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Stockton Oak Trees, JFC
This sleeve with negatives from the Jessica Fong Collection of Dardis negatives, contains about twenty 4×5″ negatives with mostly oak trees as subject. There is no timeframe mentioned, so I assume that this collection can span quite a period, especially in light of the apartment building in the last negatives. Joel worked hard to captures…
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UOP Water Tower, JFC, 1962-1963
We now call the “UOP Water Tower” simply Burns Tower. When Joel penned this on the sleeve in 1962, he may not have known about the Burns dedication. The dates from Joel on this sleeves are Nov 1962-June 1963, possibly the timespan of his 4×5″ construction negatives in this particular sleeve from the Jessica Fong’s…
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Stockton Fog Picture, JFC, circa 1970
I’ve mentioned before that the main reason for Joel to get into 4×5″ “Large Format Photography”, was most likely driven by his desire to be taken “serious” as a photographer. He had resigned into not being a professional photographer, this is, making a living out of it. But that didn’t take away Joel’s desire to…
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COP Boxing, JFC, April 1957
Further exploring the 1955-1959 timeframe,I found a few sleeves in Jessica Fong’s Collection of Dardis negatives with the “Boxing, April 26, 1957” written on them. No further information about schedules nor athletes. These negatives are all shot as 4×5″. It’s most likely, from the angles and perspectives, including lack of positional movement, that Joel’s camera…
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COP-Chico State, JFC, Dec 1956
This basketball game was found in one of the 4×5 negative sleeves from the Jessica Fong Collection of Dardis negatives. The date on the sleeve is Dec, 1956. Since the Chico State basketball game is discussed in the December 7, 1956 Pacific Weekly, all seems to fit. Further research showed this game was played on…
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Delta King, JFC, May 1959
The exact date of this sleeve with 4×5 negatives in Jessica Fong’s collection of Dardis images is May 2, 1959. The Delta King is well known in the Delta area, but I did have to check out the history from a time perspective to make sure the May 2, 1959 date on the sleeve is…
Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 