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.
All of the photos in this set were taken circa 1974 and were likely taken in the Lansing, Michigan area.
The first photo was processed in February 1974 and was taken at a toddler's birthday party. Check out the homemade Winnie the Pooh cake.
The second photo was processed in August 1974. It shows an older lady sitting outside (along with some other people).
The third photo was processed in February 1974. Given the pile of Christmas presents, I'm guessing this was taken on or near Christmas 1973.
the last photo was processed in August 1974 and looks like it was taken at the same event as the second photo. Given the large number of people, maybe this was a family reunion.
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:
The One (January 1995) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/the-one-january-1995
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (465-468) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-465
Maximum PC (April 2006) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/maximum-pc-april-2006
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (461-464) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-461/edit-classic
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