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I should really save this slidescan for Father’s Day. It’s seriously, one of my favorites. I don’t know what kind of car it is, but it has 1954 California plates, and the dad looks SO happy as he’s holding his smiling daughter up. This almost looks like an advertisement for something, it’s amazing how good [...]
This is one of my favorite old soldier photographs that I’ve scanned so far. He’s an airforceman, in uniform, sitting on a brick wall with mountains in the background. I don’t know who he is, or where he’s at… only the rough date of 1954 on the box of slides, and the scan from a [...]
Here’s a kodachrome slide scan from that 1954 box, which is of two men laying in the sun outside of a hotel. Totally classic 50s Americana!
I just did some research and found that the Hearst Castle is in San Simeon. Below are more slide scan pictures of the Hearst Castle, dated 1959:
To celebrate Independence Day, I’m posting this picture circa 1959 of AirForce women and men in uniform. If anyone can tell me anything more about the badge (picture enlarged below), I would totally appreciate it. I don’t know that much about military history, but these pictures are fascinating….
I found these old KodaChrome slides in a pack titled “San Simeon, 1959″. I imagine that they drove there in their flared up brand new car (leave a comment if you know what kind it is), took in the beauty of the landscapes, and luxuriated at the swimming pool.
I imagine this woman climbing to the top of a mountain, looking around, and taking the landscape pictures with her Brownie. I think maybe she took the picture of the road sculpture on her drive up. In with the old parade slides, I assume that these images are also from 1959.
I scanned these old Kodachrome slides of a parade a long time ago. It appears to be in the Southwest, and the slides themselves were dated 1959.
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