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.
What I mean by "batch" and "set" because sometimes I even confuse myself:
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.
The first photo in this set was processed in August 1975. Based on other photos from this batch with the same date, it's safe to say that this was taken in Hawaii. The background as well as the people in the photos would appear to confirm that.
The other three photos were all processed in September 1977. There have been other photos with 1977 dates scattered throughout previous sets but I haven't been able to conclusively identify where they were taken. These photos look like they are from a beach on the east coast of the U.S. somewhere. The last one with the church is probably best for identifying the location but google images wasn't any help on this one and I don't recognize it.
processed August 1975
processed September 1977
processed September 1977
processed September 1977
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:
Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #10 – RODPOEM.DOC
@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-floppy-disk-10-54e8917ab7c22
Byte (October 1982)
@darth-azrael/byte-october-1982
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (269-272)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-594f249b13bfa
Byte (July 1982)
@darth-azrael/byte-july-1982
Info (November/December 1989)
@darth-azrael/info-november-december-1989
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (265-268)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-06ef55dc3d31f
Check out my other Social Media haunts (though most content is links to stuff I posted on Hive or reposts of stuff originally posted on Hive):
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Books I am reading or have recently read:
Red Sails Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
