I’ll post more as I continue to document!
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1ilrhj1
I’ll post more as I continue to document!
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1ilrhj1
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Sounds like someone forced you to come clean, lmao
Ho lee ship.
I expect it all to be scanned and uploaded immediately.
Pathetic to lie about it. (Adding text so I can post this comment)
Why would you add your grandfather to the mix out of blue while it was super cool anyway…
Please feel free to use this comment as a downvote harbor for my original post’s falsified presentation. I see what I have and will provide the real details here:
This was found in an estate locally covered in rat excrement and other disarray, and I acquired the lot thinking it was interesting. I’ve heard that this is from a former NASA photographer, who was obviously passionate about everything space. I’m going to be working to document and upload all that I have so that there can be preservation of this historical collection. I am not well versed in most of what I am seeing, or the process of record keeping, so if anyone has a suggestion on the most effective way to upload these photos as I progress please let me know!
I’ll take some of the film and get it archived. I think I saw playing cards at some point too? I’ll take a pack for myself. 🙂
Welcome to Star Fleet Academy, try not to post too much about it son ;).
Still pretty cool, I’d say make up for it by uploading it somewhere so people can have access to some historical documents and files.
All of those books now easily fit on one iPad
You probably shouldn’t be showing these to the world…
You should give them to me instead
How come you lied it’s not like you needed to lol.
Dope af though, that comic looking satellite book looks interesting.
How many lbs those barbell plates are in last picture?
As a pest controller…pics of the rat excrement or it didn’t happen.
Dig that hole deeper!
We’re all in awe… but how many of us are saving contemporary material like this? Who’s making the next treasure trove?
Make sure those reels go straight to a film preservation society without you opening the cans or anything, the air can devastate these things very easily.
You may have the equivalent of a mini-Smithsonian as far as aviation and aeronautics history goes.
There’s prob some porn in those old school projector film.
Former NASA worker or contractor? Or was this person themselves a collector? Really interesting find.
My goodness, do get everything here digitized to the best of your ability. Take your time. I would love to eye everything here and read up on what was saved. This is someones life’s work, regardless if it was your grandfather or not — I could care less if you lied previous post, that doesn’t impact anything here.
If I owned this collection, I would preserve it regardless of it’s value. It’s a priceless collection taken decades to conceive (I’m speaking from the heart as an amateur astronomer and as a big space nut in general.)
Others have recommended giving it away to some sort of historical institution, but I’d recommend keeping it and passing it down to family. A niece and nephew of mine are heavily into astronomy and it makes me feel so proud that they adore the universe just as much as I do. They would go bonkers reading over stuff like this!
Think I will contact some sort of space museum in the proximity and discuss a donation deal, if I were you.