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.
Sadly, the photos from this batch don't seem to generally have dates stamped on them like most of the previous batches I've gone through. However, they generally seem to be from the 1950s and 1960s. Like some of the previous batches, this one came from eBay and I don't know much about its origins other than that.
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 is probably from the 1960s (and that's my best guest for the others as well) and features a sign for the Satellite Motel. There is a motel with that name still in business in Treasure Island, Florida, however, this sign appears to match a motel that used to be in Cocoa Beach, Florida. It closed in 1984.
I think I can make out the work "Confederate" on the sign. This is probably from Shiloh as there were photos from there in the previous set and below.
The third photo is definitely from Shiloh as "Ruggle's Batteries" is a reference to a Confederate officer named Daniel Ruggles who fought at Shiloh.
The last photo features some kind of informational pamphlet about Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This place is known for the nuclear research done there leading up to the creation of the atomic bomb. There are other photos from Oak Ridge in other sets to come.
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 (October 1978)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-october-1978
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (001-004)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-001
The Games Machine (April 1990)
https://ecency.com/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/the-games-machine-april-1990
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (465-468)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-abf55bca30d61
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (461-464)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-60ea61884e458
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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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