A yellow Sikorsky helicopter on the ground, on a landing strip, with snow-streaked mountains and a lower volcanic bluff behind; and some clouds in the sky. The colors are vivid, from a slide photo. Photo by Bruce W. Falk. -JBF

Parental slide photo: A U.S. Coast Guard Sikorsky (Dragonfly series, per image search) helicopter; Cape Sarichef (Unimak Island, in the Aleutians); circa 1958. #1950s #35mm #35mmfilm #alaska #aleutianislands #analogphotography #coastguard #slidephoto

Tokyo Tower Souvenir Shop: Circa 1960, showing two clerks behind the counter, one with her back turned. A midcentury clock was on the wall. -JBF

A slide photo; Tokyo Tower Souvenir Shop; circa 1960. Courtesy of M. Reed (taken by his great-uncle, who was stationed in Asia for many years). #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #japan #shop #slide #slidephoto #tokyo #tokyotower

A flight attendant on a 1950s Alaska flight offering a tray of food in glass bowls. She wore a sealskin outfit. The seats are large with white coverings. Photo by Bruce W. Falk. -JBF

A flight attendant (per slide caption) serving lunch; Wien Airlines Nome-Fairbanks Flight. Parental slide photo, circa 1958. #1950s #35mm #35mmfilm #airlines #alaska #analogphotography #slidephoto

A slide photo, taken by M. Reed's great-uncle; Japan, circa 1960. #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #japan #slidephoto #streetphotography

My great-aunt Magda Lenox, and my mother, standing by a telephone booth. A classic 1950s car is in the background. -JBF

My great-aunt (wearing a hat), and mother; circa 1958. Location not known. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #analogphotography #slidephoto #streetphotography

Hazel M. Falk (in back), and her parents, in single file on a path, with houses behind. -JBF

My mother (furthest from the camera) and her parents; circa 1958. Possibly in Seattle, while visiting. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #analogphotography #pacificnorthwest #slidephoto

Slide photo by Bruce W. Falk; showing his coworkers in side view, or partially turned postures. They wore patterned work shirts, near a storage trailer of some sort, and close to a treeless bluff. -JBF

Parental slide photo; Nikolski, Aleutian Islands, circa 1958. The caption mentioned a name of one of the subjects -- that of Bernie Whitlock. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #alaska #aleutianislands #analogphotography #cigar #nikolski #slidephoto #whitealice #workers

My cousin tossing a baseball to his father (Roger Vogel; in a white tshirt, back turned), in their backyard in Seattle; late 1950s. With overcast skies. Photo probably by Bruce W. Falk. -JBF

Parental slide photo; my cousin, pitching a baseball to my uncle. The ball is eternally suspended mid flight; a manifestation of durée. Seattle, Washington; circa 1958. #analogphotography #1950s #35mm #35mmfilm #backyard #baseball #catch #seattle #slidephoto #washingtonstate

Photo by Bruce W. Falk; showing a native Alaskan boy, arms akimbo, in the foreground; Nikolski, Alaska. He wore overalls, a checked shirt, and stood by a homemade wheelbarrow. Grasses, and a low hill, and stream, made up the surroundings (under a cloudy sky). Circa 1958. -JBF

A Native Alaskan child; Nikolski (Aleutian Islands), Alaska; parental slide photo, circa 1958. #35mm #35mmfilm #alaska #aleutianislands #analogphotography #indigenous #nativealaskan #nikolski #slidephoto #wheelbarrow

Photo of Hazel M. Falk; by Bruce W. Falk; showing her in a long winter coat, on the surface of the frozen Bering Sea; with the buildings of Nome on land. 1958. -JBF

Parental slide photo; mom on the frozen Bering Sea; with Nome, Alaska, in the background; 1-13-1958. They cast elongated shadows... #35mm #35mmfilm #alaska #analogphotography #beringsea #nome #slidephoto

Slide photo by Bruce W. Falk; 1972, showing me and sibling wearing winter clothes, playing with sticks. From the top of one of the Boring Lava Buttes, a snowy landscape of hills, farms, and forests, extends far out. -JBF

Parental slide photo; me (in dark clothes); with sibling; behind our then-home; Clackamas County, Oregon, circa November 1972. With dog house. It seems like a dream from the depths... #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #naturephotography #oregon #slidephoto #snow

A slide photo, taken by Bruce W. Falk (with Hazel M. Falk on the right, by the bookcase); 1969. A number of joyous partygoers look directly at the photographer; in a kitchen space. -JBF

Parental slide photo; probably September, 1969. Me (blue shirt, front); with family members, and relatives. In our then-home (now non-extant); Clackamas County, Oregon. #35mm #35mmfilm #1960s #analogphotography #slidephoto

A photo of Bruce W. Falk; standing, with a slung rifle, red sweater, dark cap; with a blue sky, and soaring Alaskan volcano. -JBF

