PNN's slides
Directory /home/photo/pnn contains about 3000 digitized images from 35mm color slides taken by my father P. Norman Ness (PNN). PNN took the pre-1956 slides with his Kodak 35 and later slides with his Leica M3. Most of the slides are Kodachrome originals, but a few are duplicates (now mostly faded, while the Kodachrome originals mostly remain vibrant).
I digitized PNN's slides starting 7/30/08 using a Nikon Coolscan 5000, 5782 x 3946 pixels, TIFF output, 16 bit color depth. The scanner produces huge TIFF files, subsequently reduced by ImageMagick to full-resolution JPEG images and JPEG thumbnails, with the huge TIFFs archived. I finished digitizing in 2014, and in 2021 I finally got around to cropping the images. A few later slides remain unorganized, mostly because they are less interesting to me, but eventually tie up all the loose ends.
PNN stored almost all of his slides in Kodak Cavalcade slide trays, each holding up to 40 slides. Each was kept inside its original cardboard box, fairly dustproof, so most slides are extremely well preserved. Some tray boxes were serially numbered, some not. Trays from 1962 and later were dated, earlier were undated. Most trays were grouped by date, some by subject ("Dave", "Jack & Lorraine"). My mother Eleanor Ness (ERN) made some notes on individual slide subjects, but usually without much detail.
Kodak dated Kodachome slide mounts with the processing month and year starting in 1958. This Kodachrome slide mount chart helps determine dates of earlier slides. In brief:
- 1936 to 1939: Unmounted.
- 4/1939 to 5/1949: Red border, "Kodachrome", number stamped (embossed) into mount.
- 5/1949 to 5/1952: Red border, "Kodachrome / Transparency", number stamped (embossed) into mount.
- 5/1952 to 8/1955: Red border, "Kodachrome / Transparency", number inked (printed) on mount.
- 8/1955 to 7/1957: Red border, "Kodachrome / Transparency / Processed by Kodak", number inked (printed) on mount.
- 7/1957 to 5/1958: [not listed in Kodachrome slide mount chart.]
- 5/1958 to 7/1958: Red border, "Kodachrome / Transparency / Processed by Kodak", number inked (printed) on mount, stamped date.
- 6/1958 to 9/1961: Yellow corner, "Kodachrome / Transparency / Processed by Kodak", number inked (printed) on mount, stamped date.
- 9/1961 and later: imprinted date (although SAN's slides processed in Germany 1963-1964 are not datestamped).
I reorganized PNN's slides chronologically by Kodak processing datestamp, with estimated dates for earlier undated slides. Undated slides are in directories pnn/year/year_a etc.; the earliest appear to be from 1949 or 1950; no mounts have just "Kodachrome" rather than "Kodachrome / Transparency". Dated slides are in directories pnn/year/year_month, sometimes broken up by subject into pnn/year/year_month_a etc. A single subject on multiple rolls developed on different dates is filed by the earlier date. The development date may of course be much later than the actual photo date (e.g., Queen Mary slides: 4/1962 for one roll, 7/1963 for the next).
The table below summarizes date, location and description information for each group of slides. readme.txt file in each directory gives more detailed information.
Jump to year:
| 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
| 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
| 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1976 | 1977 | 1979 | ||
| 1982 |
| Year | Directory | Location | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1950_a | Alexandria MN Detroit Lakes MN |
PNN/ERN/DN/SAN at lake cabin, probably on Lake L'Homme Dieu near Alexandria MN. PNN/ERN/DN/SAN at Fair Hills resort, Detroit Lakes, MN. |
Details |
| 1950_b | Cambridge MA Boston MA |
PNN's Harvard Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Boston sightseeing: Fenway Park, Minuteman statue, USS Constitution. |
Details | |
| 1950_c | New York NY | New York City: harbor tour views, skyline, seals in Central Park. | Details | |
| 1950_d | Minneapolis MN | Family pictures 5/49-5/52, all taken at 2516 West 22nd Street. | Details | |
| 1950_e | Various | Catch-all directory: slide mounts 5/49-5/52, not taken at 2516 or 2415. | Details | |
| 1950_f | Minneapolis MN | SAN with Grandma and Grandpa Rubin. | Details | |
| 1950_g | Starbuck MN | Grandpa Ness at Starbuck graveyard; Ness family at beach. | Details | |
| 1951 | 1951_a | Duluth MN | Family trip to Duluth with the Andersons. PNN/ERN/DN/SAN, Jack/Lorraine/Judy/Jackie Anderson. | Details |
| 1951_b | Lanesboro MN Rushford MN |
At Bill & Stella Higham's, Lanesboro, and boating on the river, possibly near Winona MN.
