Name/Title
Unidentified People, 1977Entry/Object ID
2007-012.A366PDescription
Unidentified People, 1977. These 16 black and white contact print strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images were created using many different film rolls, so many of the physical numbers on the strips are duplicated. For the purposes of this description, each of the strips will be grouped according to which film roll they originally came from by date. Each of these groups will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the physical numbers on the strips (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between images.
Image 4a shows a woman with shoulder length hair wearing glasses and a neckless with a five star pendant attached to it. She is standing in front of a parked car with a T-intersection and buildings, with more parked cars around them, in the background. Image 5a is similar to Image 4a but the camera has been turned so that the picture is now in a portrait orientation. The woman now smiling. Image 6a shows an excavated area of ground. A stop sign to the left identifies the road is Sleater Kinney and that Lacey Blvd. is to the left of the photograph. Four traffic cones mark a barrier between the hole and Sleater Kinney. A railroad comes in from the right, crossing Sleater Kinney, and heads of into the distance, going under a bridge. On the other side of Sleater Kinney, to the left of the railroad, there is a building with several vehicles parked in front of it. Parallel to Sleater Kinny, next to the railroad, a truck, a truck with a crane, and a loader are parked. The truck with a crane has the Burlington Northern Railroad logo on it. There are mounds of dirt on both sides of the hole. Image 7a is similar to Image 6a but the photographer has turned to the right a bit. A house with a garage with a car out front is to the right of the railroad. To the right of the house another building and a van can be partially seen. Image 8a is similar to Image 7a but the photographer has turned slightly to the left.
Printed along the edge is "KODAK SAFETY FILM" and "KODAK TRI X PAN FILM."
Image 3b shows a man wearing glasses, his back is turned toward the photographer. This man is Ken Balsley. The man is focused on hanging up a baseball pennant. Two more pennants have already been hung up on the wall. Image 4b is similar to Image 3b but the man is bending down, reaching for something with his left hand and holding up the pennant with his right hand. Image 5b is similar to Image 4b but a different man, with a mustache, wearing a suit and tie, is sitting down in front of the pennants, holding a baseball bat, looking to his right. All three pennants can be clearly seen in this image. The top pennant is for the 1965 World Series, L.A. Dodgers vs. Minnesota Twins. The middle pennant is for the Inaugural American League Opener, Seattle Mariners vs. California Angles at the Kingdome, April 6, 1977. The bottom pennant is for the Seattle Pilots. A book full of baseball cards is open, standing upright, to the man's left. Image 6b is similar to Image 5b but the man with a baseball bat is facing the photographer. Image 7b is similar to Image 6b but the man with a baseball bat has slightly tilted his head up. Image 8b is similar to Image 7b but the man with a baseball bat has slightly titled his head down.
Image 9c shows, in portrait, a small building, an aboveground tank, and a smashed sign in an empty lot with trees in the background. Image 10c is similar to Image 9c but the photographs are now in landscape. Another small building can be seen in front, destroyed. A car is parked on the left. Image 11c is similar to 10c but a van has been parked to the right of the destroyed building. Image 12c is of a billboard. The bottom of it reads "Le Roy's Jewelers, South Sound Mall, Lacey. The middle shows two wrist watches, a mechanical one on the right and a digital one on the left. To the far left is the words "Both Quartz" and to the far right is the words "Both Seiko." At the top is the name "Ackerley." To the right of the billboard, in the foreground, is a utility pole. In the background there are trees and more utility poles. Underneath the billboard, is the roof of a house. Image 13c is similar to Image 12c but the photographer has angled the camera slightly downward. Part of a sign can been scene behind the right utility pole. The sign has a cross on top. The sign itself reads "Veterinary C..., Dr. J.R. Dob..." Image 14c is similar to Image 13c but the photographer has angled the camera slightly downward. There is a building to the left of the house but only its roof is in frame. Image 15c is similar to Image 14c but the photographer has angled the camera slightly upward. Image 16c is similar to Image 15c but the photographer has angled the camera slightly downward again. The overhang of the left building and a building to the right of the house are now in frame. The right building's name is partially blocked by the billboard's left pole leaving the letters "OLT TV" visible. Behind the veterinary sign are stop lights for an intersection.
Image 11d shows, in portrait, a woman wearing a jacket, a thick necklace, and a thin necklace with a cross. The woman is looking toward the right of the photographer. Image 12d is similar to Image 11d but the woman is looking down. Image 13d shows a woman wearing glasses and a jacket. She is smiling and looking directly at the photographer. Image 14d shows, in landscape, a family being interviewed in a mall. To the left is the dad, who has a mustache. To the right is the wife, who has long hair and is holding the baby. In the middle is the kid, only the top of his head is in frame. To the far right is the interviewer, only his hands holding a notebook are in frame. In the background are three other people walking around the mall. Image 15d is similar to Image 14d but the father has turned his head to look at his wife. A Woolworths can be clearly seen in the background. A person is sitting down in front of the store. Image 16d shows, in portrait, a man with wavey hair and a mustache holding onto a bag, looking to the left of the photographer. In the background, the word "Singer" is over a storefront. Image 17d shows a woman wearing glasses and a striped jacket, looking to the left of the photographer. Image 18d shows a woman wearing glasses and a checkered jacket, looking to the left of the photographer. Image 19d is similar to 18d but the woman has widened her eyes. Image 20d shows a woman with curly hair wearing glasses, smiling, looking to the left of the photographer.
