Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (049-052)

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.

When I say "batch" I mean 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.

When I say "set" I mean 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 set contains photos spanning from as far back as at least 1959 to as recent as at least 1980. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves.

These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.

The photos in this set have a pretty wide date range with the earliest from probably the 1960s and most from the early 1980s.

The first photo is undated but it is labeled 'Playground - Copenhagen'. Based on the cars, I'm guessing this is from the 1960s

The second photo is unlabeled and undated. It looks like some kind of event involving mostly older individuals. Maybe an anniversary or something along those lines. My best guess is that this photo is from the 1970s or early 1980s. If there are any fashion experts here, maybe you can guess better than I.

The third photo is dated June 20th, 1983...I love it when there is an exact date. It is also labeled '50th' so presumably this is a flower arrangement for someone's 50th anniversary. Perhaps this goes along with the previous photo.

The last photo has the same date. However, based on the card in the photo, this looks more like a birthday. I'm not sure if this is related to the celebration in the above photos.

_{Playground - Copenhagen}

_50th

_{50th Rea}

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:

PC World (November 2011)
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/pc-world-november-2011

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (045-048)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-045

Electronic Gaming Monthly (December 1993)
https://ecency.com/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/electronic-gaming-monthly-december-1993

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (041-044)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-041

Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #14 – AUG94.DOC
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-floppy-disk-14-56ab0cad1cb8