Marriott Hotel, March 1973

Not sure of the city, my guess is Chicago....

Grandpa and Grandma Kissing in the Basement

What more can I say......

Locomotive 8444 Emerging From Tunnel

Locomotive 8444 was the last steam engine purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad. In this picture from March 1964, it looks like it is on a promotional tour....

City View, 1973

View towards suburbs. City unknown....

Biplane in Flight

I believe this is a Sopwith Camel. The photo is from October, 1975 - one of the eclectic slides from Lot 1....

Reflections

This beautiful picture is the first in a series from April 1976 taken on a tour of Japan....

Woman Sweeping

Next in the series from the Lot1 photographer's April 1976 trip to Japan...

Riverside Cemetery

Stark white grave markers, weeping willows and the river bank. It all adds up to a very scenic cemetery....

Girl In Blue

Plenty of blue in this slide from December 1961....

Selfie

Is this the man behind the 500+ slides in Lot 1? We may never know, but it is a fun selfie from April 1973....

Kinkaku-ji

I believe this beautiful building is the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" - Kinkaku-Ji in Kyoto, Japan. Source: Wikipedia....

Auntie's Not Happy

She doesn't look very happy about having her picture taken. Or maybe she was always a bit cross....

Garden Tour

And while the people behind Lot 4 were in China in 1976, the photographer(s) from Lot 1 where in Japan. This from a set of April, 1976 slides from that trip. Likely near Kinkakuji, Kyoto, Japan....

35mm Dash Cam

I may be extending gender stereotypes to declare the photographer a man ( but we do have evidence), but this is the kind of shot that a man would take: Of a bridge, while driving. ...

Assembling the Set

A good dad, working with his boys to assemble their Christmas toy. Or is it a game?...

Japanese Architecture

A closeup shot of Japanese architecture in this April 1976 slide from Lot 1....

Young Family

This picture was the very first slide scanned at the start of this project. No readable date on the slide. I do not recognize them in any of the other slides I have processed from Lot 1....

Traditional Japanese House

A view inside a traditional wood and paper Japanese house. Another in the set of slides from April 1976....

Tugboat

Looks like this boat was shot while the photographer was on a ferry. ...

Sopwith Camel

Another view of the biplane first shown here....

Closeup of Kinkaku-ji

Close up view of the famous Deer Garden Temple (Kinkaku-ji) in Kyoto, Japan. We were first shown this beautiful building a few weeks ago....

River Barges

River barges. No location indicated on the slide, but this looks like a mid-western US city....

Engine 8444

Another view of famous locomotive 8444, first seen here....

Family Dinner

This family looks like they are enjoying Christmas dinner....

Waterfall

Waterfall in a Japanese garden, likely the garden of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto. From a set of slides from April, 1976....

Touring the Gardens

Another view of the gardens of Kinkaku-ji. Kyoto, Japan. 1976. 35mm Kodachrome slide....

Night Train

Another train picture from Lot 1. This one a more modern train than the prior....

Squirrel!

Imagine the scene - friends over for dinner, retire to the den in the basement to look at slides: "And this is a squirrel we saw on a tree...". Photo sharing wouldn't recover until Instagram....

Courtyard

Traditional Japanese style architecture on display in this picture. Based on the dates, this is likely in Kyoto - similar to the images first seen here....

Pivoting Bridge

A pivoting bridge. Shot on the same river trip as the Riverside Cemetery in April, 1973....

Lady Rose

Working boat "Lady Rose" tied up riverside in this shot from April, 1973....

Tug and Barge

The photographer shot a whole roll of film on this river trip. This one of a tug pushing a barge....