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.
The photos in this set were likely all taken in the 1960s or 1970s in the Lansing, Michigan area.
The first photo is undated but was likely taken in the late 1960s or early 1970s. The sign makes it obvious where this was taken. Tecumseh Park is a park in Lansing, Michigan that provides access to the Tecumseh River.
The second photo is undated but looks like it was taken in the 1960s or early 1970s. It is labeled with the people in the photo (see below).
The third photo shows a river. There is a date but it is hard to read...possibly October 1969. This could be from Tecumseh Park also but that's just a guess.
The last photo was processed in July 1972. It looks like some kids are getting a hay ride. ChatGPT identifies the tractor as a McCormick-Deering Farmall H, probably from the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Chucky - Mary Kay - Timm V, Scotty - Christy - Grams, Grandmother
river from Frances p4 Oct ?9
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:
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (457-460) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-457
PC World (June 1983) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-june-1983
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (453-456) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-453
Amstrad Computer User (June 1989) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/amstrad-computer-user-june-1989
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