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Year book picture, looking like Buddy.
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Submarine Trieste, perhaps after it was moved to San Diego?
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Wow squeeky clean pictures 
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Most were in their original sleeves and very clean, some were not. I did a few hours of spotting in Photoshop, but worthwhile to bring the photographs to life. They could have been created yesterday, except for the period references. I'm working on another archive but it might not yield many worthwhile images.
Some seemingly insignificant changes, in spotting, can bring the photographs to life.
Some seemingly insignificant changes, in spotting, can bring the photographs to life.
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The question is, what to do with the original negatives, slides, whatever?
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These are fabulous, the shot of the zookeeper looks a liitle like Johnny Morris?
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+1, some wonderful images, just been down a rabbit hole learning about Trieste. Thanks for all the scanning and posting.
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Catching up with the theme, I bought a Russian stereo attachment (let it be known, from a UK seller so I'm not directly supporting the Russians), very much like my Pentax beam splitter. It uses prisms and I think the Pentax uses mirrors, although my Canon 6D can't focus through the Soviet attachment for some reason.
Anyway, the point of the post is that the box contained three slides of Moscow landmarks, dated 1974. Here they are with the translated captions.
"меный всадник"
памнятник петру
Horseman, Peter the Great Memorial
Perhaps a boulevard (I hesitate to call it a street) named after the great Tsar?
The Bolshoi Theatre.
спортивный комплекс в лужникак
sports complex in Luzhnikak
Anyway, the point of the post is that the box contained three slides of Moscow landmarks, dated 1974. Here they are with the translated captions.
"меный всадник"
памнятник петру
Horseman, Peter the Great Memorial
Perhaps a boulevard (I hesitate to call it a street) named after the great Tsar?
The Bolshoi Theatre.
спортивный комплекс в лужникак
sports complex in Luzhnikak
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I'm wondering if that's a US Navy Regulus nuclear missile in the background?
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P.S. I think the photo was taken at the Washington Naval Yard in DC, which is where Trieste is still on display today
The buildings behind are identifiable in these views
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The second one names a Regulus II missile in the scene ;-)
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The buildings behind are identifiable in these views
K-121161 Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia
Aerial photograph, looking about northwest from over the Anacostia River, April 1977. The barge Tom O'Malley (YRST-1), attached to the Naval School of Diving and Salvage, is in the lower right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
NMUSN-145: Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C, 1970s
NMUSN-145: Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C, 1970s. View faces north, showing a variety of guns, along with the submersible Intelligent Whale in the center. Behind the submersible: Talos Missile, Regulus II missile, and Japanese two man submarine, circa WWII. National Museum...
The second one names a Regulus II missile in the scene ;-)
NMUSN-153: Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 1970s
NMUSN-153: Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 1970s. View looks west. Right to left. Regulus II missile; Lighthouse Bell, 1897; Japanese Tank; 16” Gun; Japanese two-man submarine. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection.
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Anyone noticed the popularity of slides for sale on a well known auction site has gone through the roof, as well as the cost for them!
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There are sites that show old photos e.g places and I use the local ones for some of my now and then shots that I've posted.
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I certainly have.
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Thanks for the research.P.S. I think the photo was taken at the Washington Naval Yard in DC, which is where Trieste is still on display today
The buildings behind are identifiable in these views
K-121161 Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia
Aerial photograph, looking about northwest from over the Anacostia River, April 1977. The barge Tom O'Malley (YRST-1), attached to the Naval School of Diving and Salvage, is in the lower right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
NMUSN-145: Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C, 1970s
NMUSN-145: Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C, 1970s. View faces north, showing a variety of guns, along with the submersible Intelligent Whale in the center. Behind the submersible: Talos Missile, Regulus II missile, and Japanese two man submarine, circa WWII. National Museum...
The second one names a Regulus II missile in the scene ;-)
NMUSN-153: Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 1970s
NMUSN-153: Willard Park, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 1970s. View looks west. Right to left. Regulus II missile; Lighthouse Bell, 1897; Japanese Tank; 16” Gun; Japanese two-man submarine. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection.
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Just finished scanning another batch of roughly 300 negatives, purportedly from the 1950s but there are some earlier. I won't be saving all the scans because there is quite a lot of dull pictures as you might suspect. I've managed to track down some background information about various pictures.
Not sure which airport this KLM flight has just landed at.
Not sure which airport this KLM flight has just landed at.
