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Another Lady in the Lodgepole Chair
I don’t know why, but I thought I had posted this glass negative shot by John B. Capewell already. With 200 negatives comprising the Capewell Glass Negative Collection, I guess it was inevitable that I was going to get some … Continue reading
General Grant on Kelly Drive
Here’s a shot that John Capewell made just across the Delaware from his home town of Westville, New Jersey. This was shot in Philadelphia in Fairmount Park at Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive.
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged analog, antique photograph, Civil War, David Chester, early 20th Century, equestrian, Fairmount Park, glass negative, horse, John B Capewell, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, sculpture, somber, statue, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, Ulysses S. Grant, USA, vintage, Westville
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Saturday in the Park
Some time early in twentieth century America, John B. Capewell shot this plate. I have no idea where it is, and Mr. Capewell left me precious little evidence. It may be Fairmount Park in Philadelphia just across the Delaware River … Continue reading
Rocks & More Rocks
Here’s a couple of shots from John B Capewell that are fairly similar so I decided to lump them together.
FLT Club
This is the last of the series of parade pictures shot by John B Capewell of Westville, New Jersey featuring the men and women of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows marching in celebration of the return of the fighting … Continue reading
Welcome Home Boys
Here’s another in a series of glass negatives of a parade in Westville, New Jersey shot by John B. Capewell.
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Tagged analog, antique photograph, early 20th Century, glass negative, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, IOOF, John B Capewell, New Jersey, Odd Fellows, photography, South Jersey, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, Westville
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Lady Odd Fellows on Parade
We’re back with another parade picture photographed by John B. Capewell of Westville, NJ. These ladies are of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and are known as the Rebekahs.
I Love a Parade!
This series of post are for the citizens and former citizens (like myself) of Westville, New Jersey which just celebrated it’s centennial recently. This photo and the ones I will be posting in coming weeks are almost as old as … Continue reading
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Tagged analog, antique photograph, Broadway, early 20th Century, fellow, glass negative, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, John B Capewell, New Jersey, odd, photography, soldier, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, Westville, World War I
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Three Fellows in the Woods
Here’s another one of John Capewell’s zany or contrived shots of a trio of fellows standing hither and yon in a wooded area. In my initial examination of these glass negatives I think I blew by this one having not … Continue reading


