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Route 34

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Joe_Williams

The trolley

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In with the new

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Joe_Williams

This looks to be one of John Capewell’s sons although I’m not sure which one. I had posted another negative from this photography session a while back. Capewell was rightly proud of his baby and aimed to capture his image … Continue reading →

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School is Out

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Joe_Williams

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. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives and … Continue reading →

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Box 2217

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another one of Tina’s photo elective shots of Center City Philadelphia circa 1981. As I’ve written before, illustration majors at the Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a photography course where the students would shoot, process and … Continue reading →

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Express

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Joe_Williams

I don’t have a specifically Christmas themed glass negative from John Capewell, but this one with a child, a canine playmate and a toy wagon will have to do. This looks to be Capewell’s younger son Henry with the family … Continue reading →

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Mom, Frosty & the Kids

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Sharing a Cup

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Ella and John Capewell share a cup while on a jaunt out-of-doors some time early in the twentieth century.

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The Photo Elective – Steve & Eydie

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau taken in 1981. Her camera was aimed toward the South on Broad Street just a couple of doors from Anderson Hall which is now The Atlantic Building. She was probably in front … Continue reading →

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Over the River and Through the Woods…

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Joe_Williams

A path through the woods shot by John B. Capewell.

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