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Armstrong Park, Santa Rosa, JFC, 1982
The negatives in this sleeve were a printing project based on two negatives. First negative is one of giant redwoods, something Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve in Sonoma County is well known for. The second negative centers on fungi. These images were photographed on Feb 13, 1982. The original negatives were shot on 120 format…
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Japanese House, JFC, 1982
Joel choose a perfect day on December 1, 1982 to photograph the Japanese Garden at Micke Grove Park in Lodi. I showed few images from the same spot photographed by Joel in 1985 few blog posts back. This time however, Joel uses his 4×5 Graphic View camera to capture the foggy scenery. From prior experiments,…
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Bank of America Parking Lot, Sleeve 5
There’s no date on this 4×5″ negative sleeve out of my collection. A total of 7 negatives and a little puzzle to unravel. Joel photographed parking lot stripes from a Bank of America parking lot. No further location. The above image was photographed with Joel’s Koni-Omega medium frame camera. So after 1959, but more likely…
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Micke Grove, SFC, Dec 1985
This 4×5″ negative sleeve has”Mickey Grove, 12-28-1985″ written on it with “16×20 print page 23-6” There are only 3 negatives in this sleeve and they all depict the same scene. Based on Joel’s writing in the edge of the film, I can figure out that development of these negatives was done under different conditions, resulting…
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Stockton Camera Club, JFC, 1968
The Stockton Daily Evening Record of Thursday, November 11, 1948 has following front page news article: “The Stockton Camera Club was organized last night with 47 camera enthusiasts on hand for the meeting in Weber School Auditorium. The Club will meet every two weeks, with the next session set for November 23 at a place…
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Ceramics Critters, JFC, 1965
We’re setting the clock back to 1965. Joel photographed the shaping and decorating of what appears to be ceramic face masks. He called them “Critters” by lack of a better word in his vocabulary I guess. There’s no information retained on the 4×5″ negative sleeve on the what, when, who and where. Just showing the…
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45 N Hunter Street, JFC, Sep 1974
The previous blog post showed the front door of 45 N Hunter Street, Freeman – Rishwain Law Offices. By the time Joel returns to this site some three months later, the sign at the door has changed to “Law Offices of Freeman, Rishwain & Hall”. The principals are Maxwell M. Freeman, Robert J. Rishwain and…
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Stockton Sights, JFC, June 1974
This sleeve contains a variety of formats. The vast majority is 3 1/4″ x 5.5″, also known as 122 format roll film. This was a popular format in the beginning of the 20th century. (CIrca 1905 and later) I believe however Joel may have enlarged 120 format roll film onto the 3 1/4″ wide format…
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Red Lake, Tree, JFC, 1974
A total of four negatives in this 4×5″ negative sleeve out of the Jessica Fong collection of Dardis negatives. The tree is clearly the same tree we discussed in the “Carson Pass” sleeve. Red Lake is indeed in the Carson Pass area in the Eastern Sierras. The description fits. The 1974 date doesn’t jive with…
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Yosemite, JFC, 1965
This 4×5″ negative sleeve has “Yosemite, June 1965” in pencil writing. The majority of these images are of sequoia, and I believe these are in the Mariposa Grove at the South Entrance. This would have made most sense in light of the trip from Stockton at the time, and the observation Joel left us with…
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