{"id":5679,"date":"2011-12-22T08:50:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T13:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=5679"},"modified":"2021-01-17T15:53:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:53:33","slug":"capewell-glass-negative-collection-swift-trial-severe-punishment-frosty-snowman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/22\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-swift-trial-severe-punishment-frosty-snowman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Capewell Glass Negative Collection &#8211; The Swift Trial and Severe Punishment of Frosty the Snowman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I continue posting a collection of glass negatives from 100 or so years ago. There&#8217;s about 200 5&#8243; x 7&#8243; glass negatives, and from what I&#8217;ve been able to determine so far, they were shot by <strong>John B. Capewell<\/strong> who lived in Westville, New Jersey. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/the-capewell-glass-negative-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> to see more of John&#8217;s work in <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/the-capewell-glass-negative-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Capewell Glass Negative Collection.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Frosty, The Boys &amp; a Dog - detail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/6552107105\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/7033\/6552107105_0dc1d9d303_z.jpg?resize=558%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Frosty, The Boys &amp; a Dog - detail\" width=\"558\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>This looks to be Henry and John B Capewell Junior posing with a dog in front of a sizable snowman in Southern New Jersey. Henry was born in 1908 so this is photograph was probably shot somewhere around 1911 to 1912.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This looks to be a series of shots that their father, John, was excited to shoot. Notice that the boys are dressed in their sailor outfits that they wore in the photos <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/15\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-meet-capewells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>I posted last week<\/strong><\/a>. Also note that they&#8217;re not wearing their winter coats for this outdoor frolic. Dad was apparently keen to shoot their impressive snowman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Frosty The Boys A Dog by willceau, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/6552103061\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7164\/6552103061_eb4744c95d_z.jpg?resize=640%2C459\" alt=\"Frosty The Boys A Dog\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><em>All is going well. The boys, the dog and their frozen friend are all getting along perfectly well when the snowman falls out of favor and is apparently accused of a horrendous crime.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Where the Wild Things Are by willceau, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/6552106471\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7170\/6552106471_0776009b67_z.jpg?resize=640%2C461\" alt=\"Where the Wild Things Are\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><em>The trial begins and the natives dramatically enumerate the charges against their frosty former friend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Frosty is found guilty. The sentence is <strong>death<\/strong> by firing squad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Death of Frosty by willceau, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/2336303472\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2209\/2336303472_9d51ef21ab_z.jpg?resize=640%2C463\" alt=\"Death of Frosty\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><em>Farewell, Frosty!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Death of Frosty - detail by willceau, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/2335463187\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3008\/2335463187_c2fa44f6f8_z.jpg?resize=640%2C417\" alt=\"Death of Frosty - detail\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><strong>The Capewell Glass Negative Collection<br \/>\nWeek <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/02\/henry-capewell-glass-negative-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/08\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-niagara-falls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/15\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-meet-capewells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/22\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-swift-trial-severe-punishment-frosty-snowman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/29\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-snowy-self-portraits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/05\/return-frosty-mystery-ghost-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I continue posting a collection of glass negatives from 100 or so years ago. There&#8217;s about 200 5&#8243; x 7&#8243; glass negatives, and from what I&#8217;ve been able to determine so far, they were shot by John B. Capewell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/22\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-swift-trial-severe-punishment-frosty-snowman\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[120,1104,1092],"tags":[1157,1158,1154,1096,1164,1105,1153,1163,86,1156,1161,1095,1165,5,122,1162,118,1167,1166,1160,1168,3676,1155,336,121,3660,1159],"class_list":["post-5679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curious-clutter","category-the-capewell-glass-negative-collection","category-the-henry-capewell-glass-negative-collection","tag-100-years-old","tag-1158","tag-20th-century","tag-antique","tag-boys","tag-capewell","tag-century","tag-children","tag-christmas","tag-collection","tag-frosty","tag-glass-negative","tag-indians","tag-joe-williams","tag-new-jersey","tag-old","tag-photography","tag-rifles","tag-sailor-suit","tag-snowman","tag-sword","tag-the-capewell-glass-negative-collection","tag-united-states","tag-vintage","tag-westville","tag-willceau","tag-winter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-1tB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5758,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/29\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-snowy-self-portraits\/","url_meta":{"origin":5679,"position":0},"title":"The Capewell Glass Negative Collection &#8211; Snowy Self-Portraits","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a couple more negatives from The Capewell Glass Negative Collection which were shot about a 100 years ago. We're continuing with our winter theme, and this time, I've chosen a couple of self-portraits of the photographer, John B Capewell, in the snow. Pictured above is the full 5\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Curious Clutter&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Curious Clutter","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/curious-clutter\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/snowy-self-portrait-2-detail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/snowy-self-portrait-2-detail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/snowy-self-portrait-2-detail.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/snowy-self-portrait-2-detail.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17893,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/12\/11\/mom-frosty-the-kids\/","url_meta":{"origin":5679,"position":1},"title":"Mom, Frosty &#038; the Kids","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A while back I had posted a number of photos of the Capewell children happily cavorting with a snowman. This plate looks to be taken a few winters after the other shots and the kids along with their mother seem somewhat dour. Maybe nobody outside of the photographer felt like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;The Capewell Glass Negative Collection&quot;","block_context":{"text":"The Capewell Glass Negative Collection","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/the-capewell-glass-negative-collection\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/melted-frosty-det.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/melted-frosty-det.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/melted-frosty-det.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/melted-frosty-det.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6059,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/05\/return-frosty-mystery-ghost-boy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5679,"position":2},"title":"The Return of Frosty and The Mystery of the Ghost Boy","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"January 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Frosty the Snowman promised he would be back again one day, and here he is! He's returned from his bitter fate at the receiving end of a firing squad and was reformed to enjoy another wintry day in the Southern portion of New Jersey just East of the metropolis that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ghost-Boy-detail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ghost-Boy-detail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ghost-Boy-detail.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6156,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/12\/mystery-ghost-boy-solved\/","url_meta":{"origin":5679,"position":3},"title":"Mystery of the Ghost Boy Solved!","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"January 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"We're back again with another negative from the collection of 200 glass negatives shot by John B Capewell of Westville, NJ about 100 years ago. This is a follow-up to last week's post featuring a ghostly figure in front of two boys and their snowman. This week the mystery of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;The Capewell Glass Negative Collection&quot;","block_context":{"text":"The Capewell Glass Negative Collection","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/the-capewell-glass-negative-collection\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ghostboy-neg_before-after.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ghostboy-neg_before-after.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ghostboy-neg_before-after.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5577,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/15\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-meet-capewells\/","url_meta":{"origin":5679,"position":4},"title":"The Capewell Glass Negative Collection &#8211; Meet The Capewells!","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"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 this is around 1912 or 1913 being that the youngest\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Curious Clutter&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Curious Clutter","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/curious-clutter\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/stiff-family-eyes-open-detail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/stiff-family-eyes-open-detail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/stiff-family-eyes-open-detail.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17929,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/12\/18\/express\/","url_meta":{"origin":5679,"position":5},"title":"Express","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't have a specifically Christmas themed glass negative from John Capewell, but this one with a child, a canine playmate and a toy wagon will have to do. This looks to be Capewell's younger son Henry with the family dog.This is probably Capewell's yard in Westville, New Jersey. 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