Finding Joel Pahl Dardis

Tag: 1947

  • Eano Canepa, Box 28, 1947

    Eano Canepa, Box 28, 1947

    This box simply says Eano Canepa Graduation 1947 and Sum (sic) Dinner 1947 A total of 16 negatives. Ten graduation related and 6 images of friends at dinner. According to Naranjado 1947, Eano graduated in June 1947. This anchors the date on the images. Why would Joel photograph Eano’s graduation ? They were close friends…

  • SJC Art, Box 27, April 1947

    SJC Art, Box 27, April 1947

    Not a real surprise to find more SJC artwork in the boxes. There seems to be some continuity as I did find three 1946 pieces duplicated in this box of negatives. It’s a mix of 3D and 2D work, with the 2D work yielding a few names of students. Matter of figuring out who Joel…

  • Coloma, Box 26, Jan 1948

    Coloma, Box 26, Jan 1948

    Although it is quite obvious that James Marshall was not the first one to find gold in California, it was this carpenter from New Jersey, working on John Sutter’s Mill, who made the effective discovery which electrified the world, altered the course of western history, greatly accelerated the development of California, and had national and…

  • San Francisco, Dec 1947

    San Francisco, Dec 1947

    These images were found in box 24 with the Jack Pahl Dec 25, 1947 images. We can’t be sure that these images are from that time period but it would make sense for Joel to pass by one of his favorite subjects when he was in the Oakland/Berkeley area to visit family. Most of the…

  • Jack Pahl, Box 24, 1947

    Jack Pahl, Box 24, 1947

    Few different subjects in this box where the majority is photographed on Agfa Super Plenachrome Press stock. The pencil marks read “Jack Pahl Family, Dec 25, 1947” and below that “Torlan, Dec 26, 1947” (Note: Torlan could also be Toulau, Toilan … Joel’s spelling is often erratic.) We do find multiple subjects in this box…

  • Baby Alert, Box 23, 1947

    Baby Alert, Box 23, 1947

    This box is missing its cover lid. On the bottom it reads in pencil “Werne Pahl Baby” “Feb 3, 1947” and “March 16, 1948”. Two events, two subjects as we will see. There are a total of 21 negatives in this box. I won’t show then all this time as quite a few of them…

  • More Fire, Box 22, July 1947

    More Fire, Box 22, July 1947

    About 10 images from this box were discussed already in the Poultry Fire blog post. To my surprise, there were more images of another fire I can’t place. It’s a lot smaller, near Pacific Union Railroad and it looks like it may have been a small industrial installation or so. Joel is still some distance…

  • Various, Box 21, 1947

    Various, Box 21, 1947

    I found a few unexpected slides in box 21, the box with the first set of 6 Poultry Fire negatives. I assume till further discovery that these slides are equally from 1947. Harry Lawrence Pahl is Joel’s uncle from his mother’s side and his “Pahl Harry & Co” business is located before 1952 at 427…

  • Poultry Fire, July 24, 1947

    Poultry Fire, July 24, 1947

    The images of this blog post were scattered over two negative boxes that were simply labeled “Poultry Fire, Jul 1947”, while the second box reads “Poultry Fire, July 24, 1947.” The 24 was added at a later time. There are 8 or 9 images of this fire in the Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the…