SLIDESHOW BUREAU

During April, Monthly Bureau is home to my photographic slide collection and related items.

Bureau Contents: Kodachrome Transparencies, Kodak Ready Mounts, Glass Slides, Medium Format Slides, Daylight Viewers and my 1950s Aldis Colour Slide Projector.

Paterson Slide Box

This Paterson Slide box came from a charity shop on Fleetwood High Street in Lancashire. It holds a collection of 6 x 6 cm slides from the 1960s. The photographs are of a families leisure activities, including a trip to Keswick and a caravan holiday. I imagine that the people in these photographs lived in Fleetwood, there is a photograph of a parade on the high street and images of the local area. The colours are vibrant and dazzle when the light is shining through them.

Fogged Transparencies

                               

These Kodachrome transparencies have been fogged by light when the photographer was shooting the film. There is a note inside the yellow box which explains how fogging can happen and the steps to be taken to avoid it:

' Fogging may take place while loading, operating or unloading the camera. Loading and unloading should take place in subdued light or in the shade: the camera should not, of course, be opened when the film is only partly exposed.'

I find these unexpected film accidents really exciting, especially the ghostly and surreal look that the fogging can achieve.

Slideshow Sundries

                                                                                    

Ilford Exposure Guide leaflet for Ilford colour films, 1950s.

 Empty Colour Film transparencies box, 1962.

                                   

Kodachrome transparencies posted to A.T. Andrews of Purley, Surrey. Dated 16 Jun 49.

The Aldis Projector Slideshow

Kodachrome colour film transparencies from the collection titled, 'Cleveleys ETC Local.' To see more from this collection click here.

Paterson Box Slides

ILFORD LIMITED

 
Slide pouches with address tags for sending exposed film to be developed at Ilford Limited.                                         

 Card slide mounts used by Ilford for their Colour D transparency film, 1950s.

The developed and mounted slides were returned to the owner in this beautiful paper holder, each slide has its own sleeve.

                                                                        

Souvenir

A slide viewer souvenir from Menorca. It has eight views of the resort which rotate by pressing the button at the side.

Slide Viewer Collection

Photax Daylight Viewer

                                       

Kodaslide Pocket Viewer

Untitled Lantern Slide

Lantern Slide, Bridge at Ladou

Lantern Slide Collection

Lantern slide titled: Unknown Warriors Grave.

K.P. Camera Shop Lens Cleaning Tissues

Lantern Slides and how to make them

                                           Lantern Slides by J. S. Waring, 1950

This book was a lucky find from my local charity shop. It is full of useful information on how to make lantern slides. There are sections on equipment for slide-making, developers and chemical reduction. It all sounds very technical. If I had more time on my hands I would like to try and make my own one day. I will be showing a few more lantern slides from my collection over the next few days.

The Magic Lantern

                                      Ripley, Surrey

These photographic glass plates can be projected onto a wall or screen using a Magic Lantern.
The Magic Lantern was the forerunner of the slide projector, they are beautiful old machines.
You can see one here.

Old Photo Keyring

A small transparency from my old photo keyring, it is viewed by looking at it through the eyepiece and towards the light. The photograph would have been taken using a half frame 35mm camera. I was surprised to find the woman at the edge of the frame when I removed it for scanning.

Photo keyrings were usually sold at amusement parks, fairs and parties and other occasions where people liked to record their memorable moments.

   

Holiday Skirts

                                         Mullion Cove Cornwall

                                           Mayflower Plaque Dartmouth

                                           On top of Monte Bre

                                           Mountain Railway

                                           Taken on hotel roof Lugano

The elegant lady in these photographic slides has an amazing collection of skirts from the 1950s and 1960s. My favorite is the one of her posing in front of the mountain railway in her very pretty scenic print skirt.

At Gravesend 1960

                                     

From a collection of 1960s medium format transparencies, found at the flea market. I will be posting more from this collection over the coming days.

Family Holiday, Cleveleys, 1950s

I found this box of Kodachrome transparencies from a stall on Ceshire Street, London, in 2006. The box is labelled 'Cleveleys ETC, Local.' I was immediately drawn to them because of the location of the photographs, Cleveleys is close to Blackpool where I grew up and I have been there many times over the years.

The family in the photographs are beautifully dressed and they look quite regal with the corgi by their side. I love the young girls pretty red dress with deep pockets and white buttons, and the way she has teamed it with a blue jumper is extremely elegant. Although the slides are marked and discoloured in areas the colours are still beautifully vibrant, especially when they are projected.