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.
I'm using the term "batch" to refer to 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.
I'm using the term "set" to refer to 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 batch contains photos spanning from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves. The photographer seems to have been from Lansing, Michigan and many of the photos are from there.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
All of the photos in this set are from the late 1960s and they were all probably taken in the Lansing, Michigan area.
The first photo was processed in January 1966. It is labeled and while I can't quite read it all, it says something about a 1965 MRPA program. I think MRPA stands for Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association. I'm not sure what the point of this program was...maybe a fundraiser? But it was probably in late 1965. Photos from this same event have shown up in previous sets.
The second photo was processed in April 1968. It shows a couple of older ladies holding flowers but otherwise I'm not sure what's going on here.
The third photo was processed in February 1968. It is labeled "Seniors - Plymouth Guests". This was appearently some kind of event for seniors. I guess Harmonica Kittens was the name of the band playing.
The last photo was processed in February 1989 and shows some boys playing pool.
MRPA ????? Meet - Program 65
Seniors - Plymouth Guests
Boys Pool
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.
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