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.
Unfortunately, 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 the origins of these photos 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.
All of the photos in this set were taken in Philadelphia, likely in the late 1950s.
The first photo features a historical marker for the Old Customs House in Philadelphia. It served as the Second Bank of the United States from about 1824 to about 1836 and then as the Philadelphia Customs House from 1845 to 1936.
The second photo features the clock tower of Philadelphia's Independence Hall.
The third photo features the Liberty Bell which at the time would have been located inside Independence Hall.
I believe that the last photo features Old City Hall in Philadelphia. It served to house the U.S. Supreme Court from 1791 to 1800 and then served as Philadelphia's City Hall until 1854.
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:
Clock Tower: First Fear (PlayStation)
https://ecency.com/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/clock-tower-first-fear-playstation
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (137-140)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-137
PC Magazine (May 29, 1984)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/pc-magazine-may-29-1984
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (133-136)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-133
Byte (August 1985)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-august-1985
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (129-132)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-129
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Books I am reading or have recently read:
Total Power by Vince Flynn
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr by Nancy Isenberg
Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
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