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With Some Folks in a Field

Here’s another glass negative group shot by John Capewell of Westville, New Jersey where he has inserted himself and operates his camera’s shutter remotely with a length of string. Capewell is the fellow seated on the ground on the right. … Continue reading

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Westville’s Independent Fire Company

This week I am posting three glass negatives shot by John B Capewell of Westville, New Jersey. The shots are of the Independent Fire Company and are so similar I figured I would roll them all together into this one … Continue reading

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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

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The Broad Street Blues

Playing around with Photoshop alternative Acorn on my Hackintosh.

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On a Hill by the Water, Again

Here’s another shot by the water, and it looks like it’s the same place as what was pictured in the photograph from last week. A fairly young looking Ella and John Capewell pose in this shot, and it looks as … Continue reading

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On a Hill by the Water

Here’s a shot of John Capewell’s wife, Ella, on the far right, a trio of children and an older woman who may be Ella’s mother all sitting in the shade by a river or a lake.

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Twins or a Double Exposure?

Originally, when I first looked at this negative, I thought that photographer John Capewell was just taking a cute picture of twins in what looks like a barn. As I was starting to prepare the photo for this post I … Continue reading

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It Came From the Save-A-Lot

Here’s another example of that urban phenomena known as Truck Mascots. Truck Mascots are usually discarded toys or stuffed animals that truckers rescue from a sad and sorry fate in a landfill and lash them to the grill of their … Continue reading

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The Lady in the Harbor

In celebration of Independence Day, I present John B. Capewell’s photograph of the Statue of Liberty.

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