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.
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.
The first two photos in this set were processed in August 1975. The first shows some live music though it is unfortunately blurry. The photographer wouldn't have known this until the film was developed though. The second one is a shot on the beach. Based on other photos in previous sets with the same date, these were most likely taken in Hawaii.
The third photo was processed in September 1977. There's not much to tell me where this was taken except obviously on a beach somewhere. My best guess for other photos with this date has been somewhere on the East coast of the U.S. in New England or North Carolina.
The last photo was processed in July 1975 which places this in Hawaii. This is most likely Haleakala National Park in Maui.
processed August 1975
processed August 1975
processed September 1977
processed July 1975
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:
The Lion King (Sega Genesis)
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Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (337-340)
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Digital Archaeology: Dell XPS Gen2 (2)
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Popular Computing Weekly (October 31st, 1985)
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Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (329-332)
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Books I am reading or have recently read:
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr by Nancy Isenberg
Tom Clancy's Op-Center: God of War by Jeff Rovin
Red Sails Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
