Category Archives: The Capewell Glass Negative Collection

The Boys of Summer

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Joe_Williams

I guess one of the appeals of baseball is that it never changes. It’s always been balls, bats, bases and mitts.

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The Jersey Shore – The Swimsuit Edition

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Capewell and company are back down at the Jersey Shore although this time it looks like they are more appropriately dressed for the weather and the water.

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The Jersey Shore…Again

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Joe_Williams

I often wonder about the beginnings of clichés. Who started them? Who thought them up before they became cliché? If photographing people seated on the side of the lifeguard’s boat at the shore was a cliché at the time that John … Continue reading →

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The Jersey Shore

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Joe_Williams

This week’s post from The Capewell Glass Negative Collection finds our photographer John Capewell of Westville, New Jersey seated on the beach of Atlantic City with some friends and/or family members some time very early in the Twentieth Century. Capewell … Continue reading →

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Picnic With The Relatives

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Joe_Williams

John B. Capewell came from a large familiy so I have a number of glass negatives in the Capewell Collection with a number of what I’m guessing are cousins, aunts, uncles and such.

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On the Back Porch

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Seated on the back porch of what I guess is the Capewell residence in Westville, NJ is the photographer John Capewell, John, Jr. and I’m guessing it’s Ella Capewell on the right.  She moved as the photographic plate was being … Continue reading →

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John & Ella Newly Married

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a picture of the photographer John Capewell of Westville, New Jersey sitting with his wife Ella in the shade of a tree. John and Ella look very young in this picture compared to others in the collection. I assumed … Continue reading →

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Whillie Batt & Mark Anthony Capewell

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Pictured above is Whillie Batt and Mark Anthony Capewell, parents of John Batt Capewell of Westville, New Jersey. It looks like John set Mom and Dad up in a lodgepole love seat for a semi-formal portrait outdoors more than a … Continue reading →

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Heavy Industry

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Joe_Williams

We’re back with another glass negative by the water shot about 100 or so years ago by John B. Capewell of Westville, New Jersey. I’m not sure where this was shot. Capewell travelled with his camera in tow, and I … Continue reading →

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