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Mom, Frosty & the Kids
A while back I had posted a number of photos of the Capewell children happily cavorting with a snowman. This plate looks to be taken a few winters after the other shots and the kids along with their mother seem … Continue reading
The Photo Elective – The Broadway Deli
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a course in photography. In order to finish off a roll of film so I could process … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1982, 35mm, analog, art school, Broadway, bus, Gloucester City, New Jersey, photography, Southern New Jersey, transit
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Sharing a Cup
Ella and John Capewell share a cup while on a jaunt out-of-doors some time early in the twentieth century.
Over the River and Through the Woods…
A path through the woods shot by John B. Capewell.
The Photo Elective – Cundey’s Motel
When I was in art school in the early ’80s, I was required to take a photography elective course where we had to shoot photographs; develop the film; make prints from the negatives and hopefully wind up with something that … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1982, analog, art school, Crown Point Road, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA, vintage, Westville
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Strings Attached
Here’s a shot from John Capewell’s younger days when he wanted to play around with photography, composition and odd juxtapositions. He’s included himself in the center of this oddly posed crowd as he activates his camera’s shutter with a length … Continue reading
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged analog, antique photograph, cold, Derby, early 20th Century, Ella, fashion, fur, glass negative, grumpy, hats, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, string, style, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, trees, USA, vintage, Westville, winter
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The Great Indoors
The Capewell Glass Negative Collection continues with a great indoor self-portrait of the photographer John Capewell who looks to have been experimenting with flash photography. He’s flanked by two ladies — John’s wife Ella on the right and a woman … Continue reading


