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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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Acrobats, Box 59, May 1948
This box contains 33 negatives with multiple subjects covered. Before we start, this is the 100th blog post, I’ve scanned well over 1500 images so far, with the vast majority shown over 100 posts. There are 4 negatives of a circus acrobat routine. This is from the Clyde Beatty Circus that was in Stockton, May…
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Circus Clowns, Box 58, 1948
Joel had marked this box with “Clowns” and “Clyde Baty”. The latter is the name of the circus, Clyde Beatty Circus. Clyde Beatty (1903-1965) is considered the most famous American lion tamer and animal trainer, and had his own circus from 1945 to 1956. He also played in nine movies, starting in 1933 with “The…
Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 