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 their 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 a set of four slides.
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 late 1960s. All were likely taken in the Lansing Michigan area.
The first photo was processed in November 1967 and is labeled 'Senior Thanksgiving Dinner'. 'Senior' in this case referring to those 55 and older, not seniors in high school. This was probably taken in a community center in Lansing, Michigan.
The second photo was processed in December 1967 and is labeled 'Senior Xmas Dance 67'. Like the first photo, this was for senior citizens and probably in a Lansing community center.
The last two photos were processed in January 1968 and are labeled 'Golf School'.
Senior Thanksgiving Dinner
Senior Xmas Dance 67
Golf School
Golf School
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:
Antic: The Atari Resource (January 1985) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/antic-the-atari-resource-january-1da328d98785a
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (417-420) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-417
Mindshadow (Activision/Interplay) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/mindshadow-activision-interplay
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (413-416) https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-413
Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #14 – INFIDELI.DOC https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-floppy-disk-14-524b9ca20a8e7
