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Linden, Box 96, 1955
Box 96 has two more descriptions written on the side. “Linden Play, March 21, 1955” and “Linden Graduation, June 12, 1955”. Since there are three dates on the box, with only 22 negatives in total, it appears to me that Joel is only photographing sporadic events. That’s quite a few images for the play. For…
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The Clowns, SF Examiner, Jun 1954
Courtesy of Jessica Fong, Executive Director at Stockton Art League Goodwin Gallery, the attached San Francisco Examiner Photography Page pdf of Sunday, Jun 13, 1954. A page chock full of art and photography news. And in all of it, there’s an image of Joel Dardis, who won the $5 weekly photo contest with a fun…
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Christmas, Box 96, Dec 1954
This box is equally in the familiar Kodak yellow instead of the old brown cardboard boxes. Actually, the side reads ” Xmas 3 sons + Uncle Bud Dec 24 1954″. Quite frankly, the “uncle Bud” threw me for a loop for a few seconds, wondering which yet unknown family member would pop up. Luckily, I…
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Kodak Ektachrome, Box 95, 1957
This yellow Kodak Ektachrome box has an expiration date of January 1948. Joel had developed this color film stock as B&W to experiment with the rendering of the tones and contrast. Joel always liked to experiment. We’ve discussed these negatives quite a while ago. What’s in the box ? Three subjects and some. There’s a…
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Hiatus from 1950 to 1954 ???
Yes, there are no negatives to be found from 1950 till December 24, 1954. There are no Dardis style images in the College of Pacific yearbooks in 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1954. Although Joel graduated in 1948, it’s clear he was still perfecting his photography art and skills at COP in 1949. Later, after 1955,…
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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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Architecture, Box 93, April 1949
As usual, few subjects crammed in this box. Today we’ll only look at the images related to architectural lines. The date on the box is April 1949. First we have two images of Segarini’s nearing construction finish. Joel photographed two angles of the building. In the second image one can see the Stockton Adult School…
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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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