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.
Most of the photos in this set were taken in the 1970s and I believe they were all taken in Michigan.
The first photo was processed in August 1979. In the distance, you can see a water skier on a lake or rive.
The second photo was processed in August 1977 and shows a bunch of kids using a tarp like a Slip 'N Slide.
The third photo was processed in February 1972 and shows an older woman opening a present of oven mitts and pot holders. I'm not sure if this is her birthday or possibly Christmas.
The last photo has no date but was probably taken in the late 1960s or early 1970s and shows a kids baseball game.
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 & Video Games (August 1984)
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Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (166-169)
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Next Generation (November 1996)
@darth-azrael/next-generation-november-1996
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