Finding Joel Pahl Dardis

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  • Iris Mae Spoonemore, Box 79, 1949

    Iris Mae Spoonemore, Box 79, 1949

    It was hard to read the contents on this box with a total of 46 images, a new record ! Iris Spenemere is all that I could read. A quick search on the UOP digital library showed only one Iris in 1949, and some further genealogical research came up with the full name. Iris Mae…

  • COP Homecoming, Box 78, 1957

    COP Homecoming, Box 78, 1957

    Although this box has an expiration date of Dec 1949, the contents are mostly related to the “Homecoming Parade” of College of Pacific on Saturday, October 19, 1957. We’re jumping 8 years ahead, and yes, there’s a difference in feel noticeable throughout the images. The world is changing. Tommy, the Pacific Tiger, is prominently featured…

  • Dr. Scott’s children, Box 75, 1949

    Dr. Scott’s children, Box 75, 1949

    This box of negatives has 24 sheets in it, and only covers one photoshoot. The children of Dr. Scott, possibly 1949. As usual, I did some genealogy and City of Stockton Registry research, and came up with Dr. Wirt Stanley Scott Jr., Physician and Surgeon, practicing at 2633 Pacific Avenue. Dr. Scott was born Jan…

  • A Christmas Pageant, Box 74, Dec 20 1948

    A Christmas Pageant, Box 74, Dec 20 1948

    The title on this box was self explanatory, the contents illustrative. Before we check out the “Christmas Pageant”, I’m showing two water polo images that were both published in the Naranjado 1949 College of Pacific Yearbook. The rest of the images all belong to the “Christmas Pageant” documentary photo shoot. Date is Dec 20, 1948,…

  • A Stockton Christmas, Box 73, Dec 1948

    A Stockton Christmas, Box 73, Dec 1948

    December 28, 1948 was something special for the kids, and adults, of Stockton. Next few images show us the anticipation, and Joel is playing this little game building the tension up through images. The other aspect of these images is, find your grandparents in this bunch ! We don’t always appreciate that they were kids…

  • All the King’s Men, Box 72, Dec 10, 1948

    All the King’s Men, Box 72, Dec 10, 1948

    Negative Box 72 was found with multiple subjects, and upon closer examination, contained images shot during the filming of “All the King’s Men” at the COP Morris Chapel. Shooting of the movie was from Dec 1948 to Feb 1949. The date Joel left behind on the box was Dec 10, 1948. It’s no secret that…

  • Dr. Nelson Hospital, Box 71, 1948

    Dr. Nelson Hospital, Box 71, 1948

    Dr. George Nelson was a veterinarian, with an animal hospital at 1234 N Wilson Way, Stockton, this according to the Stockton-Lodi City Directory of 1949. We can’t be sure how Joel got to do this commercial photoshoot. Maybe Dr. Nelson knew Joel’s late father, Thomas Lawrence Dardis, a veterinarian himself. The first three negatives however…

  • Folk Dance, Box 70, Dec 1948

    Folk Dance, Box 70, Dec 1948

    There were few scribbles on this box of 21 negatives. “Folk Dance”, with a date of Dec 5, 1948. and then there was mention of few “clubs” and Naranjado. Stepping back for a second, this is the 70th box of press negatives scanned, for a total of some 2100+ images, including a good number of…

  • Segarini’s, Box 69, Oct 1948

    Segarini’s, Box 69, Oct 1948

    Joel wrote following on the lid of this box of 16 press format negatives. Segarini Store, Gov. Warren, Navy Day and Oct 24, 1948. (Which was a Sunday.) Earl could have been stomping for Thomas E. Dewey as running mate for the 1948 election. The latter is merely conjecture, Stockton historians may be able to…

  • Majorettes and football, Box 67, 1948

    Majorettes and football, Box 67, 1948

    There are two subjects in this box. What appears to be few images from majorette out of a parade we’ve seen before. This time there’s an name, I can make out Jo Ann Fonseca-Marquard (sic). There’s also a note “Lodi Parade”. The rest are images from a Loyola – Pacific football game at night in…