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"Unknown Location"
Photographer W. H. Joyner shot this in October 1964. Perhaps as I go through his many slides that came into my possession, I will know more about where he was in fall 1964.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
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"Thompson River Canyon Below Nicome"
The mystery photographer W. H. Joyner (the name is hand written on several of the slides) shot this, around 1960-61.
The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing 1/x
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"PLEASE WRITE OUR STORY"
Citizens: we were found a box of old 1950s #HongKong slides. What do you think our story is? Are we refugees fleeing something? What became of us? Are we still alive?
Here are two colorized, and the B&W versions.
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"Niagara Falls"
Who is in this photo, taken in the city of Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada? Is it his wife, or someone he met, or a stranger? She looks French Canadian, to me.
October, 1957.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
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"Rainbow Over Niagara Falls"
October, 1957.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
🧐More info en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara...
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"Above the American Falls"
The Mystery Photographer visited Niagara Falls in October, 1957. This photo reminds me of a 1957 calendar page for October.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
🧐More info en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
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"Yellowstone Canyon"
The Mystery Photographer shot this sometime in the early to mid 1950s, in the geological hot spot, Yellowstone National Park.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
🧐More info en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellows...
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In the Early 1980's, my brother worked as an auto mechanic at Parrish Caine in Wilmington, North Carolina. The owner would buy abandoned cars at auctions in South Carolina, and bring them to the shop to fix them for resale.
One such car had several trays of Kodachrome slides
in its trunk. (1/2)
"Grizzly Giant"
The 2,700 year old Grizzly Giant, the largest sequoia in the Mariposa Grove, located in California's Yosemite National Park. June 1967.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
More Info www.americansouthwest.net/california/y...
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"Tomorrowland, Yesterday"
Walt Disney’s Tomorrowland debuted in 1967, was one of his last major projects at Disneyland. As Walt would put it, “Tomorrow is a heck of thing to keep up with.”
June 1967. 1/x
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
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In the Early 1980's, my brother worked as an auto mechanic at Parrish Caine in Wilmington, North Carolina. The owner would buy abandoned cars at auctions in South Carolina, and bring them to the shop to fix them for resale.
One such car had several trays of Kodachrome slides
in its trunk. (1/2)
"Hollywood Bowl"
The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. June 1967.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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In the Early 1980's, my brother worked as an auto mechanic at Parrish Caine in Wilmington, North Carolina. The owner would buy abandoned cars at auctions in South Carolina, and bring them to the shop to fix them for resale.
One such car had several trays of Kodachrome slides
in its trunk. (1/2)
"Meteor Crater in Arizona"
The mystery photographer W. H. Joyner (the name is hand written on several of the slides) visited the famous meteor impact crater in Arizona in October, 1968.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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In the Early 1980's, my brother worked as an auto mechanic at Parrish Caine in Wilmington, North Carolina. The owner would buy abandoned cars at auctions in South Carolina, and bring them to the shop to fix them for resale.
One such car had several trays of Kodachrome slides
in its trunk. (1/2)
"Zane Gray's Cabin"
Pearl Zane Grey was an American author known for his books that idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage was his best-selling book. Located in Pine, Arizona.
The cabin burned in the 1990 Dude Fire.
Scanned slide.
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"Carlsbad Caverns"
This is an outdoor presentation that gives one the geology of the caverns. Located in New Mexico. June 1967.
Scanned from a Kodachrome transparency.
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"Roll On, Columbia Roll On"
The #MysteryPhotographer shot this photo in the 1950s (guessing from the cardboard sleave). Possibly taken near Wallula Gap.
Scanned from Kodachrome transparency.
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"Chateau Lake Louise"
The #MysteryPhotographer shot this photo in October, 1968. The image was severely degraded. I think green fungus was growing on it, and the color was very faded. It took five hours of work to restore.
Scanned from Kodachrome transparency.
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I wonder who the #MysteryPhotographer was, and whether he realized that he left slides in the car he abandoned.
"Pink Flamingos"
The mystery photographer shot this photo in October, 19664. I wonder where this was, and why he was there?🤔
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In the Early 1980's, my brother worked as an auto mechanic at Parrish Caine in Wilmington, North Carolina. The owner would buy abandoned cars at auctions in South Carolina, and bring them to the shop to fix them for resale.
One such car had several trays of Kodachrome slides
in its trunk. (1/2)
"Sleeping Beauty Castle"
Located in Fantasyland at Disneyland Park. June 1967. Inspired by Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria.
Digitally scanned from a Kodachrome transparency.
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"Grand Canyon National Park"
Located in Arizona. June 1967. Digitally transferred from a Kodachrome transparency.
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In the Early 1980's, my brother worked as an auto mechanic at Parrish Caine in Wilmington, North Carolina. The owner would buy abandoned cars at auctions in South Carolina, and bring them to the shop to fix them for resale.
One such car had several trays of Kodachrome slides
in its trunk. (1/2)
"Bank of Montréal"
Our mystery photographer was in Montréal, Québec in November 1966. I wonder why he was there?🤔
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"Victoria"
The Empress Hotel and inner harbor in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The #MysteryPhotographer shot this in October, 1968.
Kodachrome slide, scanned to digital.
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"Hoover Dam"
The power transmission lines from Hoover dam. It is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River, between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.
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"Wawona Tree in Yosemite National Park"
The 2000 year old Wawona Tree tunnel stood for 88 summers before it fell during the severe winter of 1968-69. June 1967.🫣😥
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In the Early 1980's, my brother worked as an auto mechanic at Parrish Caine in Wilmington, North Carolina. The owner would buy abandoned cars at auctions in South Carolina, and bring them to the shop to fix them for resale.
One such car had several trays of Kodachrome slides
in its trunk. (1/2)
"New Orleans Square"
New Orleans Square in Disneyland Park, Anaheim, California. The people look like how I remember people looking from my childhood. June 1967,
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"Creole Cafe"
The Creole Cafe (now Cafe Orleans) in New Orleans Square, Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. June 1967.
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My brother saved them from the trash, and brought them to me about 20 years ago. I will begin scanning these mystery VINTAGE slides of Americana circa the 1940s thru the 1070s.
I will use the tag #MysteryPhotographer for each such image I post. (2/2)
"Creole Cafe"
The Creole Cafe (now Cafe Orleans) in New Orleans Square, Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. June 1967
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slides in its trunk. My brother saved them from the trash, and brought them to me about 20 years ago.
I have begun scanning these mystery slides slides of Americana circa the late 1940s thru the 1970s. I will use the tag #MysteryPhotographer for each such image I post.
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In the Early 1980's, my brother worked as an auto mechanic at Parrish Caine in Wilmington, North Carolina. The owner would buy abandoned cars at auctions in South Carolina, and bring them to the shop to fix them for resale. One such car had several trays of Kodachrome (1)