Vintage Views
Welcome to Vintage Views, a part of Western-Traveler that explores out of the way places from around the World. These images, though not super high-quality do have historic value as they came from the Grace Middleton Slide Collection. She was my grandmother on my Mom’s side of the family who died back in 1998 and I came to be the Curator of her collection, which I’ve now digitized so I could share them with everyone. Some of the images I’ll present are not ones that she actually took, but probably came from Missionaries who used to stay with her family when she was young. I’ve had a lot of fun traveling vicariously through this collection, and I hope you enjoy these as well. Whenever possible I’ll let you know as much about the image (where, when and sometimes even who) but in many cases all I have is the image.
In August of 2021 my mother handed over her massive collection of photographs, dating back to the early 1950s. While going through these I found many that I thought would be appropriate for this section, so they will now be a part of Vintage Views as well.
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- Grist mill in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Photo by Grace Middleton. Taken in May of 1971.
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- Lincoln family cabin at Knob Creek site near Hodgenville, KY
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- Here’s a shot of a bear in Yellowstone National Park standing on it’s hind legs. This was taken in 1952 while my mother, her mother and my aunt & uncle (Earl & Kathleen Middleton) were all on a big road trip together.
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- The Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska back in the 1950s.
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- The Empress of Canada cruise ship. Photo appears to be from the late 1940s or early 1950s, based on clothing worn by passengers in other images from the same lot.
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- Beautiful scenery from Japan. Taken in August of 1971.
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- Impressive cliffs along the Kentucky River.
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- Gargoyle at Notre-Dame in Paris, France
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- Cherry Blossoms in the springtime with Mt. Fuji in the background. Kyoto, Japan
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- A beautiful day at Balmora Castle near Abardeen, Scotland. This was taken in September of 1962.
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- Cool arches in Caesara in Bethlehem, Israel
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- The Pyramid of the Moon, Mexico.
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- San Francisco’s Bay Bridge at sunrise. Taken in the early 1970s.
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- Somewhere in the Swiss Alps. Look carefully, there’s a building near the summit.
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- Unidentified waterfall somewhere in Japan. This was taken in August of 1971.
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- Very old photo of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.
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- Downtown London in September of 1962. Great view of Big Ben.
