"Mount Rainier Sunset"
My dad took this photo from our boat in August, 1960. This was a Sunday night, after a weekend of drinking and partying. My childhood.🙄
Scanned from a Kodachrome slide transparency.
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"The Boating Lifestyle"
My dad took this 1961 photo from our boat, where I spent a large chunk of my childhood. Might be in British Columbian waters.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
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"Bob-a-Lu"
My dad took this photo of one of our fellow boaters in an unknown location in 1958. Might be Canada. This was a large part of my childhood, almost every single weekend.
Kodak Kodacolor scanned to digital.
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"August Summer"
My dad took this beautiful photo in August 1960, as we are headed to Princess Louisa Inlet. He had a good eye, when he wasn't drunk. Both my older brother and I inherited this trait.
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Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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"This Bus Could Take You to Bermuda Benidorm or Bournemouth"😎
I took this photo in Aylesbury (UK) Market Square, in May, 1989.
Scanned from Kodachrome transparency.
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"Memory Confirmation"🤪
I have a memory from age two or three when we took our small boat WAY up into northern British Columbian waters, and passed by a waterfall. Finding this slide shows me the memory was true. August 1957 or 1958.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned. 1/x
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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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"Haier Building at 1356 Broadway"
Shot during a trip to NYC in August, 1986 to meet up with things of a sexual nature with Joe S.
Scanned from a Kodachrome transparency.
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"Longbranch, Wa. 1958"
My dad took this photo of boating friend Elwood Braget (waving), and two unidentified others. His boat was the "Kristy Kay", referencing his daughter and wife. True five star one of a kind people!
Kodachrome transparency, scanned to digital format.
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"1957 or 1958"
My dad took this photo of my sister Judy Rae and brother Bobby in our living room. I only remember this broken down couch from old photos. Judy was in her Kim Novak era.
I was likely in bed, or in the kitchen with Maxine.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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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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"Pots and Pans Smith"
Bob Smith and his wife, Lucille boating in British Columbian waters. We always summer vacationed on our boat. My dad took this photo, August 1960.
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"Curtain Call in San Francisco, 1981"
A better scan of the same photo.👀
I remember shooting one this as I prowled the city at night, with camera in hand. Located at 456 Geary. Shot on Kodachrome transparency slide, and digitally scanned.
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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)
"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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"Stadium"
This French château inspired building is Stadium High School, in Tacoma Washington (my alma mater). This was only three blocks from my Casablanca apartment. June 1982.
Scanned from a Kodachrome transparency.
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"Nanaimo, BC Salmon"
My dad took this photo in August 1960 during our three week boating trip through Canadian waters. There was a fisherman strike, so they were selling salmon on the dock to boaters. We ate salmon every way imaginable.
Kodachrome slide, digitally scanned.
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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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"The Greatest Generation (Two)"
A husband and wife sit together upon a log on a beach, having their meal together on paper plates. Undoubtedly members of the Tacoma Outboard Association. My childhood!
Photo taken by my dad as a Kodachrome slide. It was digitally scanned.
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"Robert Rainey"
A Christmas 1957 photo of my dad, who was a Titus Ford of Tacoma salesman. My head is sticking up in the bottom center, and my brother is on the right.
This foto triggers anger in me. A failure as a father and husband.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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"Fred Brooks"
My starter boyfriend (right), and Suzie (his tag along fag hag) in Los Gatos, 1970. I was not in love; It was more of a first gay experience.
He later committed suicide.🥺
Scanned from a Kodachrome transparency. (ONE)
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"Curtain Call in San Francisco, 1981"
I remember shooting one this as I prowled the city at night, with camera in hand. Located at 456 Geary.
Shot on Kodachrome transparency slide, and digitally scanned.
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"1950's Summer"
My dad took this around 1958 , somewhere in southern Puget Sound. Every weekend was spent boating, while the adults drank beer.🍺 Kodachrome slide scanned to digital.
😇Fun fact: I have never had a beer in my life.
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"Gargoyles and Bric-a-Brac"
I took a side trip to Oxford, and was enchanted by all the Gargoyles! This was one of many random Oxford Kodachrome transparencies (scanned) I took in April, 1989.
I was visiting our UK office, in Aylesbury.
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"End of the 1950s"
My dad took this of (L to R) myself, Maxine (my mom) and my older brother Bobby. This was our 24" boat with twin 100 HP Evinrude. It flew like a bat out of hell.
I sure miss my mom.😢
This Kodachrome slide was taken at a marina on the Hylebos waterway,
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