Tag Archives: Westville

The Capewell Glass Negative Collection – The Swift Trial and Severe Punishment of Frosty the Snowman

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Today I continue posting a collection of glass negatives from 100 or so years ago. There’s about 200 5″ x 7″ glass negatives, and from what I’ve been able to determine so far, they were shot by John B. Capewell … Continue reading →

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The Capewell Glass Negative Collection – Meet The Capewells!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Here are the Capewells in a strangely stiff family portrait. From left to right, we have John, Jr., Ella, Henry O and standing in the background is the photographer responsible for these negatives, John B. Capewell. My guess is that … Continue reading →

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The Capewell Glass Negative Collection – Niagara Falls

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Before I start, I need to make a clarification and/or correction. I’ve been living under a false assumption about these negatives and their photographer. It turns out that John B. Capewell is the photographer. Henry was his youngest son who … Continue reading →

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The Henry Capewell Glass Negative Collection

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Today is the start of a new category which I will update weekly until I run out of material. Trust me, I have a lot of material! As I said in my previous post about Mr Capewell’s fantastic collection of … Continue reading →

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The Murphy House – Westville, New Jersey Circa 1982

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another image from my stash of art school negatives, but this time we skip across the Delaware River to the town of Westville, New Jersey. This is a shot of a greasy spoon called the Murphy House. It was … Continue reading →

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Capewell Glass Negative Collection

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Joe_Williams

This is a story that starts with my Dad. My family and I lived in a tidy rowhouse situated in an area of South Philadelphia now referred to as Grays Ferry. It was a great place to live and raise … Continue reading →

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