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.
The first photo was processed in July 1975. There's not much to specifically identify it but the date matches others from Hawaii as do the people in the photo. I tried finding info on the phone number in the picture but other than verifying that the prefix matches numbers in the Honalulu area, I couldn't find anything.
The second photo was also processed in July 1975 and was likely taken in Hawaii. At first, I wasn't sure what the point of this photo was as at first it initially seems like some odd close-up of a not very interesting building. However, if you look closely, you can see someone at the top of the building towards the right side. Not sure what they are doing up there...
The third photo was processed in August 1966. Previous photos with this date have seemed to be in Mexico. A Google image search seems to point to this being a shot of Puerto Marques Bay in Guerrero Mexico.
The last photo was also processed in August 1966 placing it most likely in Mexico as well. Just seems like a random road somewhere.
processed July 1975
processed July 1975
processed August 1966
processed August 1966
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:
Digital Archaeology: Dell Vostro 3550
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-dell-vostro-3550
Your 64 (February 1985)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/your-64-february-1985
Vintage Photos - Goodwill Lot 1 (249-252)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-goodwill-lot-1-4fe5a717e152
Antic (May 1985)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/antic-may-1985
Brevard Renaissance Fair 2020: Pub Sing (6) - Here's a Health to the Company
https://ecency.com/music/@darth-azrael/brevard-renaissance-fair-2020-pub-36c7e11493d01
Check out my other Social Media haunts (though most content is links to stuff I posted on Hive or reposts of stuff originally posted on Hive):
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Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/darth-azrael
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Darth_Azrael
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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