See also later Lanesboro pix. Higham family reunion in Rushford MN. |
Details | |
| 1951_c | Niagara Falls NY | Niagara Falls with family friend Evelyn Hallin ("Evie"). | Details | |
| 1951_d | Great Lakes | ERN/DN/SAN voyage with Evelyn Hallin on Great Lakes grain boat Richard J. Reiss. | Details | |
| 1951_e | Minneapolis MN | Family pictures 5/49-5/52, all taken at 2415 West 22nd Street. | Details | |
| 1951_f | New England | PNN/ERN/DN/SAN vacation trip to New England with family friend Evelyn Hallin. | Details | |
| 1952 | 1952_a | Lanesboro MN | At Bill & Stella Higham's, Lanesboro. See also earlier Lanesboro pix. | Details |
| 1952_b | New England Canada |
PNN/ERN/DN/ERN trip with Evelyn Hallin through New England to Canada to visit friends Lola & Fuzzy. | Details | |
| 1953 | 1953_a | New Orleans LA Biloxi MS |
PNN/ERN/DN/SAN family vacation with Evelyn Hallin. Surf and Sand Motel, Biloxi MS, via Vicksburg, Natchez, New Orleans. |
Details |
| 1953_b | Minnesota | Family holiday event at house of George Rubin (SAN's uncle). | Details | |
| 1953_c | Various | Catch-all directory: slide mounts 5/52-8/55, not taken at 2415. | Details | |
| 1954 | 1954_a | Minneapolis MN | Family pictures 5/52-8/55, all taken at 2415 West 22nd Street. | Details |
| 1955 | 1955_a | Cairo IL | SAN/ERN in Cairo, IL hospital after auto accident near Bardwell, KY. | Details |
| 1955_b | Rushford MN | Visit to Higham family farm, probably in Rushford or Peterson MN. | Details | |
| 1955_c | Duluth MN | Dedication of Great Lakes ore boat Henry LaLiberté. | Details | |
| 1955_d | Minneapolis MN | International Multifoods Christmas party at 2415. | Details | |
| 1956 | 1956_a | Starbuck MN | Ness family gathering at Lake Minnewashka, Starbuck, MN (or possibly at Alvin's lake place). | Details |
| 1956_b | St. Petersburg FL | PNN/ERN/SAN family vacation at Treasure Island, St. Petersburg, FL. | Details | |
| 1956_c | Great Lakes | ERN/SAN trip on Great Lakes grain boat John O. McKellar. | Details | |
| 1956_d | Minneapolis MN | Family pictures 8/55-7/57, all taken at 2415 West 22nd Street. | Details | |
| 1956_e | Various | Catch-all directory: slide mounts 8/55-7/57, not taken at 2415. | Details | |
| 1956_f | Washington DC / NYC | PNN trip to Washington DC / NYC / Boston (without family). | Details | |
| 1957 | 1957_a | Minneapolis MN | 90th birthday party for Eleanor's foster mother Emma Swanson, at our house (2415 West 22nd Street). | Details |
| 1957_b | Minneapolis MN | David Ness: high school graduation, high school prom, high school friends. | Details | |
| 1957_c | Cambridge MA | MIT, presumably take while when delivering DN as freshman (although DN is not pictured). | Details | |
| 1957_d | St. Petersburg FL | ERN & SAN at Treasure Island Motel, St. Pete. | Details | |
| 1957_e | Canada | Half a dozen commercial slides (not PNN originals) of Lake Louise etc. | Details | |
| 1957_f | Minnesota | PNN/ERN's bridge club, at the lake and at 2415 for Christmas. | Details | |
| 1958 | 1958_03a | Minneapolis MN | Christmas 1957 at 2415. | Details |
| 1958_03b | Pompano Beach FL | PNN/ERN/SAN family vacation at Sunset Villas, Pompano Beach, FL. Alastair & Germaine Guthrie. | Details | |
| 1958_07a | Minneapolis MN | SAN's sixth grade Kenwood School class in backyard at 2415 West 22nd Street. | Details | |
| 1958_07b | New London MN | Ness family event at Rhoda & Alvin's, New London. | Details | |
| 1958_07c | Minneapolis MN | Emma Swanson & ERN. DN with his red MG-A, also with Dorothy & Bud Zachor. | Details | |
| 1958_07d | Minnesota | PNN/ERN's bridge club at the lake. | ||
| 1958_12a | Starbuck MN | Ness family event, probably birthday party for Anton Ness, presumably at Starbuck MN. DN & Anton in DN's red MG at Starbuck cemetery. |
