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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
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
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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The Broad Street Blues
Playing around with Photoshop alternative Acorn on my Hackintosh.
Posted in Computers, Illustration, Joe's Garage, photo manipulation, Photography, Technique
Tagged Acorn, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia, photography, Photoshop
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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
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.
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged analog, antique photograph, early 20th Century, Ella Capewell, glass negative, heat, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, Photoshop, respite, summer, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, trees, vacation, vintage, water, Westville
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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
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
Posted in Truck Mascots
Tagged humor, monster, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, toy, truck, truck mascot, Washington Avenue
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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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Tagged analog, antique photograph, early 20th Century, Fourth of July, glass negative, Independence Day, Joe Williams, John B Capewell, New Jersey, New York, photography, Photoshop, Statue of Liberty, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, vintage, Westville
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