So far I have entered the data from over 4,200 slides into a spreadsheet.

I have made a list three pages running of slides I think are great for different reasons that I should get off my butt and share more of.

I bought three of these from Adorama where I got my camera. They are not perfect for easy-access of the slides but they are great for ( Read more... )

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4 slides from Grampa's collection from the 1939/40 World's Fair. He must have especially liked these four out of the 20+ slides I've found so far from this event (which he attended three times, twice in 1939 and once in 1940) because he had sealed them in glass. I was amazed to find that I was able to scan them without opening the casing.


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On going through on of the boxes of slides, prints and negatives I found 1 sleeve of these strange things... Grampa had written "Dufay Color Transp" on the outside of the envelope. (Also see Wikipedia.)

Photo Transparency by my Grampa, John Losee c. 1938.


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Poughkeepsie Eagle News Tuesday, March 19th 1940

WILLIAMS GIVES TALK TO RED HOOK GRANGEA. T. Williams, of the Dutchess County Farm bureau in Pouughkeepsie, gave a talk on “Why Use More Apples?” as part of an apple promotion program held at the Red Hook Grange hall last night. S. B. Hart was originally scheduled to speak, but he was unable to ( Read more... )

I spent hours this weekend organizing and entering slides in my database and found another winner for you all ( Read more... )

This is one of the first slides I've scanned and it's one of my grampa, John Losee's favorites ( Read more... )

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I found another box full of little b+w proofs my grandpa had made. These are as far as I know from color slides, but I've only seen a few. I'm thinking that some might be from large size b+w negatives.

Enjoy!

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