Finding Joel Pahl Dardis

Tag: 1949

  • Enid Arata, Box 89, Jan 1949

    Enid Arata, Box 89, Jan 1949

    This box prominently states “Class Assignment” with a January 10, 1949 date. In light of Joel’s 1948 graduation, this is a bit of a conundrum as it implies he’s still a student. It is hard to tell what the class assignment could be. Opening the negative box, we find a slip of paper that readsl;…

  • Rossi House, Box 88, March 1949

    Rossi House, Box 88, March 1949

    I don’t know where the Rossi House was located, it may no longer be there. What is clear though, it was large and was well appointed in an older style than 1949. How can we be sure the date of March 28, 1949 is correct ? There’s an image with a calendar on the March…

  • Dr. Nelson Dogs, Box 84, 1949

    Dr. Nelson Dogs, Box 84, 1949

    In addition to the “Dr. Nelson Dogs”, there was a “3 Pahl” scribble. The 3 Pahl’s were easy to identify. Three portrait style images of Harry Pahl and his wife Edra. All joking aside, if Joel were around today, he would most likely make this a goth portrait of his uncle and aunt. Just missing…

  • More Various, Box 80, 1942-1951

    More Various, Box 80, 1942-1951

    The rest of negative box 80 covers familiar and unfamiliar subjects, none of these subjects were photographed at the same time or even in the same year. First images I actually found in this box, was most likely not photographed by Joel, but by his father. This is not a press negative format but an…

  • Various, Box 80, 1946-1951

    Various, Box 80, 1946-1951

    This negative box is a catch-all box. Joel wrote on the lid 1948-1951, but I found at least two San Francisco negatives from 1946. Sooo … here we go with the different subjects: “Turner School” is the first subject written on the lid. I have no reference to any school with that name in Stockton,…

  • The Brown House, Box 79, 1949

    The Brown House, Box 79, 1949

    The remainder of box 79 negatives plays in “The Brown House”, a women’s clothing store on 1700 Pacific Avenue, per Stockton City Directory of 1949. Joel photographed the store display by night, and there are two young women he photographed in store outfits. In those days, quite a few stores had their own corner where…

  • Spoonemore Bis, Box 79, 1949

    Spoonemore Bis, Box 79, 1949

    There’s a second photoshoot with Iris Mae Spoonemore tucked away in this box. Iris changes outfits and there’s some more defined make-up. She’s equally more at easy and manages a smile at times. She changed the locket to a strand of pearls. Joel, using different filmstock, starts out at the same Magnolias and then ventures…

  • Dr. Scott’s children, Box 75, 1949

    Dr. Scott’s children, Box 75, 1949

    This box of negatives has 24 sheets in it, and only covers one photoshoot. The children of Dr. Scott, possibly 1949. As usual, I did some genealogy and City of Stockton Registry research, and came up with Dr. Wirt Stanley Scott Jr., Physician and Surgeon, practicing at 2633 Pacific Avenue. Dr. Scott was born Jan…

  • All the King’s Men, Box 72, Dec 10, 1948

    All the King’s Men, Box 72, Dec 10, 1948

    Negative Box 72 was found with multiple subjects, and upon closer examination, contained images shot during the filming of “All the King’s Men” at the COP Morris Chapel. Shooting of the movie was from Dec 1948 to Feb 1949. The date Joel left behind on the box was Dec 10, 1948. It’s no secret that…