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I was clearing out the MIL's loft yesterday prior to her having her insulation upgraded. There was all manner of junk up there, 6 suitcases, 3 electric fires, 3 fish tanks, rolls of carpets, wallpaper, Christmas trees/decorations, video recorder, stereo system, radios, hand bags, lamps, and.......... wait for it........... a pair of crutches, snorkel, face mask and flippers 
.I will not bore you with the full list
Anyway, among all the junk, was this oblong case, I picked it up and it was a fair weight, as the box was obviously antique I excitedly released the two old fasteners either side expecting to find an old brass instrument due to the weight. On opening I found myself looking at a collection of what I assumed were going to be hand painted magic lantern slides I removed one and to my amazement found I had stumbled across a collection of old photographic slides !.
The images are sandwiched between two glass plates about 85mm sq and sealed around the edges with black card, the first one I looked at was a beach scene and from the dress I realised they must be very old, I looked through them and most had handwritten descriptions and to my amazement some are dated around 1860!!. they are all local scenes from around the Tyneside area including a few portraits of locals and most look like they have been taken professionally, although I don't imagine there would have been many hobbyists in those days.
I love looking at books with old photographs of how life was in those days especially portraits of old local folk that shout character at you and it gave me a good feeling knowing that I was probably looking at images that have never ever been published before!!.
Now the question arises, how do I go about transferring the images to the computer, I am guessing my bog standard Canon will not be good enough.
Forgot to mention, about 50 in total.
.I will not bore you with the full listAnyway, among all the junk, was this oblong case, I picked it up and it was a fair weight, as the box was obviously antique I excitedly released the two old fasteners either side expecting to find an old brass instrument due to the weight. On opening I found myself looking at a collection of what I assumed were going to be hand painted magic lantern slides I removed one and to my amazement found I had stumbled across a collection of old photographic slides !.
The images are sandwiched between two glass plates about 85mm sq and sealed around the edges with black card, the first one I looked at was a beach scene and from the dress I realised they must be very old, I looked through them and most had handwritten descriptions and to my amazement some are dated around 1860!!. they are all local scenes from around the Tyneside area including a few portraits of locals and most look like they have been taken professionally, although I don't imagine there would have been many hobbyists in those days.
I love looking at books with old photographs of how life was in those days especially portraits of old local folk that shout character at you and it gave me a good feeling knowing that I was probably looking at images that have never ever been published before!!.
Now the question arises, how do I go about transferring the images to the computer, I am guessing my bog standard Canon will not be good enough.
Forgot to mention, about 50 in total.
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What a find Mal!
