March update: $394 of $30,000. Not good.
I've scanned nearly 70 #filmstrips since January 1 and fully restored five. All free on the @internetarchive. Still driving Doordash to pay the bills.
3,000 left to scan, ~1,000 left to restore. Keep me funded so I can work through them.
I joined Willow Polson on her podcast to talk about #filmstrips, their systemic marginalization by mainstream archivists, and how I got here. Check out "Willow's Vintage Homestead" on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
IN THE OFFICE: Scanning #filmstrips tonight for future upload to the @internetarchive. Come keep me company!
IN THE OFFICE: Scanning #filmstrips tonight for future upload to the @internetarchive. Come keep me company!
Happy Valentine's Day to the 2nd love of my life: 4,000+ #filmstrips from the 20th century that nobody else wants. I've saved over 1,300 of them so far, all free at the Internet Archive. The rest are still at risk.
If you love weird, forgotten things and can help me save them: https://uncommonephemera.org/donate
This is how #filmstrips are saved: slowly, one frame at a time. Our scanner continues to run. We'll save as many as we can. Watch each frame come off the scanner today before they're uploaded to the Internet Archive. #digipres
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF4LXDfx4wI
IN THE OFFICE: Scanning rare #filmstrips all day. 100% #lostmedia, destined for the Internet Archive. Zero slop content, just the quiet work of saving things before they're gone forever. This is what media preservation looks like. Come keep me company.
Watch on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
Or watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXNEz-H6JPM
Scanned and uploaded to the Internet Archive: Did you know at least one company sold blank #filmstrips and markers so you could make your own? That's how this filmstrip on bullfighting came to be made by two schoolchildren in Rochester, NY.
Uncommon Ephemera