Finding Joel Pahl Dardis

Tag: Morris Chapel

  • Bush-Mack, Box 62, June 5, 1948

    Bush-Mack, Box 62, June 5, 1948

    All the pencil mark sait on the box was Bush-Wack, June 5, 1948. This was the same negative box with the images of the full 1700 block on Pacific Avenue, where we observed the construction of the Tuxedo Park Office starting in 1947. I believe Joel was friends with Philipe Bush. They both graduated in…

  • Infrared Negatives, Box 6, 1942

    Infrared Negatives, Box 6, 1942

    I found 4 infrared negatives in the previous box, and based on subject matter, I stayed away from discussing these and keep publication for this blog post. There are 23 negatives in this #6 box, and they are all Eastman Film Infrared negatives. Although there was no expiration date on the prints, subject matter clearly…

  • Press Negatives, Box 5, 1942

    Press Negatives, Box 5, 1942

    It appears Joel is no longer shooting SJC artwork for class. I found 16 negatives in a box of 12, but 4 negatives are clearly infrared film, so they don’t really belong in this box anyway. There’s are a few subjects in this box. Let’s start with dog puppies, looks like Butch, the Dardis family…

  • Press Negatives, Box 2, 1942

    Press Negatives, Box 2, 1942

    Continuation of ART 1942 press size negative exploration. More Morris Chapel windows.

  • The Death Valley Trip

    When I wrote recently (First Color blog post) about the Kodachrome images taken on a trip through Death Valley all the way to Boulder Dam, I didn’t know what prompted this trip. And a starter image of a Sunday Service on Sunday, April 6, 1941, of Troop 225 (Camarillo) at Red Rock, didn’t help much…