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 contuse 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.
All of the photos in this set were processed in August 1970 which most likely places them in Italy like the previous few sets.
The first photo features the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy. There are a lot of photos taken from this same angle that can be found online that have been taken throughout the year. It must be a popular picture taking spot.
I believe the second photo features the or "Il Chiostro dei Canonici" or "the Cloister of the Canons" which is also near the basilica.
I'm not entirely sure what the books are shown in the third photo but I would guess they are manuscripts somehow associated with the Basilica of San Lorenzo.
I'm also not sure where the last photo was taken from but it seems to be looking towards the Basilica of San Lorenzo off in the distance.
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:
Computer Shopper (December 2001)
@darth-azrael/computer-shopper-december-2001
ANALOG Computing (May 1985)
@darth-azrael/analog-computing-may-1985
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (229-232)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-bd4de3f474937
Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #10 – RESTRIC.DOC
@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-floppy-disk-10-50d023de83c74
Advanced Computer Entertainment (January 1992)
@darth-azrael/advanced-computer-entertainment-january-1992
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (225-228)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-aa37b82a67c74
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
