KODACHROME TRANSPARENCY | PROCESSED BY KODAK
- Sam Stallard
- Jun 20, 2017
- 2 min read
I showed Christina the 2x2 Airequipt slide projector at the Asheville North Carolina thrift shop. Neither of us were impressed with the actual projector, but we were really thrilled about the slides.
I found a puffy armchair under a 4' tall shelf to further examine the magazine and slides. It was my makeshift 22lb Baker Street. I took out one of the layers of the slide magazine and noticed that the metal layer of the magazine held the 2x2 photo slide. Unfortunately the slides weren't too easy to remove. I didn't attempt to remove the side from the small and flimsy metal frame while at the thrift store.
Once home, I attempted to remove one of the slides for examination. It wasn't easy. I actually made a small indention with my fingernail in the matte portion of the slide. Thankfully the photo wasn't harmed.
Kodachrome Transparency Processed by Kodak was written on slide. You can see the word transparency in the photo above. Kodachrome is a brand of subtractive color film used for transparencies. It was one of the first of its kind. You can read more about Kodachrome here.
These Kodak graphics made me a bit nervous. I now was scared that the photos were maybe stock images that were sent with the Airequipt projector for a demonstration.
There are a few reasons I don't believe these are stock images, though.
1. The handwriting on the magazine. Someone wrote this for organizational purposes, I believe.
2. The subjects in the photos. Below is a lady. This was the best image I have from my smartphone shots.
3. The stamped dates on the photos; April '67. Though stock images may have also been dated, this seems insignificant.
4. I would assume that all stock photos would give a photo credit to the photographer or photo company on the matte portion of the slide.
These images look like prosumer to me. Someone with money. Someone who had resources to learn to take pictures, buy a relatively nice camera, pay to develop slides, and pay for a projector.
When I had this thought at the thrift store yesterday, I knew that I had to find out more about these images and these people. I wondered, "Why would the family of these people give this item to a thrift store knowingly?" Did the family of these people know what they had given to a thrift store?
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