I decided to indulge my curiosity after getting a new scanner a few years ago and picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and eBay. I'm not sure why these commonly wind up at places like eBay but many seem to ultimately have come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don't know what to do with them or don't care. I've seen them advertised as being for crafts and such so maybe they are commonly used for that purpose. I was more interested in the actual contents. Each slide is a little slice of history from a particular time and place. 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 mainly because I find them an interesting way to look back at the past.
I don't know a whole lot about the ultimate origins of this batch of slides other than they came from Goodwill. Like previous batches, these too often have a date stamped on them that I assume indicates when the film was developed and I believe in most cases should give approximate dating for the photograph itself. So far these seem like mostly vacation photos that were taken in the 1960s and 1970s. I've identified places in Italy, France, Mexico, and Hawaii so far.
What I mean by "batch" and "set" because sometimes I even confuse myself:
Batch = A bunch of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin but not necessarily. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.
Set = Subset of a batch. A group of slides 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 fours slides. Organizationally, it's just the easiest way for me to handle things.
All of the photos in this set were processed in August 1970 and like others with this date, these were presumably all taken in Italy.
The first is a scene at an outdoor cafe somewhere. Most, if not all of the photos from Italy have been from the Tuscany region, most commonly Florence or Pisa so this is probably one of those places.
The second photo is a landscape shot. There was a similar one in a previous set. I would assume that this is somewhere in Tuscany as well.
The last two photos feature what I assume are a father and his son taking a bath. Don't worry, they are PG rated. The kid in this photo would probably be at least 60 years old today if he is still alive.
processed August 1970
processed August 1970
processed August 1970
processed August 1970
See the previous post in this series here.
The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found here. This also includes higher resolution versions and versions with post processing.
Check out some of my other recent posts:
Byte (March 1977)
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Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (293-296)
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MegaCon 2012: Frenchy and the Punk (11) - Caravan
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Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (289-292)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-1469a90ce50d9
Byte (March 1987)
@darth-azrael/byte-march-1987
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (285-288)
@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-d6f23ab815ac9
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Books I am reading or have recently read:
Red Sails Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch