I made some impulse buys after getting a new scanner and picked up several batches of slides a while back from Goodwill and eBay. These pictures span from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s. There are many 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.
The first three photos were processed in August 1970 and were all likely taken in Italy, probably near Florence and/or Pisa.
Google images helped me identify the first photo. The tower in the distance is the Porta San Niccolo gate tower in Florence.
The second photo shows a bunch of people in a house or apartment somewhere. This is again most likely in Florence or somewhere else nearby in Italy.
Google images also helped be identify the third photo which was taken in the Piazza dei Cavalieri (Knights' Square) in Pisa, Italy. This was the political center of medieval Pisa. Now it is part of a University, the Scuola Normale di Pisa.
The last photo was processed in September 1970. It's difficult to identify exactly where this one was taken. Based on the date and when other photos from this batch were taken it was probably also in Italy or possibly in France. It shows someone getting their shoes shined.
processed August 1970
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processed August 1970
processed August 1970
processed September 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.
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https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/pc-world-february-1985
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https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-9cbf6ff134d85
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