{"id":11164,"date":"2013-01-03T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=11164"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:09:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:09:01","slug":"train-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/01\/03\/train-wreck\/","title":{"rendered":"Train Wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"train-wreck\"<\/a>This looks to be the aftermath of a derailment that took place somewhere near where John B. Capewell<\/strong> used to reside. Something as unique and exciting as a train wreck was not going to escape our photographer’s lens! Sadly, there is only the one negative of this event, but Capewell took advantage of his vantage atop a train car and made this terrific exposure.<\/p>\n

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\"train-wreck-detail-1\"<\/a>With cars strewn everywhere, it’s hard to tell what happened, but my guess is that the train derailed. There are some box and passenger cars. The train on the right looks to be a recovery unit pushing a steam-powered crane that is trying to lift the ruined engine out of the way.<\/p>\n

\"westville-bg\"<\/a>Note the ladies with their parasols among the onlookers. This was certainly something they didn’t see every day.<\/p>\n

The above portion is from the upper left of the negative. This may be Westville, New Jersey<\/strong> where Capewell<\/strong> lived with his family. Westville has train tracks running through it, and the houses in the background look like the large frame houses in the other photographs in the series. If not Westville, it’s probably some place in Gloucester County.<\/strong> I’m hoping somebody recognizes the train station. Sadly, I can’t make out any of the type.<\/p>\n

\"coal-hopper\"<\/a>It reads Pennsylvania<\/em><\/strong> on the coal hopper of the recovery engine.<\/p>\n

\"twisted-rails\"<\/a>There looks to be some seriously bent rails among the debris.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to tell when this all took place, but judging from the other photos in the series and the steam locomotive, it is certainly very early in the 20th century. I’ll leave it to my more knowledgeable readers to school me on the details.<\/p>\n

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About The Capewell Glass Negative Collection<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Capewell Glass Negative<\/strong><\/a> collection is a series of about 200 5-inch by 7-inch glass negatives shot early in the 20th Century by John Batt Capewell<\/strong> (1878-1951) of Westville, New Jersey.<\/strong> John passed the negatives down to his son Henry who left them in his wife\u2019s possession upon his passing. Henry\u2019s widow didn\u2019t know what to do with them and didn\u2019t particularly want them so she offered them to my Dad who couldn\u2019t turn down anything. Ultimately I wound up with them and thought I would one day have photographic prints struck from them. That didn\u2019t happen, but I came up with the digital workaround of placing the negatives on a lightbox and rephotographing them with a digital camera. The \u201cprocessing\u201d<\/em> was then done on a computer with image editing software. Many of these pictures have not been seen in a century, and I\u2019m proud to be presenting them today.<\/p>\n

At first, I did not know who the people were in the photographs. I have a box of ephemera that accompanied the negatives and snagged a few clues from that as far as the Capewell name. I did some research on the internet and had a few false starts and wrong turns, but the readers of these posts have provided a remarkable amount of research and detail. I\u2019m amazed at what people have turned up sifting through public records and such!<\/p>\n

This story continues to evolve. Every Thursday, I will post a Capewell picture or two. If you recognize a person or place in one of the shots or just want to drop a line, feel free to comment!<\/p>\n

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