Tag Archives: 20th century

The Swingin’ Seventies with Brad Shaw

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Joe

My meager budget precludes me from being a collector of original art, but when this cartoon by Brad Shaw for an old and long gone men’s magazine became available at a price I could not resist, I did not resist … Continue reading →

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DUCKWORK • October 1981

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Joe

[pdf-embedder url=”https://willceau.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DUCKWORK_Number_4.pdf”] I was settling into my freshman or foundation year at the Philadelphia College of Art when this issue of the school’s quasi-newspaper was published. I have written about this particular issue previously on this website, but I’ve recently … 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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The Capewell Glass Negative Collection – The Swift Trial and Severe Punishment of Frosty the Snowman

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Today I continue posting a collection of glass negatives from 100 or so years ago. There’s about 200 5″ x 7″ glass negatives, and from what I’ve been able to determine so far, they were shot by John B. Capewell … Continue reading →

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