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Bush-Mack, Box 62, June 5, 1948
All the pencil mark sait on the box was Bush-Wack, June 5, 1948. This was the same negative box with the images of the full 1700 block on Pacific Avenue, where we observed the construction of the Tuxedo Park Office starting in 1947. I believe Joel was friends with Philipe Bush. They both graduated in…
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Sierra Railway, Box 61, 1948
It looks like Joel took a trip to Jamestown as far as my research showed. And because of William Maxwell’s comments below, we can guess with some accuracy the rest of the itinerary. So, I took the liberty updating the image captions and add some context. William Maxwell, archivist for the Bank of Stockton, is…
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Tau Kappa Kappa, Box 61, Oct 1948
Before we look at the Morris Chapel wedding, there’s still box 61 with 21 negatives to look at. Joel wrote “Tau Kappa Kappa Dance, Oct 29, 1948”. Yes, there are few other subjects mixed in, and we’ll look at these tomorrow. The rest are all large and small group shots of Tau Kappa Kappa women,…
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Car Race, Box 60, Summer 1948
This box has as usual multiple subjects spread over 22 negatives. The box states June-July 1948, but with some circus images mixed in between, this should be May-July 1948. I’m not sure where the car race is held. Lodi or Stockton I would say. And Joel is again struggling with light leaks in this film…
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Two models, Box 59, 1948
Last blog post we ended showing students lounging in the sun around the College of Pacific swimming pool. Today we’re looking at portraits of three of the students willing to play model for a few images. The appeal of photographs ! Joel is clearly influenced by the posing habits of the days, the examples he…
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COP Football, Box 59, 1948
The next set of negatives in this box dated June-July 1948, are football practice related. Joel reminds us that he’s still working hard on his photography portfolio. And Joel got finally his first portrait of Amos Alonzo Stagg, the “Grand Old Man of Football”, head coach for the Pacific Tigers from 1933 to 1946, and…
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Acrobats, Box 59, May 1948
This box contains 33 negatives with multiple subjects covered. Before we start, this is the 100th blog post, I’ve scanned well over 1500 images so far, with the vast majority shown over 100 posts. There are 4 negatives of a circus acrobat routine. This is from the Clyde Beatty Circus that was in Stockton, May…
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Circus Clowns, Box 58, 1948
Joel had marked this box with “Clowns” and “Clyde Baty”. The latter is the name of the circus, Clyde Beatty Circus. Clyde Beatty (1903-1965) is considered the most famous American lion tamer and animal trainer, and had his own circus from 1945 to 1956. He also played in nine movies, starting in 1933 with “The…
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Stanford, Box 58, 1948
Negative box 58 has a variety of subjects for a total of 26 images. Some on College of Pacific campus, most of them are other locations though. Joel must have visited Stanford University to photograph a sports event in late 1948. And he photographed the architecture as well, giving him more material for his portfolio,…
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Tuxedo Park Post Office, 1948
When I posted the construction images of 1732 Pacific Avenue to the “Stockton History” and “Memories of Stockton” Facebook groups, it caused somewhat of a stir, and a good amount of further research prompted by comments and uncertainties. This post office was barely there, from 1948 to maybe late 1956, early 1957, all based on…
Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 