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Waiting for Dinner
Those viddles aren’t going to fix themselves!
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged 1900-1910, analog, antique photograph, early 20th Century, East Coast, family, flash photography, glass negative, Gloucester County, indoor, informal, John B Capewell, kitchen, New Jersey, old, photography, Photoshop, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, Westville
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Two Parents, Two Boys and a Dog
Here’s a picture of Ella, John, Sr, John, Jr and Henry O. Capewell along with the family dog. Notice John B Capewell’s hands. He’s holding a spool of string in one hand and giving the string a tug with the … Continue reading
Two Boys and a Dog
Here’s a photo of Henry O. and John B. Capewell, Jr. shot by their father John B. Capewell of Westville, NJ. This shot reminds me of Diane Arbus’s famous picture of twin girls which Stanley Kubrick appropriated for The Shining.
Fireman Capewell and an Apparatus
Keeping with our fire department theme that I started with last week’s post, here is a photo of Westville’s John B. Capewell in a firefighter’s uniform.
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged analog, antique photograph, Broadway, firefighter, fireman, glass negative, Independent Fire Company, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, Twentieth Century, uniform, United States, USA, Westville
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Oceania is the place to be…
While rooting around the Internet Archive channel on my Roku box, I found this curiosity from 1953 – Westinghouse’s Studio One presentation of George Orwell’s 1984 starring Eddie Albert!
Posted in Movie Matinee
Tagged 1953, 1984, Battlestar Galactica, Bonanza, Eddie Albert, George Orwell, Green Acres, live Television, Lorne Greene, Martin Landau, totalitarian, USA, Westinghouse
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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
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
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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Heavy Industry
We’re back with another glass negative by the water shot about 100 or so years ago by John B. Capewell of Westville, New Jersey. I’m not sure where this was shot. Capewell travelled with his camera in tow, and I … Continue reading
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged 1900-1910, 20th century, America, analog, antique photograph, factory, glass negative, industry, John B Capewell, old, photography, river, rocks, smoke stack, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, train, train tracks, trees, USA, vintage
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Informal Family Portrait in the Yard – The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Mr and Mrs Capewell. John and Ella.
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Tagged 100 years old, 1910, 1911, America, analog, antique, Broadway, camera, Capewell, Capewell Glass Negative Collection, Doriot, Ella, Garden State, glass negative, Henry, John, John B Capewell, lodgepole furniture, New Jersey, Panic of 1857, photography, Photoshop, Twentieth Century, United States, USA, vintage, Westville
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You’ll Blow Your Fingers Off, Kid!
Uncle Herbert always did score the best fireworks when he headed down South to pick up cheap Pall Malls. Sadly, the last time he was down there, he tried to pick up a whole truck full of Pall Malls. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged America, humor, Independence, Mrs. Crankipants, USA
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