Finding Joel Pahl Dardis

Tag: Stockton

  • 3D Art COP, Box 38, 1948

    3D Art COP, Box 38, 1948

    These images are most likely from the start of 1948. Joel graduates in February 1948 and it is yet not clear if he’ll continue to photograph in his familiar College of Pacific bubble where he spent the last years since his return from his service in WW II. When I was printing these pieces of…

  • Basketball, Box 38, Jan 1948

    Basketball, Box 38, Jan 1948

    Before we look at images, today’s post is on June 6, 2022, and that would have been my 101st birthday ! Although I’m in reality stuck at 100, I’m having a lot of fun reliving taking all those images you’re all looking at. My goodness ! Happy Birthday to me ! Today we’re going through…

  • Rhizomia, Box 37, Dec 1947

    Rhizomia, Box 37, Dec 1947

    Rhizomia Dance, Dec 18, 1947 + Carol Singers, is what Joel scribbled in the corner of the box of Kodak Sheet FIlm with a price tag of $1.92. Rhizomia is one of the living groups at College of the Pacific, and they had their own social schedule, no different than the other sororities, fraternities and…

  • Fireworks, Box 36, 1946-48

    Fireworks, Box 36, 1946-48

    There are a total of 16 images in this box, covering multiple subjects. Some of these belong in other boxes, nothing unusual, these negatives were picked over a few times. The pencil date on the box is 1947, there are images in there that belong to the next box to discuss. Two fireworks images are…

  • Stragglers, Box 35, 1946-48

    Stragglers, Box 35, 1946-48

    A box of 16 negatives and only a single date on the box, 1946. Stragglers of sorts, as on first sight, they don’t belong together. A closer look though, reveals that these images relate well to previous blog posts. In short, they are all misplaced stragglers of sorts. The first image I scanned stood out…

  • Sports, Box 34, 1948

    Sports, Box 34, 1948

    We’ll look at the other images of negative box 34. There are no notes related to content. First set of images is from a COP diving contest. The score board reads COP vs SM It’s clear why the first image got selected for publishing. It’s a clear shot with perfect timing, and a minimum of…

  • Photo Stories, Box 34, 1948

    Photo Stories, Box 34, 1948

    Telling stories with photos is nothing new, but it is an art that needs to be mastered by photographers. How to convey a story in an image (or few images), sounds easy, but it’s not. This particular box has some good material in it. The negative box has “Weekly 1948” written on it. Not clear…

  • Tau Kappa Kappa, Box 33, 1947

    Tau Kappa Kappa, Box 33, 1947

    Joel photographed one of the social events of the Tau Kappa Kappa living community. There’s no specific date other than the expiration date for the box is labeled as July 1947. Verifying with images from Naranjado, I can confirm that, although the majority of faces line up with 1948 Tau Kappa Kappa images, some faces…

  • Aloha Crash, Box 32, 1947

    Aloha Crash, Box 32, 1947

    Leave it up to Joel to take poolside photographs. The box contains a total of 16 negatives and based on pencil marks, these date June-July 1947, all taken at the Pacific Pool. I didn’t find an Aloha teamed COP event in 1947, but there was one in 1946. Some of the earlier pool images Joel…

  • Ceramics, Box 31, Nov 1947

    Ceramics, Box 31, Nov 1947

    This box presents a bit of a dilemma. “Art” is clear, the “November 21, 1947” date is clear, but there’s also a name and address on the box that makes it all hard to reconcile Oscar Galgiani, 165 E. Harding Way. Oscar Vincent Galgiani is indeed a renowned Stocktonian artist, and he did live at…