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| 1958_12b | Minneapolis MN | Christmas 1958 at 2415: DN with high school friends, PNN/ERN/DN/SAN, aunt Dorothy, Evelyn Hallin. | Details | |
| 1958_12c | Minnesota | At Jack & Lorraine Anderson's cabin, summer 1958. | Details | |
| 1959 | 1959_12a | Minneapolis MN | Christmas 1959 at 2415; neighbors Virginia Kivits, Mrs. Walker. | Details |
| 1959_12b | St. Petersburg FL | PNN/ERN/SAN family vacation at El Sirata Motel, St. Pete. NY Yankees spring training. | Details | |
| 1960 | 1960_12a | Minneapolis MN | Christmas 1960 at 2415. | Details |
| 1960_12b | St. Petersburg FL | PNN/ERN/SAN family vacation to St. Pete. | Details | |
| 1960_12c | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN office Christmas card party in basement at 2415. | Details | |
| 1960_12d | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN/SAN in front of Christmas tree, Christmas 1960. | Details | |
| 1961 | 1961_04 | Minneapolis MN | Closeups in profile of PNN and SAN. | Details |
| 1961_07a | New York NY Washington DC |
UN, Queen Mary. U.S. Capitol. |
Details | |
| 1961_07b | Starbuck MN | Anton Ness at his new residence, the Minnewashka Lutheran Home. | Details | |
| 1961_10a | Florida | PNN/ERN trip to Florida with Lorraine & Jack Anderson. Ft. Lauderdale, Cypress Gardens. | Details | |
| 1961_10b | Berlin | DN in front of newly built Berlin wall. | Details | |
| 1961_10c | Starbuck MN | Anton Ness in front of his residence, Minnewashka Lutheran Home. | Details | |
| 1962 | 1962_04a | Minneapolis MN | SAN at 2415 with much snow. | Details |
| 1962_04b | Unknown | ERN and Lorraine Anderson. | Details | |
| 1962_04c | Europe | PNN/ERN/SAN trip to Europe to visit DN at Oxford. London; Liechtenstein (per ERN note), Stuttgart, Neuschwanstein, Munich; Rhein, with Luh family (DN's AFS family) near Wiesbaden, Basel; Oxford, Queen Mary at Southhampton. |
Details | |
| 1962_04d | Queen Mary | PNN/ERN/SAN return from Europe on Queen Mary, Southhampton to NYC. | Details | |
| 1962_07 | Great Lakes | Trip on Great Lakes ore boat John T. Hutchinson: ERN/SAN, Dick Paronto, Lill (Sundblad?). | Details | |
| 1963 | 1963_07a | Minneapolis MN | Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun, 2415, 2765, SAN in prom attire. | Details |
| 1963_07b | Minnesota | PNN/ERN's bridge club at the lake. | ||
| 1963_12 | Minneapolis MN | Christmas 1963 holiday dinner: PNN/ERN/DN, Dorothy/Bud, George/Jenny Rubin, Roy/Virginia Kivits. | Details | |
| 1964 | 1964_04a | Boca Raton, FL | PNN/ERN vacation at Alastair Gutherie's in Boca Raton. | Details |
| 1964_04b | Europe | Oxford and France with DN, per ERN's label (though SAN is skeptical). | Details | |
| 1964_06 | New York NY | SAN arriving on SS Seven Seas after AFS year abroad. | Details | |
| 1964_07 | Minneapolis MN | ERN, Bud & Dorothy Zachor, Helen & George Rubin, Evelyn Hallin in kitchen at 2765 Thomas. | Details | |
| 1964_11 | Moscow | PNN business trip to Moscow. | Details | |
| 1964_12 | Unknown | Sunset and harbor from airplane. | Details | |
| 1965 | 1965_03 | Minneapolis MN | ERN's uncle Ben Rubin. Party at 2415 for George & Jennie Rubin. | Details |
| 1965_06 | Minneapolis MN | DN in front of garage at 2765 with lots of snow. | Details | |
| 1965_10 | Scandanavia | PNN/ERN trip to Norway and Sweden, including visits to relatives. | Details | |
| 1965_12 | Minneapolis MN | International Multifoods office Christmas party in basement at 2415. SAN and friends: holiday dinner at basement. Bud & Dorothy, Jenny. |
Details | |
| 1966 | 1966_02 | Venezuela (?) | PNN business trip to South America (presumably Venezuela). | Details |
| 1966_05 | Colorado | PNN/ERN at Colorado; drastically overexposed. | Details | |
