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Gratitude Train, Box 90, 1949
When we discussed the “Friendship Train” images from 1947, we briefly mentioned the French “Merci Train” response. In Box 90, I found a few negatives of the Merci or Gratitude Train visiting Stockton in 1949. The 49 boxcars, one for each state arrived in Virginia on Feb 3, 1949, and left for the ride to…
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Class Portraits, Box 89, 1949
The “Class Portraits” writing was on the edge of the box, and there are indeed a few portraits of a student doing lab work in the rest of the negatives of box 89. There’s no information noted on the young woman. Next are some images of Queens in the 1949 Mardi Gras parade. Reba Watterson,…
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Enid Arata, Box 89, Jan 1949
This box prominently states “Class Assignment” with a January 10, 1949 date. In light of Joel’s 1948 graduation, this is a bit of a conundrum as it implies he’s still a student. It is hard to tell what the class assignment could be. Opening the negative box, we find a slip of paper that readsl;…
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Rossi House, Box 88, March 1949
I don’t know where the Rossi House was located, it may no longer be there. What is clear though, it was large and was well appointed in an older style than 1949. How can we be sure the date of March 28, 1949 is correct ? There’s an image with a calendar on the March…
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YMI – Graduation, Box 87, July 1948
The exact date on the box is July 18, 1948. Graduation is self explanatory, and YMI in this case stands for Young Men Institute. Joel photographed members of Weber 49 -YWI (Young Women Institute) in 1946. This time there’s a parade with the male and female section of this Catholic group. And as we will…
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Dredger, Box 86, April 1948
Based on the April 15. 1948 date pencilled on the box lid, we’re taking a step back in time. Two subjects, portraits of a young man, and images of a large piece of dredging equipment. Heavy equipment is always a good subject. Technology is always a good conversation topic, and from a photography perspective, lends…
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Dr. Scott’s Children, Box 85, 1948
We came already across box 75 with images of Dr. Scott’s children, and this box 85 has earlier images of Dr. Scott’s children Susan and Stephen. Based on the indoor decorations, and the age of the children, I put this photoshoot in December 1948. The first shoot we looked at from box 75 was somewhere…
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Highschool Negatives, Sleeve 1, 1938-1939
As stated in previous blog post, I came across some transparent Hy-Klas Stockton Process Sleeves with 116 or 616 format negatives. Today we’ll look at the negatives and associated prints from the 1938-1939 timeframe. We remember from the first blog posts in this series that Joel had two rolls of 35mm negative film. The negative…
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Childhood, Sleeve 0, 1922-1925
I didn’t run out of boxes yet, but while perusing photo sleeves, I came across some transparent Hy-Klas Stockton Process Sleeves with 116 or 616 format negatives. It was immediately clear that Joel didn’t take these images, and I assume it was Thomas Lawrence Dardis Sr. photographing few family events. The first one that jumped…
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Dr. Nelson Dogs, Box 84, 1949
In addition to the “Dr. Nelson Dogs”, there was a “3 Pahl” scribble. The 3 Pahl’s were easy to identify. Three portrait style images of Harry Pahl and his wife Edra. All joking aside, if Joel were around today, he would most likely make this a goth portrait of his uncle and aunt. Just missing…
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Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 