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Tag Archives: The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
The Boys of Summer
I guess one of the appeals of baseball is that it never changes. It’s always been balls, bats, bases and mitts.
The Jersey Shore – The Swimsuit Edition
Capewell and company are back down at the Jersey Shore although this time it looks like they are more appropriately dressed for the weather and the water.
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Tagged 1905, A Milk White Flag, analog, antique photograph, antique photography, Atlantic City, beach, Boardwalk Empire, Charles Hale Hoyt, Dr. Martin A Couney, glass negative, incubator, Jersey Shore, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, premature infants, science, swim, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, vintage
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The Jersey Shore…Again
I often wonder about the beginnings of clichés. Who started them? Who thought them up before they became cliché? If photographing people seated on the side of the lifeguard’s boat at the shore was a cliché at the time that John … Continue reading
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Tagged 1902-1906, antique photography, Atlantic City, beach, Boardwalk Empire, glass negative, Jersey Shore, John B Capewell, lifeguard, New Jersey, parasol, photography, Photoshop, sand, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, well-dressed
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The Jersey Shore
This week’s post from The Capewell Glass Negative Collection finds our photographer John Capewell of Westville, New Jersey seated on the beach of Atlantic City with some friends and/or family members some time very early in the Twentieth Century. Capewell … Continue reading
Picnic With The Relatives
John B. Capewell came from a large familiy so I have a number of glass negatives in the Capewell Collection with a number of what I’m guessing are cousins, aunts, uncles and such.
On the Back Porch
Seated on the back porch of what I guess is the Capewell residence in Westville, NJ is the photographer John Capewell, John, Jr. and I’m guessing it’s Ella Capewell on the right. She moved as the photographic plate was being … Continue reading
John & Ella Newly Married
Here’s a picture of the photographer John Capewell of Westville, New Jersey sitting with his wife Ella in the shade of a tree. John and Ella look very young in this picture compared to others in the collection. I assumed … Continue reading


