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Clyde Beatty Clowns, JFC, May 1949
Jessica Fong gracefully lent me her collection of Joel Dardis negatives acquired at the estate sales for scanning and archiving. These all came in envelope sleeves, a storage method Joel switched to, sometime getting back to photography in the mid 50’s. He still used boxes, but both Jessica and I have multiple envelopes full of…
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Machine Shop, Box 94, May 1949
The rest of the negatives in box 94 are all of the Machine Shop of the Stockton College. Most likely this was a class assignment. Joel focussed on two pieces of equipment. In both cases, he made sure to include an operator at least in a few images. Gives perspective and intent. The first piece…
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Construction, Box 94, May 1949
This box has two subjects, and we’ll check out the mostly road construction images in this blogpost. The date is May 1949. Construction with plenty of heavy machinery. Unknown location at this time, but in the late 1940’s, housing development at one side, and College of Pacific expansion at the other side, were in full…
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Selfies, Box 93, April 1949
I don’t believe Joel would have these self-portraits “selfies”, but I’m sure he would have adopted with the time. The date is April 9, 1949. Next are the left overs in box 93, two portraits of his mother to set-up the lighting, and then there are a good amount of self-portraits. Not sure what’s going…
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Dance, Box 92, 1949
Box 92 is another box that bears the “Class Assignment 1949” inscription. Looking at the negatives, we find one subject, few members of the College of Pacific “Orchesis”, the modern dancing group. I had wondered already why Joel never photographed any of their performances or rehearsals. Joel may not be photographing “Dance” in the strictest…
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Class Assignment, Box 91, 1949
The box with negatives of Nancy Reynolds came with few more subjects. It’s pretty much the norm since Joel has been shuffling negatives around over the years. The rest of the subjects seem to be sort of class assignments for a photography course Joel is still signed up for. First group are a number of…
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Nancy Reynolds, Box 91, 1949
“Nancy Reynolds, June 1, 1949” is written on the side of the box. Checking the Naranjado 1949 College of Pacific, we find reference to Nancy Reynolds being the Alpha Theta Tau’s Spring Belle for 1949. The 12 images below are an exercise in mostly seated portraits. It’s quite a nice series. Joel keeps on average…
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COP Basketball, Box 90, 1949
As mentioned in my previous blog post, the remainder of the images in box 90 are all College of Pacific basketball game related. Showing all images without commentary for history and genealogy sake, in case someone is related to the players or spectators. In few matches the opposing teams are recognizable, in others, there’s nothing…
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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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