There is a detailed pod cast that covers the photo analysis that was carried out on the original Polaroid at that link also:
https://www.taracalico.com/from-the-case-file/
Great images of the van in that link. Didn't appreciate you can see straight through from the cab into the back.
Sure enough the photo I grabbed from Calico's Wikipedia page is a low gen version (double click on it over there and it gives you details)
There is an even clearer version here...
I think the item behind the boys head is a black/gray holdall/gymbag. Had a look around the web, and it looks remarkably like a Nike holdall from that era:
Hi sony12. I lifted the original image straight from Tara Calico's wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Calico
I'm sure a hi-res scan of the actual Polaroid would reveal even more detail. There is a post somewhere that mentions a partial phone no. was on the spine of the book...
It's also worth pointing out there are numerous versions of the June 89 photo floating around on the web. The majority, including the one on the first page of this thread are a cropped and zoomed in version:
This looses not only clarity but the detail that definitely shows it as the back of a...
Not sure if this has been confirmed in the past, so forgive me if I'm mentioning something that is already established.
The photo is definitely showing the inside of a 1980's Toyota Previa Cargo Van in white. I've found a listing for one that is currently for sale...
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