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 their 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.
I'm using the term "batch" to refer to 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.
I'm using the term "set" to refer to 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 a set of four slides.
This batch contains photos spanning from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves. The photographer seems to have been from Lansing, Michigan and many of the photos are from there. I think I've identified the photographer, see this post for more details.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
Most of the photos in this set are probably from the late 1960s and early 1970s. All except one were probably taken in the Lansing, Michigan area.
The first photo is undated and unlabeled. It shows a kids baseball game. This looks like it could be either the late 1960s or early 1970s.
The second photo was processed in July 1971. It is unlabeled and I can only guess where this one was taken (but not Michigan). According to ChatGPT, it was taken at "Royal Gorge near Cañon City, Colorado, probably photographed from the rim/park area looking toward the Sangre de Cristo Mountains." If you are curious, you can see ChatGPTs reasoning here.
The third photo is unlabeled and undated. It shows some kids playing volleyball. I would guess this is from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Those with a better eye for old cars might be able to narrow this down as you can see a couple of cars in this photo...or parts of them anyway.
The last photo was processed in July 1971 and is labeled 'Olympic Parade 71'. This was some kind of kids event and there have been several photos from this same event in previous sets.
Olympic Parade 71
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 Gamer (May 1986) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/computer-gamer-may-1986
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (425-428) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-425
PC World (October 1990) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-october-1990
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (421-424) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-421
Antic: The Atari Resource (January 1985) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/antic-the-atari-resource-january-1da328d98785a
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