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Post Office, Box 54, 1947
The second pencil mark on box 54, in Joel’s handscribble, says “Post Office”. More negatives of a construction site, and we are able to discern some of the details. Eight negatives in total, one is a dud duplicate, so we’ll look at seven. The sign on the fence says “Nomellini Company, General Contractor”. The homes…
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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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Pacific Weekly, Box 53, 1947
When a box is marked “Weekly”, Joel refers to submissions for the Pacific Weekly, a College of Pacific Student Newsletter. It is not clear if any of these negatives were actually published in the Pacific Weekly, but I’ve seen some of them end up in the COP yearbook, The Naranjado. (Most often without giving credit…
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Car Crash, Box 52, 1947
This box of 16 negatives has few subjects. There’s an “Auto Accident” as Joel pencilled it in and “1947”. The expiration date on this box is Jan 1948, so the 1947 pencil mark is in the ballpark. The car crash looks gnarly, lots of damage and one can only wonder what happened to the driver.…
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Ektachrome, Box 51, 1947
Although Ektachrome implies “color”, there are only black and white negatives in this yellow Kodak box with a Dec 1947 expiration date. Multiple subjects together and the 1947 date is as such in question for the vast majority of negatives. There’s a “Thom Family, about 1947” pencilled with another “Santa Cruz” marking. At least, that’s…
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Babies, Box 50, 1948
As a photographer, you get to shoot a lot of babies as soon as you’re past mid twenties. Your cousin’s babies, your friend’s babies and your neighbour’s babies. No different for Joel. We’ve seen already a few family baby shots in previous blog posts, today’s series fit the mold. There are no names on the…
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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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Santa Cruz, Box 48, 1948
This box has a few pencil marks. There are two names, Lois and Irene. The imagery covered here is situated between 1947 and 1948. Eighteen negatives in total and it’s a various collection again. The positive twist is that the beach images seem to be from the Santa Cruz area. Joel has been visiting and…
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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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Beach, Box 46, August 1946
Stepping some two years back, this box has “August 1946” pencilled on it. We’ve seen few beach images in 1946 already, and these negatives seem to be part of the same time period. These images are of the “snapshot” variety, the photography documenting the who, what, where, why of things. The first image though could…
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