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The Library Needs Your Help to Identify These Historic St. Louis Photos

By on Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 6:24 pm

The St. Louis Public Library is in need of a few good volunteer researchers with an eye for investigating historic photos.

Two "Street Smarts" events at the St. Louis Public Library, scheduled for August 16 and September 16, will connect participants with librarians, reference maps and research tools to give them the best shot at pinpointing the locations of hundreds of historic St. Louis photos held in the Lemen Streets and Sewers Collection.

To help you get your photo-sleuthing started, we've selected 54 unidentified St. Louis photos from the collection.

Did you recognize the location or people in a particular photo? Note the image's "identifier" (the file name located beneath each photo) and head over to this Google form to let the library's Special Collections Department know about your find!

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FILE NAME: Lemen0223
FILE NAME: Lemen0223
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FILE NAME: Lemen0213
FILE NAME: Lemen0213
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FILE NAME: Lemen0280
FILE NAME: Lemen0280
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FILE NAME: Lemen0268
FILE NAME: Lemen0268
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FILE NAME: Lemen0231
FILE NAME: Lemen0231
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FILE NAME: Lemen0070 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen0070

See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
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FILE NAME: Lemen0234
FILE NAME: Lemen0234
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FILE NAME: Lemen0248
FILE NAME: Lemen0248
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FILE NAME: Lemen1279 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen1279

See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
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FILE NAME: Lemen0852 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen0852

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FILE NAME: Lemen0260
FILE NAME: Lemen0260
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FILE NAME: Lemen0721 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen0721

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FILE NAME: Lemen1022 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen1022

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FILE NAME: Lemen0272
FILE NAME: Lemen0272
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FILE NAME: Lemen0267
FILE NAME: Lemen0267
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FILE NAME: Lemen2415 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen2415

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FILE NAME: Lemen2921 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen2921

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FILE NAME: Lemen2880 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen2880

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FILE NAME: Lemen2860 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen2860

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FILE NAME: Lemen2491 See a larger version of this photograph in the St. Louis Public Library Digital Collections.
FILE NAME: Lemen2491

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