| 1966_07 | Austria | ERN & SAN in Austria (Schloss Fuschl, Innsbruck); overexposed. | Details | |
| 1966_09 | Europe | Extensive PNN/ERN trip to Europe: Paris, Schloss Fuschl (Austria), Vienna, Venice, Paula (?), Redika, Split, Dubrovnik, St. Stephan, Rome. |
Details | |
| 1967 | 1967_02 | Minneapolis MN | DN and his girlfriend Sue with lots of snow at 2765. | Details |
| 1967_08a | Minnesota | Jack & Lorraine Anderson, ERN at Anderson's lake cottage. | Details | |
| 1967_08b | Starbuck MN | PNN, Alvin and Anton Ness celebrating Anton's birthday. | Details | |
| 1967_09 | Unknown | PNN & ERN, perhaps at Jack & Lorraine's cabin. | Details | |
| 1967_10 | Europe | PNN & ERN trip to Europe: Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Mettmann, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Switzerland, Madrid, Lisbon. |
Details | |
| 1968 | 1968_08 | Cambridge MA | SAN / Haven Morgan wedding. | Details |
| 1968_10a | London | PNN/ERN trip to Europe with Lorraine & Jack Anderson. | Details | |
| 1968_10b | Minnesota | PNN/ERN's bridge club at the lake and at Freeberg's house. | ||
| 1968_10c | Rushford MN | PNN/ERN & Lina Ness visit Alvin & Rhoda Ness, Bill & Stella Higham. | Details | |
| 1969 | 1969_06a | California | PNN/ERN in Palo Alto and Laguna Beach, including SAN/Haven and Gladys. | Details |
| 1969_06b | Minnesota | PNN/ERN's bridge club at the lake. | ||
| 1969_07 | Minneapolis MN | Moonrise over Lake Calhoun from the Minikahda Club. | Details | |
| 1969_09 | Europe | PNN/ERN trip to Europe: Switzerland, Italy (Florence), Madrid. | Details | |
| 1969_10 | Rushford MN | PNN/ERN visit Rob and Clarice Higham. | Details | |
| 1969_12 | Unknown | Lorraine Anderson, PNN, ERN at dinner. | Details | |
| 1970 | 1970_01a | Minneapolis MN (?) | PNN/ERN's bridge club. | |
| 1970_01b | Laguna Beach CA | PNN/ERN in Laguna. | Details | |
| 1970_10a | Vermont | DN & Susan at DN's cottage in Vermont. | Details | |
| 1970_10b | Minneapolis MN | PNN, ERN, Evelyn Hallin with unknown couple. | Details | |
| 1970_10c | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN's bridge club at 2765. | ||
| 1971 | 1971_10a | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN's bridge club. | |
| 1971_10b | Minneapolis MN | House and garden at 2765 Thomas Avenue South. Evelyn Hallin & Lil Sundblad. | Details | |
| 1972 | 1972_07a | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN's bridge club anniversary dinner for Freebergs. | |
| 1972_07b | Rushford MN (?) | PNN/ERN & Gladys Ness at Higham family reunion. | Details | |
| 1972_07c | Minneapolis MN (?) | ERN and her birthday club. | Details | |
| 1973 | 1973_01 | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN's bridge club. | |
| 1973_02 | Minneapolis MN | DN & Susan with PNN/ERN and family friend Evelyn Hallin. | Details | |
| 1973_09 | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN's bridge club at the lake. | ||
| 1973_10 | Rushford MN | PNN/ERN at Higham family reunion with Alvin & Lester Ness. | Details | |
| 1973_11 | Garden City NY | David Ness / Susan Schneider wedding. | Details | |
| 1974 | 1974_02 | Rushford MN (?) | PNN/ERN visit Bill & Stella Higham. | Details |
| 1974_10 | Unknown | PNN/ERN. | Details | |
| 1976 | 1976_12 | Minneapolis MN | PNN at beginning of skin cancer treatment (see also later 5/1977). ERN jewelry for insurance purposes. | Details |
| 1977 | 1977_05 | Minneapolis MN | PNN continuing skin cancer treatment (see also earlier 12/1976 slides). | Details |
| 1979 | 1979_03a | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN's house at 3818 Washburn Avenue South. | Details |
| 1979_03b | Rushford MN | Highum family reunion / picnic on the farm. | Details | |
| 1982 | 1982_06 | Minneapolis MN | PNN/ERN headstone at Lakewood cemetery. | Details |
