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Highschool Negatives, Sleeve 1, 1938-1939
As stated in previous blog post, I came across some transparent Hy-Klas Stockton Process Sleeves with 116 or 616 format negatives. Today we’ll look at the negatives and associated prints from the 1938-1939 timeframe. We remember from the first blog posts in this series that Joel had two rolls of 35mm negative film. The negative…
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Childhood, Sleeve 0, 1922-1925
I didn’t run out of boxes yet, but while perusing photo sleeves, I came across some transparent Hy-Klas Stockton Process Sleeves with 116 or 616 format negatives. It was immediately clear that Joel didn’t take these images, and I assume it was Thomas Lawrence Dardis Sr. photographing few family events. The first one that jumped…
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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…
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Valley Ice Co, Box 83, 1948
Box 83 had one more industrial activity as subject. Sizing large ice blocks to the proper dimension so they would fit iceboxes. Remember these ? Between harvesting ice from frozen rivers and the invention of the electrical refrigerator, ice was made in ice houses rough industrial electrical refrigeration. Joel photographed in one of these in…
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Electric Planing Mill Fire, Box 83, 1948
Other than “Electric Plane Mill, 1948” (sic), there’s nothing more on the lid of the box. The Electric Planing Mill was situated on 545 S Monroe Street in the Stockton City Directory of 1943. This Mill is no longer mentioned in the 1949 Stockton City Director for obvious reasons. All negatives in this box related…
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Wilson-Pastor Wedding, Box 82, Feb 1948
The only readable inscription on this box of negatives is Wilson Wedding, Feb 1, 1948. I was able to figure out, through some genealogical sleuthing, that this was the Everett E Wilson (1922-2012) wedding with Angela Pastor (1926-2018). What made it a bit easier was the 1948 yearbook I bought on Ebay few months back.…
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Pandora’s Box 81, 1946-1971
This box of negatives had an expiration date of 1944. Joel was still in Europe at that time, so it’s clear this box didn’t have anything relating to 1944. There are two dates on this box though. June 22, 1963 and July 7, 1971. How did I end up with 1946 ? This image below.…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 