Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (301-304)

about 1 month ago

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 the 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 one set of four slides. It's just easier to keep track of that way.

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 in the early 1980s, 1980 and 1983 specifically. They were all likely taken in Michigan.

The first photo was processed in October 1980. It was taken at a lake and features some people on a pontoon boat and a row boat. Given the date, this could have been a Labor Day weekend getaway.

The second photo is dated June 20th, 1983. It features some flowers and a card that says "Happy Golden Anniversary". There are what appear to be Easter decorations at the bottom of the photo. Easter would have been April 3rd in 1983 but maybe these were serving dual use as anniversary decorations.

The third photo was processed in July 1980. It shows a bunch of people standing outside of someone's garage.

The last photo, like the second one, is dated June 20th, 1983. It features a cake that appears to be for a 50th anniversary celebration.

_{June 20th, 1983}

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:

Digital Archaeology: Dell Latitude E5500
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-dell-latitude-e5500

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (297-300)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-297

Computer + Video Games (April 1991)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/computer-video-games-april-1991

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (293-296)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-293

Compute!'s Gazette (February 1987)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/compute-s-gazette-february-1987