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Is this the Coronation perhaps?
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Rather nice composition I think.
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Parade in Sheerness.
Parade at the seaside.
Parade at the seaside.
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I included this because I remember playing on a farm near my aunty's house and seeing inside a very similar cow shed. No automation at all in those days.
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This seems a prominent landmark, I wonder where?
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Those are both at Croydon Airport; the control tower is very distinctive and is still there today; my secondary school was built on the site
The hangars in the first picture belonged to Wrightways, who ran air charters and scheduled services from Croydon from May 1935; the second photo is a Handley Page HP42 which were operated by Imperial Airways up to WW2.
edit: As I don't believe any HP42s survived the war, I think that places the photos firmly in the late 1930s.
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Nice contrajour shot.
And another showing an outlet to the sea. Nice Victorian slum feel to it.
And another showing an outlet to the sea. Nice Victorian slum feel to it.
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Sinister arrangement of newspapers. I should scan this one at a higher resolution maybe to reveal the newspapers better. Everything was scanned at 1200 dpi .
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Petting a cow. Rather him than me. although he does have his knife with him for self defense.
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Diver preparing to enter the water. I like his lead sandals.
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Lyme Regis/
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Anti-fascist march in London. Printers Union column. It would be nice to think this might be connected with the Battle of Cable Street but I've no proof of that.
I don't think the papers are the point of the photo (though there may be some interest in there after the passage of time). I think it's a focus test (and upside down).
Apologies, you probably already know all this.
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There were a couple of 6x4.5 colour slides. They have a distinct half tone texture. I don't know the film type.
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Thanks for the information. Is the KLM flight a DC-3, do you think?
Looks like, of the four HP42s made, this may be Hannibal? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42, G-AAGX Hannibal.
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No I never thought of it to be honest. Thanks for enlightening me.
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I should say yes, for George VI in 1937 at Hyde Park Corner
Coronation of King George VI. Aerial view of the procession in progress marching through the Decimus Burton triumphal arch at Hyde Park Corner. 12th May 1937. *** Local Caption *** SW1X 7LY Stock Photo - Alamy
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The stands in the background are visible here
Television tests along Coronation route. The apparatus that will be used to televise the pageantry of the Coronation was tested along the route of the procession and crowds at Hyde Park Corner queued up to be televised. The televising of the Coronati
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It certainly is!
I found another photo of a KLM DC-3 taken from the same spot in 1936 (which was the first year KLM operated the type)
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Movies released in Britain in 1951 in the ads
Cinderella (showing at the Ritz Theatre, Weymouth)
The Magic Carpet (Palace)
Fort Worth (Lyric)
Also
The Ice Shows Christmas attractions at Alexandra Gardens, so probably that end of the year
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That looks very like Richmond Bridge on the River Thames in the background
I should say just about here
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Nice work.
By the way, there is an aircraft on the right of the picture of the KLM flight, G-ACPA. I found some information about it.
Accident Percival D.2 Gull Six G-ACPA, Wednesday 2 October 1935
Percival D.2 (P.3) Gull Six (fitted with 200 hp (149 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Six engine, deeper cabin windows and spatted undercarriage). First registered (C of R 4929) on 28.3.34 as G-ACP...
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I should say yes, for George VI in 1937 at Hyde Park Corner
Coronation of King George VI. Aerial view of the procession in progress marching through the Decimus Burton triumphal arch at Hyde Park Corner. 12th May 1937. *** Local Caption *** SW1X 7LY Stock Photo - Alamy
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The stands in the background are visible here
Television tests along Coronation route. The apparatus that will be used to televise the pageantry of the Coronation was tested along the route of the procession and crowds at Hyde Park Corner queued up to be televised. The televising of the Coronati
Download this stock image: Television tests along Coronation route. The apparatus that will be used to televise the pageantry of the Coronation was tested along the route of the procession and crowds at Hyde Park Corner queued up to be televised. The televising of the Coronation will be the...
Television!
Thanks to everyone for the research. I'm thrilled that I managed, finally, to get hold of some interesting negatives. The last couple of batches were less than thrilling.
I have a backlog of about 500 to scan, never mind spotting the latest collection. Of the new batch, I have some views, lots of portraits and groups. Holidays, parents, babies, pets, get the idea? Things never change.
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My sister, a former researcher of whatever, is trying to identify the anti-fascist march, to give it a time.