After getting a new scanner several years ago to scan some old slides my grandparents had, I 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.
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.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
All of the photos in this set were processed in October 1973 which, based on photos in previous sets with the same date, places them in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. This town became famous during the civil war. It was the target of a failed slave rebellion and later was the northern most point of Confederate controlled territory, changing hands several times.
In the first photo, there appears to be some sort of archaeological excavation going on.
I'm not sure what the significance of the small structure in the second photo is.
The third photo features the historic district of Harpers Ferry. Many of the buildings date to the 1800s. Except for the vehicles on the road, I imagine it looks pretty much the same today as it did in 1973 which isn't much different than it would have looked in the late 1800s.
The last photo shows one of the two railroad bridges that are part of the B&O Railroad Potomac River Crossing near Harpers Ferry.
processed October 1973
processed October 1973
processed October 1973
processed October 1973
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 post processing.
Check out some of my other recent posts:
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (405-408)
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Computer + Video Games (December 1987)
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Compute!'s Gazette (March 1985)
@darth-azrael/compute-s-gazette-march-1985
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (401-404)
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Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars (Sega Genesis)
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Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (397-400)
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