After getting a new scanner several years ago to scan some old slides my grandparents had, I 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.
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 100s or even 1000s 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.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
The first photo was processed in July 1975 and was likely taken in Hawaii. It features a woman that has been seen occasionally in previous sets.
The second photo was processed in October 1973 and was taken in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It features a plaque for St. Johns Episcopal Church (or its ruins anyway).
The third photo was also processed in October 1973. It as taken overlooking a valley, most likely of or near Harpers Ferry based on the date.
The last photo was processed in August 1970 and was likely taken in Italy. The kitchen and people seen in this photo have shown up in previous sets as well.
processed July 1975
processed October 1973
processed October 1973
processed August 1970
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 post processing.
Check out some of my other recent posts:
Byte (May 1993)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-may-1993
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (457-460)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-d11c84dd1c5ba
Digital Archaeology: eMachines ET1352
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-emachines-et1352
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (453-456)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-a3cd7047b1c7b
GamePro (January 1997)
https://ecency.com/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/gamepro-january-1997
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):
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Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/darth-azrael
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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
Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
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