Finding Joel Pahl Dardis

Tag: Butch

  • Press Negatives, Box 5, 1942

    Press Negatives, Box 5, 1942

    It appears Joel is no longer shooting SJC artwork for class. I found 16 negatives in a box of 12, but 4 negatives are clearly infrared film, so they don’t really belong in this box anyway. There’s are a few subjects in this box. Let’s start with dog puppies, looks like Butch, the Dardis family…

  • Joel Dardis, May 1942, Camera

    Joel Dardis, May 1942, Camera

    We found this image below tucked away in the 1946 Naranjado yearbook of the College of the Pacific in Joel’s book case. Joel’s name and address are in the yearbook directory, confirming he enrolled in college after his military service in WWII. The writing on the back of this glossy print indicates May 1942, so…

  • SJC, Art Project, 1941, Box 4

    SJC, Art Project, 1941, Box 4

    Checking out the negatives in the last box of 2 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ sheet film marked “ART” and finding a few surprises.

  • In the beginning

    In the beginning

    While perusing the hundreds of 2 1/4″ medium frame negative sleeves and some 200+ boxes of 4″x5″ and press sized negatives, I came across an item that stood out, as there was only one. A small cardboard container with a lid at both ends. It appears the processing of whatever is in this container was…