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'm referring 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. When I say "set" I'm referring 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. Most or all of the photos in this set were taken in the early 1970s, probably in the Lansing, Michigan area. The first photo is undated and features flowers, perhaps at the photographer's house. It is likely from some time in the 1960s or 1970s. The second photo was processed in June 1970s. It shows an older woman with a bunch of kids in a park. Perhaps a teacher and her class? The third photo was also processed in June 1970s and it looks like it was taken at the same place as the previous photo. I believe that's the same woman towards the center and there are a couple more adults. It looks like they are having a picnic. The last photo was processed in November 1974. It shows a bunch of people together having a meal. This looks like it was in a church basement or something similar. I can see a calendar on the far wall but can't quite make it out. However, assuming Sunday would be on the far left and Saturday on the far right, I can tell that the month shown begins on a Friday which lines up with November 1974.

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: PC World (May 1988) https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/pc-world-may-1988 Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (237-240) https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-237 Computer Shopper (July 2001) https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/computer-shopper-july-2001 Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (233-236) https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-233 --- Check out my other Social Media haunts: Wordpress: https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/darth-azrael Blogger: https://megalextoria.blogspot.com/ Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/darth-azrael.bsky.social Odyssee: https://odysee.com/@Megalextoria:b Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2385054 Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/Megalextoria --- Books I am reading or have recently read: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. --- Mine Monero in your browser! Earn Gridcoin while also helping various scientific projects by sharing your computer's idle CPU time! ---

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