Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those (there weren't really all that many) I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. 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.
The photos in this set are all dated November 1980 but were probably taken in October.
The first photo features the inside of a garage. It's difficult to tell if this is the same house seen in other recent sets or not.
The next photo features two people in costumes of some sort. The masks are pretty scary though I don't think they are meant to be. I can't tell who they are supposed to be. Generic hobos maybe? I'm assuming this photo was taken on Halloween.
The next two photos appear to feature the same individual though they were taken by somebody without very good camera aim, lol. This may be a costume too but if so, I don't know who they are supposed to be either.
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:
Advanced Computer Entertainment (September 1990)
@darth-azrael/advanced-computer-entertainment-september-1990
Vintage Photos - Lot 4 (077-080)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-4-077
GamePro (April 1993)
@darth-azrael/gamepro-april-1993
Vintage Photos - Lot 4 (073-076)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-4-073
Amiga Power - Issue Number 0 - May 1991
@darth-azrael/amiga-power-issue-number-0
Vintage Photos - Lot 4 (069-072)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-4-069
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Blogger: https://megalextoria.blogspot.com/
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Books I am reading or have recently read:
You Like It Darker by Stephen King.
The Altar Path by Joseph Lisiewski.
Red Star Falling by Steve Berry.
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