After getting a new scanner several years ago to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay. I'm not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I know that at least some of them have ultimately come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don't know what to do with them. I've seen them advertised as being for arts and crafts but I was more interested in the actual contents. Each slide is literally a snapshot in history. 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 as an interesting way to look back at the past.
Most of 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 (though some do). They generally seem to be from the 1950s and 1960s. Like some of the previous batches, this one came from eBay and I don't know much about their origin.
When I say "batch" I mean a group of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.
When I say "set" I mean a subset of a batch that 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 four slides. It's just easier to keep track of that way.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
According to handwritten dates, these were taken in June 1957 and all were taken in New York City.
The first photo features the entrance to St. Patrick's Cathedral which is across the street from Rockefeller Center. This cathedral was completed in 1878.
The second photo is a neat street scene that I believe features 42nd Street. On the left you can see a theater marquee with listings for Monkey On My Back and A Face in the Crowd which would date this photo in 1957 even without the date on the slide itself.
The third photo features a statue of Francis Patrick Duffy which is located in Duffy Square.
The last photo features the outside of Gimbels department store. I assume this was the main location bordering Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan. Gimbels operated at that location from 1910 until 1986.
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 postprocessing.
Check out some of my other recent posts:
Computer Shopper (April 2002)
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Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (773-776)
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Claymates (Super NES)
@darth-azrael/claymates-super-nes
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (769-772)
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Compute! (August 1987)
@darth-azrael/compute-august-1987
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (765-768)
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Byte (February 1988)
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The Altar Path by Joseph Lisiewski.
Red Star Falling by Steve Berry.
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry
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