Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (449-452)
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.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
All of the photos in this set were taken on May 16th, 1962 at the civic center in Lansing and are labeled 'Senior Cit State Get Together'. Apparently this was some kind of convention for senior citizens.
The first photo looks like it was taken near the entrance at a check in area.
The second photo shows a main room where everybody is eating. Many of the people in this room were probably born in the late 1800s.
The last two photos show the buses that many of the attendees presumably arrived in.
Senior Cit State Get Together - May 16, 62 Civic Center
Senior Cit State Get Together - May 16, 62 Civic Center
Senior Cit State Get Together - May 16, 62 Civic Center
Senior Cit State Get Together - May 16, 62 Civic Center
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:
Byte: The Small Systems Journal (June 1979)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-the-small-systems-journal-060cfc0b62d22
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (445-448)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-445
Amiga Force (June 1993)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/amiga-force-june-1993
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (441-444)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-441
Byte: The Small Systems Journal (August 1979)
https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-the-small-systems-journal-d71a089165d8a
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