r/wherewasthistaken • • Jul 31 '26

Reminder: No 'Low Effort' Posts, Please

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Hello everyone. First of all, thanks to all of you for making this sub what it is today. This community literally IS the subreddit and how we go about not just identifying locations but also interacting with each other here is a reflection of that. For a community of this size, the mods honestly have very little 'crowd control' to worry about in the comments.

I do want to bring to everyone's attention to a recent change in the subreddit rules. We've been seeing a big increase in what we're calling 'low-effort' posts - basically just a picture and a subject line with very little information provided about the image. In some cases, the location is pretty obvious or could be determined with a simple google search. These posts don't really add anything to the community, so Rule #1 now covers Low-Effort Posts as described.

Thanks again, all. Hope this updates helps keep our subreddit full of high quality content for everyone.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 10h ago

This is a screen shot from a home movie maybe 1970s/80s - could be Hampshire, UK

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I have some super 8 film mostly of the New Forest plus this seaside site and Pier... anyone know where ii was filmed? Many thanks


r/wherewasthistaken • • 2d ago

Solved Anyone know where this is?

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I found an old negative, my mother and her sister with their mum, my grandmother. I’m guessing my grandad took the picture. They lived in Whitstable for a bit, then Bournemouth — Bournemouth seems a more likely location for this photo. I know it’s not much to go on.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 2d ago

This one might be a stretch. This is the southern end of the Netherlands. (read text body for more details)

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 3d ago

East Germany or Austria Maybe ?

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Looking to know where this photo was taken. I think maybe somewhere in Austria or the old East Germany. Any help appreciated !


r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

Giant Sequoias sure, but which ones specifically?

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Are these The Senate, The Parker Group, or something else?


r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

im looking for this place, ithink this is in granada or somewhere in spain

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Hii this photo takes around 30.40 years agoo w my mom n her friends! she used to lived in granada so im thinking this is granada n im currently in garanada so i wanna take pic w same place!! if someone could find exact place i really appreciate it thank u:)


r/wherewasthistaken • • 5d ago

Searching for EXACT spot of family still image Manhattan Skyline 1968-1970

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Hey y’all! Hope you’re all doing well!

I’m making a documentary about searching for my roots, and I’m trying to identify the exact location where this photograph was taken so I can return to the same spot and film it from the same perspective.

I know this is a hard one, the skyline is so foggy but I though I should give it a try anyway.

Here’s what I know so far:

-The photograph was taken sometime between 1968 and 1970.

-Possible locations I’ve considered include a view from the Staten Island Ferry near The Battery, Morton Street Pier, the Lower Manhattan skyline from Governors Island, or a viewpoint from Staten Island or New Jersey.

-I’ve searched the New York Public Library’s digital archives, but I haven’t been able to find a photograph matching both the date and the location.

Any historical references, archival resources, research tools, or suggestions that could help me narrow down the location would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you so much for your help!


r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

A mystery of pictures.

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My father took these pictures sometime in the early fifties. Unfortunately he passed in ‘06 and I came into possession of his slides without his context. He was in the navy when these were taken but I can’t pin down the exact channel. AI seems to think it’s either Chatham straight, Stephen’s passage or the BC channel. Can anyone identify the channel. I can only imagine how much it’s changed in seventy plus years.
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r/wherewasthistaken • • 4d ago

Help me find where this hotel was in Orlando in 1997?

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 6d ago

Where is this spot in Italy from an LP artwork?

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Its from Faccianuvola Last Lp


r/wherewasthistaken • • 6d ago

Rabbit Hole

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Trying to figure out where this photo was taken. My clues are the potential bridge, the industrial building, and the awning. Does it say Svares?


r/wherewasthistaken • • 6d ago

Band album train track photos potentially taken in Greensboro NC around year 2000

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The band was from Greensboro, so I want to assume they were taken there. Im mainly trying to find where the first photo was taken


r/wherewasthistaken • • 7d ago

Provence 1975

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Cette photo a été prise en 1975 lors de notre voyage en France à bord d'une 2CV verte. Nous aimerions refaire ce voyage. La photo a dû être prise quelque part en Provence. La diapositive suivante a été prise dans les gorges de Méouge, et la suivante encore, au Mont Ventoux. Je pense donc que c'était entre Castellane et les gorges de Méouge. Je suis curieux.

r/wherewasthistaken • • 8d ago

Can anyone identify where this photo was taken? It has been hanging in my family home for 20+ years

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Hi everyone!

