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This is typical of the slide films that are not Kodachrome.
Restored by color restoration and various other techniques to bring something of the original image back
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James Louis Blilie, my father
Pictures of My Family Growing Up
1980s
All images are copyright © James W. Blilie, 2011, All rights reserved
For family members: If you want copies of these scans, please contact me.
Index to James L. Blilie Photos
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Air Force |
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The photos indexed on this page are ones of or taken by my father, James L. Blilie (16-Nov-1923 to
26-Mar-2010). He was always interested in art and did a lot of it: Drawing, painting, and photography.
He must have started into photography in the late 1940s, buying an Argus C3 camera. Later,when
he traveled to Japan and Germany, he bought better cameras: Canon and Leica rangefinders with
various interchangeable lenses and a 6-cm (120/220) Rolleiflex. He did some excellent work and
it's interesting to see his technique and composition improve through time.
These are all scans of slides, prints, and negatives. Some of the originals are quite damaged. Most of
the scans required some restoration in Photoshop. I'm not sure what materials he was using. When
he used Kodachrome, the colors are still well preserved. On other materials, the color has nearly
faded out completely. Here are a couple of examples (click on the thumbnails). (This is quite a bit
of work as you might imagine. Luckily, the software really helps.)
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After he switched to Kodachrome (seems like this happened around the time they got married)
exclusively (or nearly so), the damage and fading ceases. The Kodachrome slides still look
vibrant and beautiful.
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1980
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Mitchell Lake land April 1980 |
Jon at Mitchell Lake April 1980 |
Jon at Mitchell Lake April 1980 |
Jon at Mitchell Lake summer 1980 |
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Charlie, Julie, and Jon at Mitchell Lake summer 1980 |
Julie, summer 1980 |
Mitchell Lake, fall 1980 |
Me at Mitchell Lake, fall 1980 |
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1981
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Jack Anderson at Tamarack Nature Center, March 1981
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Jack Anderson at Tamarack Nature Center, March 1981 |
Me, March 1981 |
Mom, March 1981 |
March 1981 |
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Me, near Mitchell Lake, March 1981 |
Near Mitchell Lake, March 1981 |
Near Mitchell Lake, March 1981 |
Jon, Mitchell Lake, March 1981 |
Me and Rick Tate, after the Ironman, April 1981 |
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Mom, April 1981 |
Me, April 1981 |
Julie, April 1981 |
Jon, April 1981 |
Mitchell Lake, April 1981 |
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July 1981 |
July 1981 |
Portrait class, July 1981 |
Dec 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
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Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
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Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
Charlie and Shelley's wedding, Dec 19 1981 |
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Mitchell Lake, April 1982
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Mitchell Lake, summer 1982 |
Mitchell Lake, summer 1982
I think this film is the Seattle Film Works slide/print film: It's terribly faded |
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Mom, after her hip replacement |
Julie, summer 1982 |
Me, rebuilding my crummy car |
Taylor's Falls, me and Julie |
Taylor's Falls, me at the top of the climb |
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Taylor's Falls |
Taylor's Falls |
Taylor's Falls |
Taylor's Falls |
Mitchell Lake, summer 1982 |
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Mitchell Lake, summer 1982 |
Mom, Mitchell Lake, summer 1982 |
Shoreview, fall 1982 |
Shoreview, fall 1982 |
Mitchell Lake, fall 1982 |
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1983
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St. Croix River, Feb-1982
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Me with the Rolleiflex, St. Croix River, Feb-1982 |
April 1983 |
Warren Herman in the tree farm, April 1983 |
Porcupine damage |
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Mitchell Lake, April 1983 |
Mitchell Lake, April 1983, North shore resort |
Mitchell Lake, April 1983, fawn |
Near Mitchell Lake, Spring 1983 |
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Jon, April 1983 |
August 1983, Sante Fe |
August 1983, Sante Fe |
Road to Bandelier National Monument, NM, Aug 1983 |
Bandelier National Monument, NM, Aug 1983 |
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Bandelier National Monument, NM, Aug 1983 |
Bandelier National Monument, NM, Aug 1983 |
Los Alamos, NM |
Road to El Paso, TX Guadalupe Mountains |
Carlsbad Caverns |
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S Dakota Badlands, August 1983 |
S Dakota Badlands, August 1983 |
Mt. Rushmore, August 1983 |
Black Hills, August 1983 |
Black Hills, August 1983 |
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Black Hills, August 1983 |
Black Hills, August 1983 |
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO August 1983 |
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO August 1983 |
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO August 1983 |
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Rocky Mountain National Park, CO August 1983 |
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO August 1983 |
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO August 1983 |
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO August 1983 |
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO August 1983 |
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Jay Cooke St. Park, Sep 1983 |
Jay Cooke St. Park, Sep 1983 |
Jay Cooke St. Park, Sep 1983 |
Jay Cooke St. Park, Sep 1983 |
Jay Cooke St. Park, Sep 1983 Duluth from Skyline Drive |
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Sep 1983 |
Mitchell Lake, Oct 1983 |
Mitchell Lake, Oct 1983 |
Mitchell Lake, Oct 1983 |
Mitchell Lake, Oct 1983 |
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Julie, Oct 1983 |
Julie, Oct 1983 |
Shoreview, Nov 1983 |
Shoreview, Nov 1983 |
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1984
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Mitchell Lake, March 1984
