{"id":6262,"date":"2012-01-19T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T17:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=6262"},"modified":"2019-11-25T21:44:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T02:44:44","slug":"capewell-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/19\/capewell-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"The Capewell Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Here’s a shot of Henry<\/strong> and John, Jr<\/strong>, sons of the photographer John B Capewell<\/strong> of Westville, NJ. Henry on the left was born in 1908 giving a rough idea as to the age of these photographs.<\/p>\n

This is one of about 200 5″ x 7″ glass negatives shot by Mr. Capewell about a hundred years ago. I am creating virtual prints from these negatives by shooting them with a digital camera and making adjustments in Photoshop. See these images here at Willceau Illo News<\/strong> as I roll them out every week.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a shot of Henry and John, Jr, sons of the photographer John B Capewell of Westville, NJ. Henry on the left was born in 1908 giving a rough idea as to the age of these photographs. This is one … Continue reading →<\/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":[1104],"tags":[1096,1105,1095,122,1162,336],"class_list":["post-6262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-capewell-glass-negative-collection","tag-antique","tag-capewell","tag-glass-negative","tag-new-jersey","tag-old","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-1D0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5530,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/08\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-niagara-falls\/","url_meta":{"origin":6262,"position":0},"title":"The Capewell Glass Negative Collection – Niagara Falls","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"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 was married to my Dad's elderly neighbor. 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At the Capewell Glass Negative page I started on FaceBook, Mr. Bessing wrote: O.K. I just finished tracing The Westville Capewells on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "The Capewell Glass Negative Collection"","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\/02\/DSCN1561-neg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSCN1561-neg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSCN1561-neg.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":6262,"position":2},"title":"The Capewell Glass Negative Collection – 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 "Curious Clutter"","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":5679,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/22\/capewell-glass-negative-collection-swift-trial-severe-punishment-frosty-snowman\/","url_meta":{"origin":6262,"position":3},"title":"The Capewell Glass Negative Collection – The Swift Trial and Severe Punishment of Frosty the Snowman","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"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 who lived in Westville, New Jersey. 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