Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (305-308)

23 days 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 mid 1960s (1965 and 1966 specifically) and they were all most likely taken in Michigan.

The first two photos are dated September 1966 and feature a kid's 7th birthday party (if I'm counting the candles correctly).

The third photo has a handwritten date of December 25th, 1965. However, this looks more like a New Year's Eve party than Christmas Day so perhaps this was really taken on December 31st. I believe the ring above the table says "Commanders Club" which I am guessing refers to this.

The last photo was taken in October 1965 and shows some people making what appear to be decorative fall themed baskets.

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:

Compute! (August 1984)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/compute-august-1984

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (301-304)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-301

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