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, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am 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.
This set contains photos spanning from as far back as at least 1959 to as recent as at least 1980. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
All of the slides in this set are dated from 1967 or 1968.
The first photo shows a family sitting down for a meal. It's not really clear if this is just a random meal or a special event. It looks like a couple of boys with parents and grandparents..
The next two photos are dated November 1967. These also feature a mean. In the first one kids are having dessert and in the next it looks like everybody is lined up to fill up their plates. This was either something like a birthday party or perhaps Thanksgiving.
The last photo is dated February 1967 and features the aftermath of a snow storm. I don't know exactly where this is but the house number can be seen (900) as can the last name of the occupants (Kipke). There have been similar shots in previous sets.
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:
PC World (November 1984)
@darth-azrael/pc-world-november-1984
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (069-072)
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PC World (December 2007)
@darth-azrael/pc-world-december-2007
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (065-068)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-065
Digital Archaeology: Dell Inspiron E1405
@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-dell-inspiron-e1405
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (061-064)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-061
Check out my other Social Media haunts (though most content is links to stuff I posted on Hive or re-posts of stuff originally posted on Hive):
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Blogger: https://megalextoria.blogspot.com/
Odyssee: https://odysee.com/@Megalextoria:b
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Books I am reading or have recently read:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
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