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.
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 photos all come from a single slide carousel that came from either Goodwill or eBay...I don't remember which at this point. This is a pretty small batch with only about 130 slides in total. There are dates (month and year) stamped on these that I assume indicates the date when the film was developed. They are all from the 1970s and early 1980s.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
All of the photos in this set are dated September 1980. They all seem to have been taken at the same time and place also matching the last two photos from the previous set. The lighting isn't great but these photos seem to feature a house that has been damaged by fire. I can't tell from these photos if this is the same house where the earlier 1974 photos were taken but that seems like a strong possibility.
There is a girl in the third photo but again, the lighting isn't great and I don't recognize her from earlier photos. The one good photo (in terms of lighting anyway) in this set ironically features a toilet but it is also the one where the smoke/fire damage is clear.
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:
Electronic Gaming Monthly (August 1996)
@darth-azrael/electronic-gaming-monthly-august-1996
Vintage Photos - Lot 4 (037-040)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-4-037
PC World (May 1998)
@darth-azrael/pc-world-may-1998
Vintage Photos - Lot 4 (033-036)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-4-033
Digital Archaeology: Dell Inspiron 530s (upgraded)
@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-dell-inspiron-530s-6ae05fdf4582a
Vintage Photos - Lot 4 (029-032)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-4-029
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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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