My fathers photos 1960-62

A few of my fathers photos from his time in the US army, 1960-62.

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Nice to see these photo from that period! They are also good quality scans with plenty of resolution..

I did notice a few spots and some 'dust & scratches' on some of them. I don't know how important the photos are to you, but they can be digitally 'cleaned up' fairly quickly with something like Photoshop. I only really started to use Photoshop some years ago for digitally 'restoring' damaged/faded old photos on a genealogy forum. PM me if you want more info.

Mike

A few of my fathers photos from his time in the US army, 1960-62.

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"spotting" scans of old slides is a soothing exercise, not unlike reassembling lens diaphragms.

In retrospect, I was amazed at how dusty slide and negatives are, even ones that were still in their original box and had been outside only briefly. Even the best of processors (i.e., Kodak) did not return spotless slides.

Anyone who was sentient at the time, knew that film was "dirty". Outside the box, the world was a dust storm.

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Knowing the feeling I get when coming across my own parents’ photos, I’d simply acknowledge and celebrate jc’s feelings about these photos, something I imagine photographers and non-photographers alike can relate to.

Here’s to your dad.

It took several years, but I was able to scan every negative and slide from my father's lifetime collection. I chose to do them all except for the most blurry/underexposed that were not worth it. There are many that aren't great, but they are all treasured. Over the past few years we have added these to collections from other family members, and anyone that wants a copy of the archive has it. That means that about a dozen people have those memories, including one of my grandsons who wrote a paper for school about his great grandfather's life in World War 2, using scanned photos to support it. He never met the man, who passed 3 years before his birth. That document alone made the effort worthwhile

Thanks for sharing your family memories - you won't regret going through this process.