Photographer Bill Delzell discovered a cache of unprocessed film rolls and slides from the 1960s in San Francisco, containing images that had largely gone unseen. After acquiring over 2,000 color slides and numerous rolls of film, he began sharing them with friends. This led to personal revelations, such as Katy Kavanaugh recognizing herself in a photo from a migrant farmworkers' protest. These images serve as a time capsule, reflecting significant cultural events and personal histories of those involved.
"I see myself," Kavanaugh told him, because she literally saw herself in the photo: Among the throngs of activists marching in protest of the unjust treatment of migrant farmworkers, there she is: 5-year-old Katy walking across Dolores Street amidst a crowd, holding onto her sister's stroller. This was 1968.
Delzell sent 5 random photos from the thousands in his possession to his friend who grew up in the Haight. Katy Kavanaugh - teacher and founder of Screen360.TV - called him immediately.
The early '80s might not have had reality TV, but storage unit auctions were already brimming with drama. One picker unearthed a jackpot: a bag filled with 2,042 color slides and 177 rolls of meticulously labeled but unprocessed 35mm film, totaling more than 8,000 images.
Delzell got his hands on the negatives through his professional network. Pieces of a puzzle.
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