I’ve been trying to identify the location in this old photograph for years. This photo has been hanging in my family home for as long as I can remember — probably for 20+ years.

I don’t know where it was taken, who the photographer was, or when exactly it was taken. The photo itself is probably quite old, possibly from the 1990s or early 2000s. (i was born in 2001 and it was there already)

What I can tell from the image:

* There is a flower bed with many tulips in the foreground.
* Behind the flowers there is an open area, then a large lawn.
* There are benches along the lakeshore.
* Across the lake there is a town/buildings.
* Behind the town there are mountains, with what appears to be snow-capped peaks further away.
* The tall, narrow trees are also quite distinctive.

I have already tried looking at various lakes in Switzerland and France, but haven’t found an exact match.

Does this place look familiar to anyone? I’m really hoping someone local might recognize it!

Since i settled down in Spain finally, I want to travel there once i make sure where it is. it's very important to me, because that photo accompanied me throughout my entire childhood and youth, i was always thinking where it was when I was a kid.


r/wherewasthistaken • • 8d ago

Linemen in New England? 1920s

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This picture was taken somewhere in New England I think (possibly Boston?) sometime in the 1920s or early 30s. Pretty certain it's a group of Western Union telegraph linemen. Would love to know where exactly it was taken


r/wherewasthistaken • • 8d ago

Does anyone know where these photos might be taken?

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 8d ago

Namibia

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 9d ago

Trying to identify this specific brick institutional building photographed in 1990–91 — possibly Chicago area (maybe South) or Southern California (San Pedro, LA, Harbor, etc.)

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 11d ago

Does anyone know where this photo from 1906 of my great great great grandpas could’ve been taken? I would think Lautaro (La Araucanía, Chile), does anyone know if there were any photographic studios near Lautaro or, more specifically, Vilcún in which this photo could’ve been taken?

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If it helps, their names were:

Felipe Benicio Seguel Flores (Pemuco, 23.8.1874-Vilcún, 22.6.1969)

María Clodomira Anabalón del Gutiérrez (Lebu, 1872/1881-Vilcún, 17.4.1969).


r/wherewasthistaken • • 11d ago

Somewhere in East London / Docklands area?

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Want to shoot some reels with the city in the background from this spot


r/wherewasthistaken • • 12d ago

Another Bordeaux postcard to identify — can you help me find the location?

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As this subreddit was so helpful last time, I have another postcard I’d love to identify!

Where? Bordeaux, Gironde (stamp/postmark)
When? 1908
What is it? A shopfront possibly a small grocery store (épicerie) or perhaps a small butcher’s shop.

On the back of the postcard, the woman appears to be ordering chickens for her shop. Unfortunately, I can't decipher the signature/name, which might give us an important clue.

My hypotheses

  • It doesn't seem to be a particularly luxurious or high-end shop, but rather a small local neighbourhood business.
  • I would therefore tend to look within Bordeaux, rather than in the wealthier suburbs.
  • My first areas to investigate would be:
    • Saint-Michel / Capucins (especially around the market)
    • Around Gare Saint-Jean
    • Nansouty, which was also a more working-class/residential area at the time.
  • In the top right corner, I think I can make out part of a street number plaque. It might possibly end in a 9 or a 0, but I'm really not sure.

I'd love to hear what you think!
Can anyone recognize the shop, the street, the type of signage, or possibly decipher the name/signature on the postcard?

Any clue, even a small one, could help narrow this down. :)


r/wherewasthistaken • • 12d ago

Where is the grave house image from?

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The person who first posted it on tumblr added #craigslist i need to know for the haunted mound subreddit

r/wherewasthistaken • • 13d ago

Dude '72 - Photographed by Mick Rock

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r/wherewasthistaken • • 13d ago

Dad in Germany but where

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This is dad and his Caterham 7 car, somewhere in Germany, looks like in a queue to board a car ferry somewhere, in the mid 1990’s, anyone know where exactly!