After getting a new scanner several years ago to scan some old slides my grandparents had, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and eBay. I'm not sure why these commonly wind up at places like eBay but many seem to ultimately have come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don't know what to do with them or don't care. I've seen them advertised as being for crafts and such so maybe they are commonly used for that purpose. I was more interested in the actual contents. Each slide is a little slice of history from a particular time and place. 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 mainly because I find them an interesting way to look back at the past.
Unfortunately, the photos from this batch don't seem to generally have dates stamped on them like most of the previous batches I've gone through. However, they generally seem to be from the 1950s and 1960s. Like some of the previous batches, this one came from eBay and I don't know much about the origins of these photos other than that.
Batch = A bunch of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin but not necessarily. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.
Set = Subset of a batch. A group of slides 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 fours slides. Organizationally, it's just the easiest way for me to handle things.
These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.
I believe that all of the photos in this set feature Wilson Dam and were taken in the late 1950s. Wilson Dam is on the Tennessee River between Lauderdale and Colbert counties in Alabama. Construction was started in 1918 and it was the largest hydroelectric installation in the world at the time.
The first photo features a shot of the Dam itself. You can actually see the words "Wilson Dam" in the photo so it makes it extra easy to identify.
The second photo features some of the electrical infrastructure associated with the dam.
The third photo features a road across the top of the dam. Again, "Wilson Dam" written on whatever that piece of equipment is makes it easy to identify.
The last photo features a model of the dam that I assume is located in some kind of information/visitors' center. Some of the other photos may have been taken from here.
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 post processing.
Check out some of my other recent posts:
Digital Archaeology: Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO NF/D70
https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-fujitsu-fmv-biblo
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (145-148)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-145
MegaCon 2012: Emerald Rose (6) - Penny in the Well
https://ecency.com/music/@darth-azrael/megacon-2012-emerald-rose-6
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (141-144)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-141
Clock Tower: First Fear (PlayStation)
https://ecency.com/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/clock-tower-first-fear-playstation
Vintage Photos - Lot 3 (137-140)
https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-3-137
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Books I am reading or have recently read:
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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr by Nancy Isenberg
Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
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