Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I know that at least some of them have ultimately come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don't know what to do with them. I've seen them advertised as being for arts and crafts but I was more interested in the actual contents. Each slide is literally a snapshot in history. These pictures span from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s. There are thousands of these slides. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here as an interesting way to look back at the past.
I'm using the term "batch" to refer to a group of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.
I'm using the term "set" to refer to a subset of a batch that I scan together. There are normally four slides in one set because that's how many slides my scanner can scan at once. Likewise, a post will typically have one set of four slides. It's just easier to keep track of that way.
This batch contains photos spanning from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves. The photographer seems to have been from Lansing, Michigan and many of the photos are from there. I think I've identified the photographer, see this post for more details.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
The photos in this set were all taken in the 1970s.
The first photo was processed in June 1971 and is labeled 'Mesa Verde Colo'. It wass taken in Mesa Verde, Colorado and features one of the archeological sites there.
The second photo is undated and unlabeled but was probably taken in the early 1970s. It features a baby.
The third photo was processed in May 1970 and features a playgournd, probably in the Lansing, Michigan area.
This set finishes with a close-up of a flower from the past.
See the previous post in this series here.
The entire batch that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found here. This also includes higher resolution versions and versions with postprocessing.
Check out some of my other recent posts:
Byte (February 1978)
@darth-azrael/byte-february-1978
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (385-388)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-385
Maximum PC (February 2002)
@darth-azrael/maximum-pc-february-2002
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (381-384)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-381
PC World (October 1997)
@darth-azrael/pc-world-october-1997
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