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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…
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Stanford, Box 58, 1948
Negative box 58 has a variety of subjects for a total of 26 images. Some on College of Pacific campus, most of them are other locations though. Joel must have visited Stanford University to photograph a sports event in late 1948. And he photographed the architecture as well, giving him more material for his portfolio,…
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Carmel, Box 57, 1948
This box of negatives has two Joel scribbles on them. One says “Carmel, August 1948”, the other one reads “Pahl Plumbing”. His uncle Harry Pahl and his cousin Werne Pahl, were the principles in Pahl Harry & Co Plumbing and heating. We know that Joel photographed in Carmel from 1941 on, based on Kodachromes we’ve…
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Rhizomia Booms, Box 56, 1947
The date on box 56 is Nov 14, 1947. Joel had a busy November that year. Few images in this box are football related. Not sure what the next two image signify, I just assume they were taken at the end of a game. The last image was published in the 1948 Naranjado in the…
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Honor Apartment, Box 54, 1947
This box contains 22 press sized negatives, and we’ll split the box in two sections. This box is a surprize bonanza for those who are interested in construction techniques, and Stockton College of the Pacific (or UOP) history in general. It won’t escape anyone that these soft copper pipes are readied to be buried in…
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Watermelon Feed, Box 49, 1947
Rho Lambda Phi, also known as Rhizomia, had a yearly “Watermelon Feed” event. This box has a pencil date of Sept 1947, and I confirmed that few of these images made it into the 1948 Naranjado COP yearbook in the “Special Days” section of editor Nancy Rinehart. Few more images of students and staff stuffing…
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SJC Pool, Box 47, 1947
It is not clear from the 12 negatives in this box if this is 1947 or 1948 academic year. Neither Naranjado 1947 or 1948 covers water polo images. Joel does manage to get some good action shots. And while nothing is happening in the pool, he’s active in the surrounding area. Next images were most…
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The rest of Box 45, 1948
There are 9 negatives left in box 45. The majority is photographed at College of the Pacific, sometime during Spring 1948. The first negatives I came across are playing in an elementary school, we can’t be sure what the occasion is, possibly a show-and-tell. The teacher might be a friend of Joel, or Joel misplaced…
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Sports, Box 45, 1948
This is one of the heavy negative boxes. Twenty nine negatives crammed in the package. The main subject is a variety of sports at College of Pacific in 1948. I was able to verify that some of these images were represented in a cropped form in Naranjado 1948. It is always good to find confirmation.…
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More COP Parties, Box 44, 1948
The pencil marks on this box simply says “April Dance”. There’s total of 24 negatives, and there are multiple subjects. Although Joel Dardis is credited in the 1948 Naranjada yearbook, none of the images in this, and following, blog posts, are published in the “Big Days Section”. From what I can gather, the Rhizomia “and…
Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 