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.
When I say "batch" I mean 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.
When I say "set" I mean 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 set starts a brand new batch and is much larger than the last.
This set contains photos spanning from as far back as at least 1959 to as recent as at least 1980. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
None of the photos in this set are labeled or dated, however, they are likely from the 1960s or early 1970s. These seem to continue directly from the last set and feature a train in a place called Round Lake.
The first two photos were taken outside the train and you can make out the number 127. According to ChatGPT, "It’s very likely the steam locomotive in your photo is Canadian Pacific Railway G-5d class 4-6-2 No. 1278 — but shown as renumbered to “127” during its Steamtown USA era in the late 1960s / early 1970s." Apparently, it was primarily used in New England in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The third photo looks like it was taken in one of the passenger cars.
The last photo was take outside the train. There's a guy with what looks like a Super 8 video camera so maybe there is a video of this scene in existence somewhere.
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:
Maximum PC (May 2000)
@darth-azrael/maximum-pc-may-2000
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (021-024)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-021
Your Computer (April 1984)
@darth-azrael/your-computer-april-1984
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (017-020)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-017
Compute!'s Gazette (November 1985)
@darth-azrael/compute-s-gazette-november-1985
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (013-016)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-013
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
You Like It Darker by Stephen King.
The Altar Path by Joseph Lisiewski.
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