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SJC Pool, Box 47, 1947
It is not clear from the 12 negatives in this box if this is 1947 or 1948 academic year. Neither Naranjado 1947 or 1948 covers water polo images. Joel does manage to get some good action shots. And while nothing is happening in the pool, he’s active in the surrounding area. Next images were most…
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Rhizomia, Box 37, Dec 1947
Rhizomia Dance, Dec 18, 1947 + Carol Singers, is what Joel scribbled in the corner of the box of Kodak Sheet FIlm with a price tag of $1.92. Rhizomia is one of the living groups at College of the Pacific, and they had their own social schedule, no different than the other sororities, fraternities and…
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Fireworks, Box 36, 1946-48
There are a total of 16 images in this box, covering multiple subjects. Some of these belong in other boxes, nothing unusual, these negatives were picked over a few times. The pencil date on the box is 1947, there are images in there that belong to the next box to discuss. Two fireworks images are…
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Stragglers, Box 35, 1946-48
A box of 16 negatives and only a single date on the box, 1946. Stragglers of sorts, as on first sight, they don’t belong together. A closer look though, reveals that these images relate well to previous blog posts. In short, they are all misplaced stragglers of sorts. The first image I scanned stood out…
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Tau Kappa Kappa, Box 33, 1947
Joel photographed one of the social events of the Tau Kappa Kappa living community. There’s no specific date other than the expiration date for the box is labeled as July 1947. Verifying with images from Naranjado, I can confirm that, although the majority of faces line up with 1948 Tau Kappa Kappa images, some faces…
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Aloha Crash, Box 32, 1947
Leave it up to Joel to take poolside photographs. The box contains a total of 16 negatives and based on pencil marks, these date June-July 1947, all taken at the Pacific Pool. I didn’t find an Aloha teamed COP event in 1947, but there was one in 1946. Some of the earlier pool images Joel…
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Ceramics, Box 31, Nov 1947
This box presents a bit of a dilemma. “Art” is clear, the “November 21, 1947” date is clear, but there’s also a name and address on the box that makes it all hard to reconcile Oscar Galgiani, 165 E. Harding Way. Oscar Vincent Galgiani is indeed a renowned Stocktonian artist, and he did live at…
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Portraits, Box 30, July 1947
Two subjects in this box of 17 negatives. “P. Bush, July 1947” and “John Pearce Child, July 1947” I’ll be showing all the converted negatives, even after 75 years, these are someone’s relatives or ancestors. P. Bush ends up to be a number of portraits of a young couple sunbathing in a grassy area. I…
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More, Box 29, 1947
Joel’s attempts to photograph through a storefront window stood out in the remainder of this box. It is notoriously difficult to get the subject right because of the reflections. I do sense this was a photography class assignment. And these reflections, in addition to see-through opportunities, can give us additional clues. There’s a partial “C…
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Catch-All, Box 29, 1947
This box had 31 negatives and covers quite a few subjects but also has a number of negatives that are clearly rejects for various reasons. Still, Joel didn’t throw anything away. And even the rejects give us insight in what he likes to photograph. The only writing on this box is “Weston 50”. The latter…
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