Image 16e shows, in portrait, a woman in the foreground wearing glasses. The woman is sitting down in front of three sheets of paper. The woman has her right index finger on the middle paper and is writing with her left hand on the left paper. In the background there is another person doing something similar to the woman in the foreground. Image 17e could be similar to Image 16e but the image is too faded to tell. Image 18e shows, in landscape, shows a room. There is a man wearing a tie at the front of the room pointing to the roof with his right index finger. Two people are sitting down in front of the man looking down at their desks. A wall clock is hanging to the left of the man. Image 19e is too faded to tell what is was about. Image 20e shows a side view of a woman sitting down at a desk, writing something down on a piece of paper. There are more desks to the woman's left. Image 21e is similar to Image 20e but the photographer has moved down a bit. Image 22e shows, in portrait, a room with printing machines in it. The machine in the middle of the picture is being tented to a woman. To her right is another person half in the frame. Image 23e shows more printing machines. A man with a mustache, wearing glasses and an apron, is standing in the middle of the photo. The man is holding a can with the word "ink" on it in his left hand and is using something to stir it with this right hand.
Image 19f shows two people in a kitchen around a counter. The person standing on the left is a woman and the person sitting on the right is a girl. On the counter there are clear bags with bean shaped objects in them. The woman has a scale in front of her and there is an empty bag on top of it. The girl is looking a the photographer. Image 20f is similar to Image 19f but the photographer has turned the camera from landscape to portrait. The girl is out of the frame and the woman is pouring the bean shaped items from a small container into the empty bag on the scale. Image 21f is similar to Image 20f but the photographer has moved to the right. The woman is preparing a new bag on the scale. Image 22f is similar to Image 21f but the woman is now pouring the bean shaped items into the new bag. Image 23f is similar to Image 22f but the there are more bean shaped items in the bag on the scale. Image 24f is similar to Image 23f but there are more bags on the counter. Image 25f shows two men sitting down at a table. In the middle, on the wall, is a poster that reads, "Stop Turning Your Back on Diabetes. You Could Have it and not Know it. Be Tested Now. American Diabetes Association." On the table there are a bunch of products including Band-Aids, Dextrostix, Wet Ones, Monolet Lancets, and Alcohol Wipes. Both people are wearing glasses. The man on the left is wearing a sweater and the man the right is wearing a vest. The man on the right has both hands on the table holding on the right hand of the man on the left. Image 26f is similar to Image 25f but the man on the right has tilted his head toward the photographer. Image 27f is similar to Image 26f but the man on the right has slightly moved his head back up.
Image 21g shows a woman wearing a jacket with a button pinned to it. The button has the number 79 on it with the words "Disco Down" above and a drawing of platform shoes below it. The woman's eyes are closed. Image 22g is similar to Image 21g but the woman is slightly frowning. Image 23g shows a woman wearing a jacket and a necklace. The woman has her right hand in a bag she is carrying. Image 24g shows a man wearing a jacket and a hat. The man is looking directly at the photographer. Image 25g is similar to Image 24g but the man is looking away from the photographer. Image 26g shows two people, a man standing to the right and a woman standing to the left, in front of a Jay Jacobs store. The man is wearing a striped shirt and jacket, the woman has short hair and glasses. Both of them are looking to the right of the photographer. Image 27g is similar to Image 26g but a third person can be barley seen on the right side of the image. The third person is wearing glasses and is writing something down.
Image 26h shows an off-ramp. A sign to the left shows that the off-ramp exits onto Pacific Ave. and that Olympia is to the left and Lacey, the Hospital, and Panorama City are to the right. A truck is on the off-ramp and the highway is in the background. Image 27h is similar to Image 26h but the photographer has moved back. A car is now on the off-ramp. Image 28h is similar to Image 27h but the photographer has focused on the sign in portrait. A semi hauling two trailers is on the off-ramp. Image 29h is similar to Image 28h but a car is on the off-ramp. Image 30h is similar to Image 29h but the photographer has moved up close to the sign and is looking at it from the left side.
Image 30i shows a smiling boy wearing a striped shirt holding up a bike in front of a truck with three bikes in the truck bed. Image 31i is the same as Image 30i. Image 32i is the same as Image 30i. Image 33i shows a woman smiling with earrings and a necklace looking at the photographer. Image 34i is similar to Image 33i but the woman has slightly tilted her head.
Image 38j shows two older women sitting at a table, sewing a quilt by hand. Both women are wearing glasses. The woman on the left is wearing a vest on while the woman on the right is wearing a striped shirt. In front of the women is the quilt. On top of the quilt is a pincushion and a spool of thread. Cabinets can be seen in the background. Image 39j is similar to Image 38j but the woman on the left has tilted her head slightly upward. Image 40j is similar to Image 39j but now both woman have tilted their heads slightly upward.
Image 41k shows a rotary telephone with a shoulder rest attached to the handset. In the middle of the dial is the number 491-1266. Below the dial are six spaces for more numbers and below that are six buttons. Image 42k shows a house. The house has steps leading up to the first floor and a door to the basement. Images 41k and 42k partially overlapMade/Created
Date made
1977Notes
Medium: Photographic Paper/Photographic EmulsionLexicon
Search Terms
Construction, Bicycles, Jay Jacobs, Woolworths, Diabetes, BicyclesRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Susan ParrottPerson or Organization
Kenneth Dale Balsley