Finding Joel Pahl Dardis

Tag: 1948

  • 35mm Ansco Color Slides, 1947-1948

    35mm Ansco Color Slides, 1947-1948

    I found a few undated 35mm color slides tucked away between all the negative boxes and sleeves. I was at first skeptical about the contents, without any written data on them. Turns out that Joel packed the 35mm camera with him when he went out with the larger Graflex Press cameras. In this case, there…

  • Bush-Mack, Box 66, 1948

    Bush-Mack, Box 66, 1948

    Joel photographed the wedding of Frances Mack with Philippe Bush on June 5, 1948. This was his first wedding shoot as far as I know. I wondered where the typical ring shot and first kiss went. After all, these are must-haves. And we found the shots tucked away in Box 66, together with a number…

  • Rhizomia Dance, Box 66, Feb 28, 1948

    Rhizomia Dance, Box 66, Feb 28, 1948

    Another Rhizomia event, this time in a box that is clearly labeled from a time and subject perspective. Rhizomia parties are well known for pushing the edge, that’s why Joel probably didn’t miss a single Rhizomite event. There’s a Parisian motif throughout this time, lingerie, Moulin Rouge, Folie Bergère, and edgy portraits adore the (papered)…

  • Michael Pahl, Box 65, June 10, 1948

    Michael Pahl, Box 65, June 10, 1948

    Baby Michael Lawrence Pahl was born Sept 8, 1947. If the date on the box is right, then he’s about 9 months old in most of these images. It’s quite possible a few earlier images are mixed in here, Joel photographed Michael quite a few times in 1948 as we’ve seen already. Before the barrage…

  • Family etc, Box 64, June July 1948

    Family etc, Box 64, June July 1948

    This is another negative collection box with multiple subjects. The majority is Pahl family related, most likely on few different days. And yes, there are babies involved. First image is misplaced, it’s the start of a horse race and we’ve seen related images prior to this blog post when Joel was at Stanford University. Next…

  • Bush-Mack, Box 62, June 5, 1948

    Bush-Mack, Box 62, June 5, 1948

    All the pencil mark sait on the box was Bush-Wack, June 5, 1948. This was the same negative box with the images of the full 1700 block on Pacific Avenue, where we observed the construction of the Tuxedo Park Office starting in 1947. I believe Joel was friends with Philipe Bush. They both graduated in…

  • Sierra Railway, Box 61, 1948

    Sierra Railway, Box 61, 1948

    It looks like Joel took a trip to Jamestown as far as my research showed. And because of William Maxwell’s comments below, we can guess with some accuracy the rest of the itinerary. So, I took the liberty updating the image captions and add some context. William Maxwell, archivist for the Bank of Stockton, is…

  • Tau Kappa Kappa, Box 61, Oct 1948

    Tau Kappa Kappa, Box 61, Oct 1948

    Before we look at the Morris Chapel wedding, there’s still box 61 with 21 negatives to look at. Joel wrote “Tau Kappa Kappa Dance, Oct 29, 1948”. Yes, there are few other subjects mixed in, and we’ll look at these tomorrow. The rest are all large and small group shots of Tau Kappa Kappa women,…

  • Car Race, Box 60, Summer 1948

    Car Race, Box 60, Summer 1948

    This box has as usual multiple subjects spread over 22 negatives. The box states June-July 1948, but with some circus images mixed in between, this should be May-July 1948. I’m not sure where the car race is held. Lodi or Stockton I would say. And Joel is again struggling with light leaks in this film…

  • Two models, Box 59, 1948

    Two models, Box 59, 1948

    Last blog post we ended showing students lounging in the sun around the College of Pacific swimming pool. Today we’re looking at portraits of three of the students willing to play model for a few images. The appeal of photographs ! Joel is clearly influenced by the posing habits of the days, the examples he…