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Mystery Pictures - Solved!

by The Library of Congress

TERRIFIC! We initially asked for help to identify 22 travel views. Within a few days, Flickr members had identified every single photo. With: great confirmation from old & new pictures, links to maps, and more. Even the scenes that turned out to be printed in reverse didn't slow you down!

With a special shout out to epicharmus, trialsanderrors, and whyaduck for bringing related photochrom views and new numbering pattern clues into view.

More recently, we asked for help identifying photos we posted in a countdown to the 12th anniversary of the Flickr Commons, and as we expected, you rose to the challenge! Take a look at some additional solved mysteries we’ve added to this album.

Here's two examples of how well these group efforts worked:
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4211207938
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/49336886813

29 photos · 42.2K views

[Palais de la Préfecture, Nice, France (Riviera)] (LOC)

[Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco (Riviera)] (LOC)

[Place Masséna, Nice, France (Riviera)] (LOC)

[Opera House staircase, Paris, France] (LOC)

[Church, Saint-Ferréol les Augustins, Marseille, France] (LOC)

[Hillside, Mentone, Riviera (i.e., Menton, France)] (LOC)

[Pont Napoléon, Nice, France (Riviera)] (LOC)

[Monte Carlo Casino, gardens, Monaco (Riviera)] (LOC)

[Waterfront, Monte Carlo, Monaco (Riviera)] (LOC)

[Old Harbor (Vieux-Port), Marseille, France] (LOC)

[Old Harbor (Vieux-Port), Marseille, France, with Hotel Beauvau at right] (LOC)

[Old Harbor (Vieux-Port), Marseille, France, with Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in background] (LOC)

[Chateau du Pharo, Old Harbor (Vieux Port), Marseilles, France] (LOC)

[Monte Carlo and Cap Martin, Monaco (Riviera)] (LOC)

[Monte Carlo, from Fort Antoine, Monaco (Riviera)] (LOC)

[Corniche Road, Marseilles, France] (LOC)

[Winter scene with log structure, Grisons, Switzerland] (LOC)

[Winter scene with log structure, Grisons, Switzerland] (LOC)

[Winter scene with log structure, Grisons, Switzerland] (LOC)

[Frauenkirch, near Davos, Grisons, Switzerland, in winter (reversed)] (LOC)

[Grisons, Switzerland, in winter] (LOC)

[St. Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland, in winter (reversed)] (LOC)

Identified! [Opening day at Laurel Speedway, Maryland, July 11, 1925] (LOC)

Identified! [Two women hold a poster for the National Council for the Prevention of War] (LOC)