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COP Boxing, JFC, April 1957
Further exploring the 1955-1959 timeframe,I found a few sleeves in Jessica Fong’s Collection of Dardis negatives with the “Boxing, April 26, 1957” written on them. No further information about schedules nor athletes. These negatives are all shot as 4×5″. It’s most likely, from the angles and perspectives, including lack of positional movement, that Joel’s camera…
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COP Football, Box 100, 1958
The rest of of the negatives in box 100 are all related to football matches at COP. There’s of course the Arizona State match of September 27, 1958, but also Brigham Young University (BYU) on October 11, 1958, and finally, Cincinnati on October 18, 1958. I can’t tell from the images alone which negatives belong…
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Colorado & Cincinnati, Box 98, Fall 1956
There are two locations with dates on this box. Colorado, Sept 22, 1956 and Cincinnati Oct 6, 1956. I found a work pass for Joel under the lid. So he’s photographing on location for COP. Not sure what Joel’s official capacity was, but in light of the work pass, I assume he was invited for…
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Football, Box 96-97, ca 1955-56
Both box 96 and 97 had a few negative frames of COP football embedded. Neither one of the boxes had any reference to a game, but few of the sleeves from the Jessica Fong collection had various notes about football games, without any football game content. In short, I’m not sure which game this is…
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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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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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Class Assignment, Box 91, 1949
The box with negatives of Nancy Reynolds came with few more subjects. It’s pretty much the norm since Joel has been shuffling negatives around over the years. The rest of the subjects seem to be sort of class assignments for a photography course Joel is still signed up for. First group are a number of…
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Nancy Reynolds, Box 91, 1949
“Nancy Reynolds, June 1, 1949” is written on the side of the box. Checking the Naranjado 1949 College of Pacific, we find reference to Nancy Reynolds being the Alpha Theta Tau’s Spring Belle for 1949. The 12 images below are an exercise in mostly seated portraits. It’s quite a nice series. Joel keeps on average…
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COP Basketball, Box 90, 1949
As mentioned in my previous blog post, the remainder of the images in box 90 are all College of Pacific basketball game related. Showing all images without commentary for history and genealogy sake, in case someone is related to the players or spectators. In few matches the opposing teams are recognizable, in others, there’s nothing…
Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 