My earliest photos were taken on my Kodak Instamatic as colour slide transparencies. These were taken as film which was processed as a slide which could be projected on a wall or screen. Thinking about it, this is the closet cousin to today’s digital slide show. In those days there was no internet of course. A dreaded event was to be invited to a family slide show particularly after someone had gone on a long trip. This was often the first time the photographer had seen the slides so the”show” was often unedited with multiple shots of prominent. landmarks. The first 30 minutes was interesting but….. OK. I plead guilty of myself sometimes taking advantage of a captive audience! Unlike the internet of today it was not possible to just ‘like” and move on. :)

Early projectors were simple affairs. The family was once given a projector dating from world war one which allowed the showing of glass transparencies of the trenches.I wish I still had it.

Later projectors designed to show film transparencies were simple affairs allowing one slide to be inserted at a time. The projector pictured below is Hanimex Carousel which allow slides to be more efficiently inflicted on ones family and friends by being placed in a rotating carousel. This I still have.