Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "slides"

Lobster, Hamburger, and a Coke

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:56:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of forks, knives, and/or spoons.

Yum! The photographer caught this woman in midbite as she lifted a forkful of lobster to her mouth. This is an undated slide with no location information.

Ethel's Oil Painting, 1967

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:44:34 +0000

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An artists or art photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

This Kodachrome slide is dated February 1967. The woman, whose first name is Ethel, apparently painted this still life along with a number of other oil paintings that are pictured in additional slides I purchased together in one tray a couple of years ago.

For another example, see this clown painting from a Kodachrome slide dated December 1968.

Flower Paintings with Lamp and Stereo

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 03:48:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of lamps, chandeliers, candlesticks, and other types of lighting.

This is a color slide, circa 1959, that shows two flower paintings hanging on a wall. Below them is a Motorola "Stereophonic High Fidelity" console. Based on the online documentation for a similar model, the top of the stereo lifts up on the right for access to a record player inside. The six knobs on the left are labeled Function, Compensator, Loudness, Treble, Bass, and Balance. On top of the left side of the stereo are a decorative porcelain table lamp and a framed photo.

This is another slide from the collection of the Pipe-Smoking Man's family. I only recently realized that two other photos from the collection show different parts of this same room. A photo taken to the left of this one also captures part of the stereo console (see Flowering Plants and Groovy Curtains). The door, wall thermostat, and chair in this photo are visible in a photo taken to the right of this one (see Still Life with Television). The flower paintings may be the work of "Ethel", a relative of the Pipe-Smoking Man (see Ethel's Oil Painting, 1967).

Still Life with Television

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:35:22 +0000

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An slide, circa 1959, from Pipe-Smoking Man's family.

Women in Suburbia, 1963

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 03:21:02 +0000

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A fashion (in its day) photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

This is a Kodachrome slide processed by Kodak in July 1963. The image shows two women and a small child posing for a photo among the orderly lawns and houses of a 1960s suburban development. The older woman is dressed up in a patterned dress, necklace, and earrings, while the younger one is wearing a striped cover over her dress.

The woman on the left is named Ethel (last name unknown), and she appears in other slides that I purchased along with this one. See, for instance, Ethel's Oil Painting, 1967.

Quirky Costumed Couple

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 01:15:10 +0000

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A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park monthly topic of costumes and uniforms—Halloween, theatrical, and other kinds of costumes, or uniforms from medical, military, and other settings (submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic).

Is it a ghostly apparition or just some out-of-focus Halloweeners? Sometimes it's hard to tell.

A red-border "Kodachrome Transparency," circa 1955.

Cutting the Cake in '58

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 06 May 2019 00:06:02 +0000

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A weddings photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

This is a Kodachrome slide processed by Kodak in Jan 1959, so I'm guessing that the wedding actually took place in 1958

Notice how no one seems particularly excited as the bride and groom pose for photos while cutting their cake. Perhaps they would have been more impressed had they turned around and taken a look at the elaborate design of that wallpaper.

P.S. I didn't realize how many wedding-related pics I had already used for various themes in the VPTP until I started searching for this week's photo. Check out two of my six previous matrimonial postings:

Backyard Swingers, July 1965

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:24:32 +0000

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Swinging and squinting in the bright sunlight. Location unknown.

Hooray! Let the Christmas Cooking Begin!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 04:25:32 +0000

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In this undated slide, two exuberant women commence Christmas cooking in the kitchen.

Santa Claus decoration on the wall: "Merry Christmas. Happy New Year."

A Lady Lounging on the Lawn in 1965

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 16:07:48 +0000

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A deck chairs / lawn chairs photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

This is a Kodachrome Transparency slide dated January 1966, so I'm guessing that this lady was luxuriating in the comfort of her aluminum webbed chaise lounge lawn chair sometime in 1965.

Till the Cows Go Home

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:25:45 +0000

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An undated red-border Kodachrome slide, circa 1950s.

A Star Wars Christmas (Full Version)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:42:08 +0000

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For more information, see the cropped version of this slide:

A Star Wars Christmas

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:42:10 +0000

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I received this slide as a Christmas present in 2015, but the Star Wars Death Star Space Station that they're putting together here in front of the Christmas tree dates to 1978!

