I decided to indulge my curiosity after getting a new scanner a few years ago and 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.
I don't know a whole lot about the ultimate origins of this batch of slides other than they came from Goodwill. Like previous batches, these too often have a date stamped on them that I assume indicates when the film was developed and I believe in most cases should give approximate dating for the photograph itself. So far these seem like mostly vacation photos that were taken in the 1960s and 1970s. I've identified places in Italy, France, Mexico, and Hawaii so far.
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.
All of the photos in this set were processed in August 1970 which means they were most likely taken in Italy based photos in previous sets with the same date.
The first image features the "Gates of Paradise", a set of gilded bronze doors designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti for the north entrance of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence, Italy. These were created between 1425 and 1452.
The second photo features "The Annunciation". A painting by Leonardo Davinci. It is his first known painting created when he was 20 years old.
I'm not entirely clear what the third photo is. The style looks similar to a 14th century Gothic church in Pisa which is the closest thing Google Images showed me but i didn't find anything that exactly matched this.
The last photo appears to feature an entrance to Museo del Duomo (probably referring to the Cathedral museum in Florence though it could refer to others). The sign features a schedule for the museum.
processed August 1970
processed August 1970
processed August 1970
processed August 1970
See the previous post in this series here.
The entire collection 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:
.info for Amiga Users (September 1990)
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Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (349-352)
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MegaCon 2012: Emerald Rose (1) - Come to the Dance
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Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (345-348)
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The Australian Commodore and Amiga Review (November 1987)
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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
Red Sails Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
