, dried apple sculptures and all seem to be breaking out in freckles or some horrid skin disease across the bridge of their noses.…and here is their challenge!
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