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Friday Five – Number One Hundred Twenty Eight
One hundred twenty eigthth in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Grow It or Sew It!
I saw this Santa Beard over at Snazzle Craft and thought it’d be a fun item to have around the house for the holidays. When I made a sparkly silver turban for my son’s Halloween costume a few years ago, … Continue reading
Family in an Overgrown Yard
Here’s another photograph featuring photographer John Capewell, his wife Ella, and what I am assuming were either his or her relatives. I don’t know who these people are, but there are a few faces that look familiar from some of … Continue reading
Women & Children
Here’s another glass negative that looks like it is related to the negatives I’ve run over the past two weeks. This one is out of focus and a little worse for wear, but I intend on running all of John … Continue reading
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged America, analog, antique photograph, children, early 20th Century, emulsion, glass negative, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, Photoshop, plate, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, Westville, women, womwn and children, woods
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Children of the Corn
One of John B. Capewell’s brothers ran a farm and corn must have been one of his crops. This is a photograph of John’s sons, John, Jr. standing and Henry O. seated on the lodge pole chair.
Wading Children and a Rowboat
I’m trying to stick with the watery theme I’ve been keeping in recent posts. This was shot by John B. Capewell of Westville, New Jersey although I doubt that this is Westville. I don’t think it’s the Delaware River either. … Continue reading
Mystery of the Ghost Boy Solved!
We’re back again with another negative from the collection of 200 glass negatives shot by John B Capewell of Westville, NJ about 100 years ago. This is a follow-up to last week’s post featuring a ghostly figure in front of … Continue reading
The Capewell Glass Negative Collection – The Swift Trial and Severe Punishment of Frosty the Snowman
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
Posted in Curious Clutter, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, The Henry Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged 100 years old, 1911, 20th century, antique, boys, Capewell, century, children, Christmas, collection, frosty, glass negative, Indians, Joe Williams, New Jersey, old, photography, rifles, sailor suit, snowman, sword, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, United States, vintage, Westville, Willceau, winter
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