After getting a new scanner several years ago to scan some old slides my grandparents had, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and eBay. I'm not sure why these commonly wind up at places like that 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 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.
Unfortunately, the photos from this batch don't seem to generally have dates stamped on them like most of the previous batches I've gone through. However, they generally seem to be from the 1950s and 1960s. Like some of the previous batches, this one came from eBay but I don't know much about the origins of these photos other than that.
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.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
All of the photos in this set were likely taken circa 1959 in Kentucky and Florida.
Based on the next photo, the second photo was probably taken in Kentucky. However, it could have also been take somewhere on the road in Tennessee near Shiloh, Oak Ridge, or the Norris Dam since these have all been featured locations from this batch.
The second photo features a sign indicating that you are leaving the Cumberland National Forest. This forest is now known as Daniel Boone National Forest (renamed in 1966) and is located in Kentucky. It looks like this photo was taken through a telescope or more likely binoculars.
The third photo was probably taken somewhere in Florida but I'm not sure if it was taken underwater or if this is a fish tank.
The last photo features an informational display about the Atlantic Missile Test Range. This photo was probably taken at the Air Force Missile Test Center which was renamed the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 1963.
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 post processing.
Check out some of my other recent posts:
Digital Archaeology: Gateway NV57H
@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-gateway-nv57h
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (317-320)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-317
GamePro (February 1997)
@darth-azrael/gamepro-february-1997
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (313-316)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-313
Zzap! 64 (April 1992)
@darth-azrael/zzap-64-april-1992
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (309-312)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-309
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A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson
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