Take a look at the full slide to see the entire Christmas-day scene:

Air France and T.I.A.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:44:36 +0000

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A mother and daughter--both of whom are wearing corsages--at an airport. The French airline names on the sign behind them are Air France and T.I.A. (Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux). Kodachrome slide dated June 1960.

Rattlesnake Milking Demonstration at Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida, 1960s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:56:44 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of your most popular vintage photo (post one of your most viewed or liked vintage photos that you haven't previously added to the Vintage Photos Theme Park).

With 2,884 visits, this is currently my most viewed vintage photo on Ipernity, I'm not sure why a photo of snakes turned out to be so popular. For other photos with lots of views, see my album of Most Viewed Vintage Photos, Dec. 22, 2019.

I was surprised to hear from "MJFTampa" about this photo a couple of years ago (see comments section below). He said, "This is an incredible find for me: This is my father, he worked for Ross Allen from 1962-1965; he was also on a billboard in Panama City Beach promoting Ross' reptile show during the summer season. Amazing what we can find on the internet!"
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Signs on the wall: "Kinds of poisonous snakes milked at Ross Allen's: 47. Date: 12-31-59. Number of snake-bites, institute personnel: 47. Number of fatalities, institute personnel: 0. Snake-proof boots manufactured by Gokey Co., St. Paul, Minn. Coral. Scarlet king. Gokey snake-proof boots."

This is a Kodachrome slide dated January 1964 that shows a man "milking" a rattlesnake at Ross Allen's Reptile Institute in Silver Springs, Florida, in order to obtain venom, which would then be used to produce antivenom. Several other snakes are lying on the floor near the man, who's evidently wearing a pair of the "Gokey snake-proof boots" that are advertised on the wall behind him.

According to Wikipedia, Ross Allen (1908-1981) was "an American herpetologist and writer who was based in Silver Springs, Florida for 46 years, where he established the Reptile Institute. He used it for research and education about alligators, crocodiles and snakes, also sponsoring and conducting collection expeditions."

See also a linen postcard that shows a scary close-up of the rattlesnake milking:

Scenic Landscape in the Badlands

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:00:04 +0000

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An Ektachrome slide dated June 1971.

Anyone recognize this place? I think it's probably somewhere in the southwestern U.S., but I haven't been able to locate any similar photos.

Update: It's somewhere in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

A Beam of Light at the Light of Peace, 1969

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 08 May 2014 20:34:51 +0000

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Some may dismiss it as a flaw in the film, but this Ektachrome slide, which is dated October 1969, reveals a mysterious beam of light descending to the ground next to the Eternal Light Peace Memorial in Gettysburg, Pa. It could be, I suppose, a divine light shining from above or simply a tractor beam emanating from a hovering spaceship.

For a less perplexing and more recent view of the monument, see Eternal Light Peace Memorial, Gettysburg Battlefield, 2014. For another inexplicable light beam captured on film, see A Light from Above.

Pipe-Smoking Fisherman

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:16:22 +0000

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An Ektachrome slide dated July 1964.

Life Magazine in Grumpy and Grouchy Slide

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:16:30 +0000

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For more information, see Grumpy and Grouchy (below):

Grumpy and Grouchy

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:46:16 +0000

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A 35 mm slide for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

I believe that this couple is related to the Pipe-Smoking Man, who smokes a pipe, wears yellow socks, and appears in some other slides I've posted (see, for instance, The Silence in the Room Was Deafening, below left).

This woman and man, who may have been Pipe-Smoking Man's parents or in-laws, didn't always seem to be in such bad moods. Take a look at Here's the Lady You Ordered! (below right) to see the hilarity that ensued as the man and another fellow carried the woman through a doorway into a house (judging by the corsage that the woman was wearing and the flower in the man's lapel, I suspect that they were celebrating a wedding anniversary).

I wasn't able to see a date or determine who's on the cover of the Life magazine on the coffee table, and it looks like there's also a Toby jug on the table near the magazine.

Update: Thanks go to goenetix for identifying the Life magazine issue! It was published on October 9, 1950, and that's British actress Jean Simmons on the cover. See the comments section below for additional details.