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Prince of Peace Church, Spring 1984 |
Larry, Spring 1984 |
Jon, June 1984 |
Jon, June 1984 |
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Northshore road trip, June 1984 Glensheen |
Northshore road trip, June 1984, Duluth Harbor |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 |
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Northshore road trip, June 1984 |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 Grand Marais Harbor |
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Northshore road trip, June 1984 |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 Grand Portage |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 Grand Portage |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 Grand Portage |
Northshore road trip, June 1984 Grand Portage |
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December 1984 |
December 1984 |
December 1984 |
December 1984 |
December 1984 |
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1985
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Somewhere in the South, Winter 1985
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Somewhere in the South, Winter 1985 |
Somewhere in the South, Winter 1985 |
Somewhere in the South, Winter 1985 |
Somewhere in the South, Winter 1985 |
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Somewhere in the South, Winter 1985 |
Somewhere in the South, Winter 1985 |
My uncle Walt Spence and a model of a real estate development |
Niceville, FL, Winter 1985 |
Niceville, FL, Winter 1985 |
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My Aunt Ann and Uncle Walt Spence, Niceville, FL, Winter 1985 |
My Mom and her sister Ann |
Niceville, FL, Winter 1985 |
Niceville, FL, Winter 1985 |
Niceville, FL, Winter 1985 |
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Jerry Spence,Niceville, FL, Winter 1985 |
Walt Spence, Niceville, FL, Winter 1985 |
Niceville (ordinace testing?) |
Karen Spence and Charlie |
April 1984, Shoreview |
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Mitchell Lake, June 1985 |
August 1985, Utah, Zion NP |
August 1985, Utah, Zion NP |
August 1985, Utah, Zion NP |
August 1985, Utah, Zion NP |
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Utah, August 1985 , Zion NP |
Utah, August 1985 , Bryce Canyon |
Utah, August 1985 , Bryce Canyon |
Utah, August 1985 , Bryce Canyon |
Utah, August 1985 , Bryce Canyon |
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Utah, August 1985 , Bryce Canyon |
Utah, August 1985 , Bryce Canyon |
Utah, August 1985 |
That old Buick Skylark at Mitchell Lake, Oct 1985 |
Jon on guitar Julie, Jon, Mom at Christmas 1985 |
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Lake Phalen, Ice Palace, Feb 1986
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Lake Phalen, Ice Palace, Feb 1986 |
Lake Phalen, Ice Palace, Feb 1986 |
Shoreview Feb 1986 |
Mom with me near Seattle on a hike, March 1986 (they were checking out WA as a retirement location (my Dad was never going to leave MN ...) |
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Me, leaving for work, March 1986 Skyway neighborhood of Seattle |
With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
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With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
With Charlie and Shelley in Santa Barbara, CA, early 1986 |
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Mitchell Lake, Sep 1986 |
Mitchell Lake, Sep 1986 |
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1987
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St. Paul, Feb 1987
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Warren Herman, welding, Feb 1987 |
The new Blilie place: Isanti, MN August 1987 |
The new Blilie place: Isanti, MN August 1987 |
The new Blilie place: Isanti, MN August 1987 |
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The new Blilie place: Isanti, MN August 1987 |
Mitchell Lake, Sep 1987 |
Mitchell Lake, Sep 1987 |
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1988
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March 1988, Mom at Destin, FL
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Destin, FL, March 1988 |
Destin, FL, March 1988 |
Destin, FL, March 1988 |
Destin, FL, March 1988 |
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Destin, FL, March 1988 |
March 1988 |
Making the pond in the back yard in Isanti April 1988 |
Late winter snow, Isanti |
Late winter snow, Isanti |
 
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Early 1988 |
Shelley, Charlie, Jon, Mom, and Julie Early 1988 |
Looking at Larry |
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Julie, April 1988 |
Isanti, June 1988 |
Our cousin from Sweden, Jan Bendiksen At Isanti, summer 1988 |
Our cousin from Sweden, Jan Bendiksen At Isanti, summer 1988 |
Julie, summer 1988 (if you're wondering what looks different about her: It's the blue contacts) |
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Julie, summer 1988 |
Julie, summer 1988 |
Julie, summer 1988 |
Summer 1988, Isanti |
Mom and Julie, Summer 1988 |
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Mitchell Lake, summer 1988 |
Mitchell Lake, summer 1988 |
Larry, Mitchell Lake, summer 1988 |
Mitchell Lake, October 1988 |
Mitchell Lake, October 1988 |
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Mitchell Lake, October 1988 |
Mitchell Lake, October 1988 |
Isanti, Oct 1988 |
Copy of church portrait, Oct 1988 |
Isanti, Oct 1988 |
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Dec 1988, Isanti |
Dec 1988, Isanti |
Dec 1988, Isanti |
Dec 1988, Isanti (before and after) |
Dec 1988, Isanti |
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1989
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April 1984, Lorraine and Alex Polanek Florence, SC
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Mom, April 1989 |
May 1989, Isanti |
Kirsten Linnea Blilie Santa Barbara, CA, June 1989 |
Kirsten Linnea Blilie Santa Barbara, CA, June 1989 |
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New front deck, Isanti, July 1989 |
Julie and a friend, 1989 |
Shep Williams with Al Lowe's Cherokee |
Martin Kelly, Jon and Bobbi, summer 1989 |
Martin Kelly, Mom, Jon and Dad summer 1989 |
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Mom, Ira and Ardie Harrington, Vallea summer 1989 |
Mom, sleeping with a book, summer 1989 |
Summer 1989, Isanti |
Toni and Brian Kelly, Gooseberry Falls, MN, fall 1989 |
Kirsten, Oct 1989 |
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Kirsten, Oct 1989 |
Kirsten, Oct 1989 |
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1989 |
Index to James L. Blilie Photos
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Family |
Air Force |
Various |
Background image is family group photo, 1983
Last updated: 6-Feb-2011