A slide photo of my father; photographer unknown; Sarichef Island (Aleutian Islands), Alaska; 1958. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #alaska #aleutianislands #analogphotography #coldwar #sarichef #slidephoto #whitealice

A slide photo of my father, Bruce W. Falk; in a parka, standing before a partially-completed outdoor antenna, in Nikolski, Alaska. -JBF

From a slide photo of my father, before a White Alice-project antenna; Nikolski, Alaska (Aleutian Islands); 1958. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #analogphotography #alaska #aleutianislands #coldwar #nikolski #slidephoto #telecommunications #whitealice

From slide photos, by Bruce W. Falk; showing superimposed abstract midway lights at night. -JBF

A montage image I made from overlapping two parental slide photos; Oregon State Fair carnival rides at night,1969. #35mm #35mmfilm #1960s #abstract #analogphotography #carnival #midway #montage #oregon #oregonstatefair #slidephoto

Photo courtesy of M. Reed (via his great-uncle). A Japanese woman in a midcentury dress, posed before the lower portion of the Great Buddha at Kamakura -- with joined hands and folds in its robe. -JBF

Another slide photo, via M. Reed's great-uncle. At the Great Buddha of Kamakura, circa 1960. #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #buddha #daibutsu #japan #kamakura #midcentury #slidephoto

Slide photo of Bruce W. Falk, by Hazel M. Falk; showing my father raising his arms, in mock response to a bandit-figure slot machine; with other one-armed bandits about. -JBF

Parental photo; with a slide development date of November 1958; Las Vegas. #1950s #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #casino #lasvegas #midcentury #nevada #realfilm #slidephoto

Two basket weavers, both men hunkering down by a low river in Ensenada, Mexico. With white buildings on the skyline. Parental slide photo. - JBF

Basket weavers; Ensenada, Mexico, April,1958. Parental slide photo. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #analogphotography #bajacalifornia #ensenada #mexico #slidephoto

Inscription Rock, showing Native American petroglyphs, depicting mountain goats, in a pattern of four animals. Other carvings and writing appear in the rock as well, along with a large crack. Photo by Bruce W., or Hazel M. Falk, circa 1958. -JBF

Parental slide photo; Native American petroglyphs, and other inscriptions. At El Morro National Monument (Inscription Rock), New Mexico, circa 1958. #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #elmorro #newmexico #petroglyphs #slidephoto #southwest

Frothy expanse of ocean surf, with clouds and trees. -JBF

Parental slide photo; Pacific Ocean,1960s. #35mm #35mmfilm #analogphotography #pacificocean #slidephoto #surf #waves

Slide photo by Bruce W. Falk, showing me, with a wagon, our German Shepherd, Hansel, mom; and a pickup with a camper. Also: Trees and a field in the background, and part of a house. - JBF

Family slide photo, from 1969, including me, and a wagon, dog, and mom; outside our now non-extant house. In Clackamas County, Oregon. We were about to head out on a trip -- possibly one to Canada. #35mm #35mmfilm
#1960s #analogphotography #camper #caravan #pickup
#slidephoto

Clackamas County, Oregon; a snowy landscape of fields, forests, and buttes; and sweeping clouds; circa 1969. Photo by Bruce W. Falk. -JBF

A parental slide photo; behind our then-house, looking toward Mt. Hood (which was behind clouds); after a heavy snowfall. Clackamas County, Oregon; around the tumultuous year of 1969. #35mm #1960s #analogphotography #oregon #slidephoto

Native Alaskans, women and children, standing on the sidewalk, in snowy Nome, Alaska. The caption on the slide is in the handwriting of Hazel M. Falk. A sign reading Arctic Oil is visible on a building. -JBF

Native Alaskans; Main Street,Nome. February, 1958. A parental slide photo. #35mm #35mmfilm #1950s #alaska #analogphotography #indigenous #nativealaskan #nome #slidephoto

Photo by Bruce W. Falk; showing the grey bulk of Chateau Lake Louise soaring against the clouds, with a forested backdrop. -JBF

A parental slide photo; Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. This was on a family trip, in 1969 - taken right around the time Jimi Hendrix (and many others) were playing at Woodstock. #35mm #1960s #alberta #analogphotography #banff #canada #slidephoto

A man wearing a hat, fingers crossed, with his grandchild, in a traditional carrier; Native Americans: in Arizona. 1950s. Photo by Bruce, or Hazel Falk. -JBF

A parental slide photo; a Native American man and his grandchild: Arizona, circa 1958. #35mm #1950s #analogphotography #arizona #indigenous #nativeamerican #slidephoto #southwest

Snowy vista, from atop one of the Boring Lava Buttes, in Oregon; 1969. Including a snow-caked fir tree.

Parental slide photo (probably by my father); from our then-backyard, Clackamas County, Oregon. Circa 1969. #35mm #1960s #analogphotography #slidephoto #snow