Category Archives: The Capewell Glass Negative Collection

Girl with a Bouquet

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Joe_Williams

I’m not sure who the girl is, but it looks as if she was preparing for a cotillion or maybe a Sweet 16, and John Capewell decided to capture her for posterity on glass negatives.

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The Road is Long

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Joe_Williams

The glass negatives for today’s post are another couple of shots that John B. Capewell made while he was in the Pine Barrens. These photographs were with the other shots from the SAWDUST PILE box that I’ve published in recent … Continue reading →

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Another View from the Pine Barrens

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Joe_Williams

This is another in a series of photographs that John B. Capewell took while he was in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey some time in the early 1930s.

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Standing by a Stream

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Due to the interest of Jerseyman and the other fine folks who post to the Pine Barrens Forum, I am trying to keep my series of photos that John B. Capewell shot in what is known as the Pinelands of … Continue reading →

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Commemorating Mexico’s Lone Eagle in the Pine Barrens

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Joe_Williams

I was looking through the negatives shot by John B. Capewell of Westville, New Jersey trying to figure out what to post next. The two plates I went with this week look like they went along with the shots in … Continue reading →

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Shed on the Edge of the Woods

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Joe_Williams

I have a feeling that this shot was probably taken at the same time and place as last week’s Sawdust Pile. It’s in a similarly wooded area that looks to be in the process of being cleared. Paths look to … Continue reading →

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Sawdust Pile?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Joe_Williams

When I first got the glass negatives that comprise what I call The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, they were in glass plate boxes similar to the one pictured below. This is one of the few that were labeled by the … Continue reading →

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