I decided to indulge my curiosity after getting a new scanner a few years ago and picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and eBay. I'm not sure why these commonly wind up at places like eBay but many seem to ultimately have come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don't know what to do with them or don't care. I've seen them advertised as being for crafts and such so maybe they are commonly used for that purpose. I was more interested in the actual contents. Each slide is a little slice of history from a particular time and place. 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 mainly because I find them an interesting way to look back at the past.
I don't know a whole lot about the ultimate origins of this batch of slides other than they came from Goodwill. Like previous batches, these too often have a date stamped on them that I assume indicates when the film was developed and I believe in most cases should give approximate dating for the photograph itself. So far these seem like mostly vacation photos that were taken in the 1960s and 1970s. I've identified places in Italy, France, Mexico, and Hawaii so far.
What I mean by "batch" and "set" because sometimes I even confuse myself:
Batch = A bunch of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin but not necessarily. Typically, a batch will have hundreds or even thousands of slides.
Set = Subset of a batch. A group of slides 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 fours slides. Organizationally, it's just the easiest way for me to handle things.
The first two photos were processed in August 1966. Based on photos in previous sets with this date, I believe that these were taken in Mexico though I am not sure exactly where.
The last two photos were processed in June 1966 which places them most likely in Italy based on photos in previous sets with this date. I believe that the third photo was taken in Pinocchio Land. The last one was a bit of surprise though. Google identifies this building as the Dolmabahce Palace which is in Istanbul, Turkey and it sure does look like that building. This would be the first photo from this batch that I've been able to identify as being taken in Turkey.
processed August 1966
processed August 1966
processed June 1966
processed June 1966
See the previous post in this series here.
The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found here. This also includes higher resolution versions and versions with post processing.
Check out some of my other recent posts:
Brevard Renaissance Fair 2020: Music the Gathering - The Rolling of the Stone (12)
https://ecency.com/hive-181335/@darth-azrael/dirfcfkw
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (309-312)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-f87528ef95ac1
Byte (September 1989)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-september-1989
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (305-308)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-cc0a1579c6dd3
Byte (January 1979)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-january-1979
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (301-304)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-39d1f87a943e6
Check out my other Social Media haunts (though most content is links to stuff I posted on Hive or reposts of stuff originally posted on Hive):
Wordpress: https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/darth-azrael
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Darth_Azrael
Blogger: https://megalextoria.blogspot.com/
Odyssee: https://odysee.com/@Megalextoria:b
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2385054
Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/Megalextoria
Books I am reading or have recently read:
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr by Nancy Isenberg
Tom Clancy's Op-Center: God of War by Jeff Rovin
Red Sails Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
