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Up a Tree
Here’s a photograph by John B. Capewell of an unidentified but adorable moppet perched in a tree. Capewell’s subject did not appear to be really happy with the whole prospect.
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Train Wreck
This looks to be the aftermath of a derailment that took place somewhere near where John B. Capewell used to reside. Something as unique and exciting as a train wreck was not going to escape our photographer’s lens! Sadly, there … Continue reading
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Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged 1900-1910, analog, antique photograph, coal, crash, derailment, early 20th Century, glass negative, Gloucester County, John B Capewell, New Jersey, parasol, Pennsylvania, photography, railroad, steam, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, train, USA, vintage, Westville, Willceau
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Good Doggie
John B. Capewell shot a number of photographs of his family in front of this corn field which was probably in Westville, New Jersey where the Capewells resided. Back then New Jersey lived up to it’s name of The Garden … Continue reading
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Tagged 1900-1910, 5x7, a boy and his dog, analog, antique photograph, baby, black and white, boy, child, corn, dog, early 20th Century, farm, glass negative, John B Capewell, John Batt Capewell, lodgepole chair, New Jersey, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, toddler, USA, vintage, Willceau
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Beneath Broad Street
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Posted in Philadelphia
Tagged commute, convergence, Joe Williams, perspective, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA, subway, underground, Willceau
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The Shaggy Professor
It looks like our photographer, John B. Capewell of Westville, New Jersey, was having a bit of fun with the family dog while practicing his studio technique.
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Tagged 1900-1910, analog, anthropomorphic, antique photograph, dog, early 20th Century, glass negative, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, Photoshop, pipe, professor, smoking, specatacle, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, vintage, Westville, Willceau
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Cold and Wet
Along Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia
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Tagged cold, diamond plate, grimy, metal, night, November, perspective, Philadelphia, texture, urban, wet, Willceau
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Two Boys and Another Dog
Similar to last week’s shot, here is another photograph of John, Jr. and Henry O. Capewell taken by their father John B. Capewell of Westville, New Jersey.
