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04 July 2009

Not My Family: So, a couple of months ago I bought a set of slide reels off eBay that had some old photos (mid 1950s-late 1960s) in them, and I've finally finished scanning them and uploading the best ones to Flickr. Some of them are really wonderful pics. →[More:] I've always really liked "found" photos, but this is the first time I've found any myself! This little project was a lot of fun, and was the best 16 bucks I've ever spent.

I know several of y'all have already seen some of these as I uploaded them on Flickr, but the set IS complete now, finally.

I'll post a few of my favorites in a comment since I know there are a few folks here who have trouble getting through to Flickr.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 18:48 | 13 comments

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posted by BoringPostcards 04 July | 18:53

I love it!

posted by gomichild 04 July | 18:57

That's a great set of photos, BP!

posted by deborah 04 July | 21:02

Love that orange and white car. Do you think you'll ever meet the people in the pictures? Do you have any idea who they might be?

posted by Kangaroo 04 July | 22:39

I just bought some old film off ebay, some exposed, some not. We'll see what I get since I think I'll have to develop it first...

These are great BP, and the teevee one is just plain bizarre.

posted by eekacat 04 July | 23:05

I just looked through the whole set. They're so very, very neat!

posted by occhiblu 05 July | 00:09

Yeah, these are really interesting. And very moving... I was struck in particular by how prominent the eye of the observer is; you can easily put yourself in the shoes of whomever took the pictures.

posted by Specklet 05 July | 06:08

The family of GREAT HAIR!

posted by dabitch 05 July | 07:09

Some of those are making me come very close to bursting into nostalgic tears.

posted by JanetLand 05 July | 07:45

They are so neat. I wish a family member would recognize them. They are such treasures.

posted by LoriFLA 05 July | 08:23

Cool - I like that Esso sign down the road.

posted by chewatadistance 05 July | 11:31

I have fallen in love with the car.

posted by notquitemaryann 05 July | 11:59

I've fallen in love with the girl with the pearl earring - she's on my desktop.

posted by deborah 05 July | 16:38

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