My grandpa's pictures

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I think that blue fringes appeared in the high contrast zones when I copied the slides
These were toned by my grandpa and all I did was retouching them and play a bit with contrast


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I ended up making a book with the pictures adding some text and the names of people and places I was able to recognize
My cousins and uncles seem to be enjoying it :)
https://www.blurb.com/b/9912447-un-guino-del-pasado

Thank you all for your help, it wouldn;t have been possible without this bunch of geeks
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Very good gift for all the family and people from Ecuador!
Congrats, Pablo!


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Months have passed, but the fun doesn't end.
Since these were stereo pictures 45x107 format, and I have both sides of most of them I have been stichting a few to get the "full picture" wink wink
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Climbing the Pichincha Volcano April 1922

In this one I stitched the person in the far right, as it was damaged in the 1st pic I posted


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BlancaSanchez -1921 on a motorcylce

The left side of the picture was stitched and expanded,
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Fantastic!


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As James said:
¡Fantástico, Pablo!


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As tribute to the 200th anniversary of the end of the Independence Wars in my country (May 24th 1822) I'm placing another picture.
This is a document of the Centennial celebrations, which included the monument to the unknown soldiers pictured here.
A military parade coming down the street (named 24 de Mayo) with the monument in the background and many bystanders perfectly captured.
The monument is the column with the Condor; the column is long gone, and the condor was replaced by a fake one that stands now on a small mound

This was a negative and I have stitched the 2 sides of the stereo glass plate

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1922-05-26 Inauguracion Monumento Heroes Ignotos.


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Wonderful document! Recovering these old images is a labor of love. And a proof that B&W is good for 100 years!


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Great job with the photos.

I like to be taught about your country history in such way, reading is one thing, watching how people was doing in that time is much more educational.


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Those are great historic documents. Worthy for a book or museum. Good stuff!


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