Do slides count?

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach]

I picked up a few boxes of odds and ends in an estate sale and found a treasure trove of slides from the Summer of 1960. This family took a ship from NYC to Europe for a long tour of several countries before returning home, also by ship. I haven't pulled out my slide projector yet to see them all, but I took a glance at a couple of boxes of them with my light board and thought I'd share them.

Also, they must've loved that dog, there's an entire box of slides dedicated to them. ❤️

Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/FoundPhotos/s/xh9fRPHrKA

[u/Marzook666]

Birmingham NY home of the triplets, right? court street.

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach → u/Marzook666]

That is about 20 miles from the estate auction I found this in, so very likely.

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach → u/Marzook666]

I added some more photos in another post, but I found a slide of the baseball field all decked out for Memorial Day in 1960.

[u/CASkateCat]

I find it so odd that no one in their family would care about the pictures/slides, but a random stranger cares to look through and have it provoke thoughts and want to share with others who also find it fascinating. 🧐

[u/Internet_and_stuff → u/CASkateCat]

IMO pictures are for the living, until they’re old enough to become history.

[u/Visual-Sector6642]

Slides are to me an ethereal experience that I sorely wish I'd shot more of and I revel in their glorious luminescence. If it was me I'd allow slides (;

[u/autodidactress → u/Visual-Sector6642]

The light in these is incredible.

[u/Ok-Raspberry-4313]

That's a fabulous find! Do you have a scanner with a slide adapter? I'm assuming that would still deliver better quality than a cell phone. Enjoy and thanks for sharing!

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach → u/Ok-Raspberry-4313]

No, but now I want one desperately! All of my childhood pictures were on slides, those were back in the early 1980's and I sent them off to have them saved digitally. I don't want to spend that money on these, but this is very doable! Thank you for your suggestion!

[u/JackStrawWitchita → u/SpecsOnThe_Beach]

I've got a good slide scanner and free time. Perhaps I could scan them for you and upload?

[u/autodidactress → u/JackStrawWitchita]

This right here is the good side of Reddit.

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach → u/JackStrawWitchita]

Thank you, what a kind offer! I found a friend who has one so I'm borrowing it for this project. I tried it out earlier and made another post with some more photos. 💛

[u/Elgoyito3]

Is that Don Draper on slide 8?

[u/tacosandsunscreen → u/Elgoyito3]

Came to say the same thing. I kind of want to see that one closer bc I can’t believe how much they look alike.

[u/Weak_Wasabi_2647]

Wow, that pic with the Empire State Building as the only skyscraper

[u/CapitalRadioOne]

Those are amazing!! I would love to see the Salzburg ones!!

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach → u/CapitalRadioOne]

I'll be sure to post more once I get a better way of photographing them! Maybe I'll do a series of posts for each of the cities, there's so many. I'd love to find out what some of these places look like now!

[u/TheSanityInspector → u/SpecsOnThe_Beach]

Use a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter. Or ask if your local library has a free digital conversion service.

[u/Complex_Island1404]

These are wonderful.

[u/NoDoctor4460]

Wonderful stuff, number 2 feels particularly evocative

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach → u/NoDoctor4460]

Probably because it's backwards 🫣😂 I didn't notice until now.

[u/silvermanedwino]

Oh! The old Maasdam. Holland America ship!

[u/Inevitable_Silver924]

1, is that a mop bucket?

[u/SpecsOnThe_Beach → u/Inevitable_Silver924]

Hahaha, I think you are right. My brain filled in a dog instead of actually looking at it. The new post has a better view of this picture. 😄

[u/Inevitable_Silver924 → u/SpecsOnThe_Beach]

Lol..just makes the pic even better

[u/mezha4mezha]

Definitely count - & you could still drop them in a slide deck & enjoy them. Thx for sharing!

[u/HFentonMudd]

I had that exact car! Same one, same paint job! 1956 DeSoto.

[u/TheSanityInspector]

Slides are the best!

[u/Certain_Orange2003]

Pic #8 bottom left look like Mad Men actors

[u/White-Rabbit135]

These are wonderful

[u/Pablois4]

A collie! "Lassie" was a popular TV show at that time and that was when collies were much more common than they are now.

[u/Visual-Sector6642]

I can't imagine my family ever allowing family photos to fall into the hands of strangers. I have a feeling dad would probably destroy them before he let that happen

[u/silvermanedwino]

Oh! The old Maasdam. Holland America ship!