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Valley Ice Co, Box 83, 1948
Box 83 had one more industrial activity as subject. Sizing large ice blocks to the proper dimension so they would fit iceboxes. Remember these ? Between harvesting ice from frozen rivers and the invention of the electrical refrigerator, ice was made in ice houses rough industrial electrical refrigeration. Joel photographed in one of these in…
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Electric Planing Mill Fire, Box 83, 1948
Other than “Electric Plane Mill, 1948” (sic), there’s nothing more on the lid of the box. The Electric Planing Mill was situated on 545 S Monroe Street in the Stockton City Directory of 1943. This Mill is no longer mentioned in the 1949 Stockton City Director for obvious reasons. All negatives in this box related…
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Wilson-Pastor Wedding, Box 82, Feb 1948
The only readable inscription on this box of negatives is Wilson Wedding, Feb 1, 1948. I was able to figure out, through some genealogical sleuthing, that this was the Everett E Wilson (1922-2012) wedding with Angela Pastor (1926-2018). What made it a bit easier was the 1948 yearbook I bought on Ebay few months back.…
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More Various, Box 80, 1942-1951
The rest of negative box 80 covers familiar and unfamiliar subjects, none of these subjects were photographed at the same time or even in the same year. First images I actually found in this box, was most likely not photographed by Joel, but by his father. This is not a press negative format but an…
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The Brown House, Box 79, 1949
The remainder of box 79 negatives plays in “The Brown House”, a women’s clothing store on 1700 Pacific Avenue, per Stockton City Directory of 1949. Joel photographed the store display by night, and there are two young women he photographed in store outfits. In those days, quite a few stores had their own corner where…
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Spoonemore Bis, Box 79, 1949
There’s a second photoshoot with Iris Mae Spoonemore tucked away in this box. Iris changes outfits and there’s some more defined make-up. She’s equally more at easy and manages a smile at times. She changed the locket to a strand of pearls. Joel, using different filmstock, starts out at the same Magnolias and then ventures…
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COP Homecoming, Box 78, 1957
Although this box has an expiration date of Dec 1949, the contents are mostly related to the “Homecoming Parade” of College of Pacific on Saturday, October 19, 1957. We’re jumping 8 years ahead, and yes, there’s a difference in feel noticeable throughout the images. The world is changing. Tommy, the Pacific Tiger, is prominently featured…
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Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 