What do you do on a very rainy Sunday afternoon? We decided to take a little trip from the comforts of our living room. Turned the television to some classical music and broke out the Kodak Ektagraphic Model 210 audio slide projector. Yes, an audio slide projector as it is possible to have 35 mm slides that can be adapted to audio. Since we have not used it in 25 - 30 years, it took a little time in learning how it functioned and how to load the slides. Next, we broke out our 35 mm slide collection that we have not looked at in about the same number of years.
What a trip it was! We traveled from Florida to Alaska in the 1960's. We saw family members before they were gray and their children were still babies. We saw our own children as babies. We traveled all over the Mediterranean Sea, seeing sights and sounds that had slipped my memory. We saw the U.S. Navy fleet in action and the ports of call that were made in the 1960's. It was amazing the number of beautiful, bikini clad women laying on the beaches of France, evidently one of my favorite photo subjects in my younger years. My wife had to bring me back to reality when she reminded me that some of those women are now in their 60's and 70's! We saw camping trips on the Anchor River, our little ones posing with fish. It was a great trip but I did take pictures of our journey.
This day and age, it is difficult to convert 35 mm slides into prints, but with the aid of our digital camera, we were able to capture some of our photos from the Kodak Ektagraphic slide projector. Not only does it have audio, it also has a built in screen which made it relatively easy to point and shoot. Some quality of the 35 mm is lost in the transition to digital, but well worth saving.
Shane Harrington, Jack Epperson, Heath Harrington
Terry Harrington, Shana Harrington
Back Row
Heidi Harrington, Dean Epperson
Before He Graduated To Snow Machines,There Was Non-Motorized Sleds
Shane
Heidi Got Into The Action, Being The Youngest,
She got Stuck with the Inner Tube
Her Tube Is Not As Fast As the Sleds
Shane and Shana Just Had A Collision,
Does That Surprise Anyone?
Little Sister, Heidi Taking Care Of
Little Brother Heath
How did Heath Get Hooked On Fishing?
Heath Posing With Two Kings Caught By
His Dad and Big Brother. In Time, He
To Would Learn to Fish For Kings.
It was a great day and with time, I will share more of our trip
into the past.
