r/wherewasthistaken • u/VectorF22 • 12h ago
I thought this would be easy to identify, given the statue, but I haven't been able to...
Likely from the 50s and in the UK. Thanks in advance!
r/wherewasthistaken • u/draebor • Jul 31 '26
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 • u/VectorF22 • 12h ago
Likely from the 50s and in the UK. Thanks in advance!
r/wherewasthistaken • u/Awkward_Beat_7472 • 20m ago
I think this is Paris purely on the basis of our clothes, but it could equally be somewhere in Central Europe. If Paris, I don't really remember where we went other than we went to the Place du Trocadero and the Louvre. Taken in 1992, I don't have much else to go on sorry! All and any help appreciated x
r/wherewasthistaken • u/ChilllFam • 23h ago
Found in girlfriends grandfathers home after he passed away. Dated 11/20/1995, and the emerald diner is clearly pictured. He worked in New York at the time though, so I don’t think he would have been to Ohio where the emerald diner is. He worked as a driver for TV and film crews.
r/wherewasthistaken • u/Awkward_Beat_7472 • 1d ago
I'm fairly sure this is Switzerland, 1992. We went to Zurich, Lucerne and Lauterbrunnen; I'm getting Zurich vibes out of those three but not for any particular reason. It's possibly near the station as travel diaries say that we often went to the nearest cafe to the station and then discovered they were charging inflated prices!
r/wherewasthistaken • u/Substantial_Tour_484 • 1d ago
Hey guys. Here to challenge some, and at the same time, to help me find this exact location. As the title says, it’s in Terceira Island, Portugal.
r/wherewasthistaken • u/Awkward_Beat_7472 • 2d ago
Fairly sure I've got the city right but we did travel around a lot of central Europe, this was taken in 1992. Thank you!
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r/wherewasthistaken • u/GAHruska65 • 2d ago
SOLVED - Can anyone identify where Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart are in this photo from 1945-1947? Likely candidates are Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Washington D.C. with DC being where I believed it was until I started to doubt that possibility.
r/wherewasthistaken • u/LifeCarpenter28 • 3d ago
I'm thinking its around the Palmdale, Lancaster area but I can't find any information on it. Most online sources say this movie was filmed in the LA area and up in Palmdale. The only lead was someone's comment about having been there and seen it, but nothing came from it. Hell, I'm fine with just the rock formation if the stairs were part of the set but I wanna know where this is at. Thanks.
r/wherewasthistaken • u/FlyingRo • 3d ago

Actually a still from a early film in the British Film Institute's collection which no-one has been able to place - you can see the full 34 seconds here: https://replay.bfi.org.uk/video/192/0bc9cddb-887b-5f24-b008-c2f9fdcf3a27
Thought to be a european city but little else is known!
r/wherewasthistaken • u/Awkward_Beat_7472 • 3d ago
We went to a few places where this could conceivably be - Paris? Vienna? Florence? Budapest? - but I can't figure out which one, or it could be somewhere else in central Europe. Google Lens says Paris but I'm not sure I trust it. Thanks!
r/wherewasthistaken • u/Awkward_Beat_7472 • 4d ago
I don't know whether these are the same sleeper train or not. We travelled all over Europe in 1992 so I have no idea of the country, sorry. Obviously we won't be able to find an exact location but I'd love to know what country's trains these were! Edit: Just spotted we are wearing different clothes in the two pics so probably different trains.
r/wherewasthistaken • u/Management_Friendly • 3d ago
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r/wherewasthistaken • u/Awkward_Beat_7472 • 4d ago
Hi everyone, went travelling with some friends in 1992 and this is one of the photographs we took. Google Lens says Bergamo but we didn't go there. It looks too good quality to have been taken from a train. Can anyone shed any light? EDIT more info: We did go to Venice, Verona and Florence, so it's not impossible that it was from the train, but given the framing and quality (from the time, of course) I doubt it.
r/wherewasthistaken • u/Awkward_Beat_7472 • 4d ago
Google Lens says Paris (Trocadero), Grok says Munich, it could be either of those or somewhere else! I did look at some pictures of both of those options and I couldn't be sure. Would appreciate any help!
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r/wherewasthistaken • u/Raspberry-Lavender • 7d ago
I found this photo of a family member when she was a child, which dates this photo to around early-mid 1950s. Unfortunately she can’t remember where it was taken.
Likely an impossible task, I’m trying to make out the name above the door in order to identify the bungalow/cottage (looks like it’s one floor only). Does anyone have any idea of what it might say?
The only thing I know for certain is it’s in England/Scotland. Possibly more the North-East of England, as she lived there.
r/wherewasthistaken • u/OrneryAngler • 7d ago

Hi all. Apologies if this breaks any rule, as I don't own the photo.
This is a photo of Serge Gainsbourg, the French musician, in promotion of the album Histoire De Melody Nelson, therefore dating this to 1971.
It is, presumably, either in Paris or relatively close. I can't entirely rule out England, as the album itself was recorded in London, his then-partner Jane Birkin is from there, and their daughter Charlotte was born in London later that same year. But Serge only ever lived in Paris for his entire life, and I'm fairly sure - based on the suit and hairstyle - that this is part of a set shot by French photographer Tony Frank around Paris.
It may also be seen in this video, which I have timestamped.
Many thanks in advance!
r/wherewasthistaken • u/RelevantSea4607 • 7d ago
Driving north of san francisco. No gps. No maps. Dont know where i was. Some friends pointed it might be around XP "the bliss"
r/wherewasthistaken • u/louisagoth • 9d ago
I’m trying to identify the location of this house from an old family photograph, probably taken around the turn of the 20th century.
The name ‘SHERBORNE HOUSE’ (?) is actually visible on the plaque above the ground-floor bay window, so I’m hoping this might eventually make the building identifiable.
The photograph comes from my family archive. This branch of the family had connections to Somerset and later London, but unfortunately there is nothing written on the photograph to tell me where or why it was taken.
I’ve already done quite a bit of searching through old censuses, directories, newspapers and photographs. I’ve found several buildings called Sherborne House, but so far none match. In particular I’ve ruled out:
Sherborne House, Royal Crescent, Weston-super-Mare
Sherborne House, Sherborne Street, Islington/Canonbury
The latter initially looked promising because I found Sherborne House recorded there in the 1871 census, but historic photographs of Sherborne Street show completely different architecture.
The house in my photograph appears to be a substantial Victorian brick house with two projecting bay windows, three storeys, a central entrance, a small front garden and fairly distinctive iron railings. The surrounding buildings/chimneys make me wonder if this could be somewhere in London, but that’s only a hunch and I’m very open to other locations.
If anyone recognises the architectural style, a likely area, or has come across another Sherborne House in historical records that might fit, I’d love to hear your ideas.
Thank you!
r/wherewasthistaken • u/bensthebest • 8d ago
Wife is getting some tests done in the maternity ward. This is on the wall for some tranquil energy. We’re trying to figure out where this is