Tag Archives: Westville

Welcome Home Boys

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another in a series of glass negatives of a parade in Westville, New Jersey shot by John B. Capewell.

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Lady Odd Fellows on Parade

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Joe_Williams

We’re back with another parade picture photographed by John B. Capewell of Westville, NJ. These ladies are of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and are known as the Rebekahs.

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I Love a Parade!

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Joe_Williams

This series of post are for the citizens and former citizens (like myself) of Westville, New Jersey which just celebrated it’s centennial recently. This photo and the ones I will be posting in coming weeks are almost as old as … Continue reading →

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This Old Shack

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a photo that I’m assuming John Capewell shot somewhere during a trip, but I don’t know where. Capewell travelled and he took his camera with him although it was somewhat more arduous than an Instamatic. There is a Union … Continue reading →

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First Holy Communion

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Joe_Williams

When I was first sorting through the 200 negatives that comprise the Capewell Glass Negative Collection, I assumed that this girl who shows up in a lot of the photos of John Capewell’s immediate family was his daughter. As I … Continue reading →

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The House on Broadway?

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Here’s one for the old-time South Jersey residents and armchair historians to hash over. This may or may not be John Capewell’s residence on Broadway in Westville, New Jersey. When I lived there, it was more densely packed than it … Continue reading →

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Wicker, Baby, Chicken Wire

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Joe_Williams

My guess is that John Capewell gained a reputation as the local amateur shutterbug, and parents were all too glad to let him capture their offspring to glass negatives for posterity — freezing that fleeting first year or so of … Continue reading →

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