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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Here’s another in a series of photographs that John Capewell shot of his children with the familiar lodgepole chair, a curtain of corn as a background and the family pet. This appears to be Capewell’s son John, Jr.
Chicks Will Dig You!
Is it the mod haircut, the happening turtleneck or the aloof attitude?
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged Batman, Cartoon, cartoons, comic book, DC, Karate, USA, vintage, World's Finest
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Lady on the Path
I’m not sure where this was shot, but it looks like John Capewell’s wife Ella is the subject, and from the manner of her dress, I would guess it is very early in the twentieth century.
A Coin?
Here’s another glass negative shot by John B. Capewell some time in the last hundred years, and I’m not sure what I have.
PCA – The Class of ’68 – Photography
As I said last week, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past — The Philadelphia College of Art’s yearbook from 1968!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged '60s, 1960s, 1968, analog, art school, black and white, film, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photographers, photography, USA, vintage, yearbook
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The Falls
We know that John Capewell has been to Niagara Falls before, and I have a feeling that this is from one of his trips up there. I’ve never been up there so I can’t say definitively, but I think it’s … Continue reading
PCA – The Class of ’68
Tony Visco recently handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past. It was a battered slipcase containing two books and titled The Philadelphia College of Art Annual 1968.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia
Tagged 1968, art school, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, printmaker, USA, vintage
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The Sightseers
Today’s post features another one of John Capewell’s glass negatives taken while John was traveling and seeing the sites. It’s hard to tell, but it looks to be Capewell on the left of the cannon in which case, some friend … Continue reading
Another Body of Water
Here’s another glass negative shot by John B. Capewell about 100 or so years ago. It could be New Jersey. It could be anywhere. Sadly, there’s no way of knowing, but I welcome guesses in the comment section below.


