{"id":6912,"date":"2012-03-01T07:22:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T12:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=6912"},"modified":"2023-03-01T07:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:55:57","slug":"adolph-tumser-john-b-capewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/03\/01\/adolph-tumser-john-b-capewell\/","title":{"rendered":"Found! A Print from The Capewell Glass Negative Collection!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Through some internet detective work, we have uncovered another piece of the puzzle in the mystery of the Capewell Glass Negative Collection. The man seated to the left of the photo next to John B. Capewell<\/strong> on the right is Adolph Tumser.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tina was doing an Internet search for John B. Capewell<\/strong>\u00a0 and Westville, NJ<\/strong> when she came across this Unsolved Mysteries<\/strong> page. About halfway down, she saw an image on a postcard she recognized.<\/p>\n

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Screen shot from Unsolved Mysteries portion of PaintedHills.org<\/p><\/div>\n

The text that goes with this postcard image reads:<\/p>\n

Adolph Tumser<\/strong> is second from the left. Is this taken in the Olean area? I am guessing at the sender’s surname and the town but the postcard was mailed in August 1908. The front of the photo postcard says “How is things in Pa. How is Alick [Alex] and the rest of the boys. Give my regards to them all. For old memories sake.\u00a0 John B. Capewell ???\u00a0 South Westville ???<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It asks if anyone out there has information on the photo or the people in the photo and included a contact email address.<\/p>\n

Tina asked me if I recognized it, and I did. I went through my digital shots of the negatives, and, sure enough, I had it!<\/p>\n

\"Tumser<\/a>She had a print and I had the original negative!<\/em> I fired off an email to the supplied address, and I was soon corresponding with Ann Tumser<\/strong>. She filled me in on some details of Adolph Tumser<\/strong>. She wrote:<\/p>\n

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The postcard was sent by John B. Capewell to Adolph Tumser, my deceased husband’s great uncle, and Adolph is 2nd<\/sup> from left.\u00a0 Adolph’s granddaughter (whom I’ve never met) sent me the scanned photo. Two other people have stated that this photo was taken in Rock City, NY, near Olean, NY. The Alick referred to in the message is Alexander Tumser, my husband’s grandfather.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Other details about Mr. Tumser:<\/p>\n