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Five members of '80s rock band Flying Tigers. Four male members gathered around lead singer Jumi O'Brien.

A MYSTERY NO MORE!: Ladies and Gentlemen, Flying Tigers!

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Never say “Never”! With our September 14, 2022 blog post “Does Someone Know My Name?,” I thought the Library’s—and my—long mystery photo saga had come an end. In the beginning, we had over 100 unknown photos.  At the time of the September posting, we had just 17 left.  By any measure, this effort had been …

Unidentified still, possibly from film. Two puppets, gnomes or fairy tale figures, hand-tinted in the faces otherwise photo is black and white.. "Male" figure holds large knife. Keys hang in background.

STILL THEY HAUNT US II: Another Mystery Photo!

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Yep, we’re going to try again.  Back in November of last year, we posted on this blog a now almost-infamous mystery photo that we have here at the Library; it’s the photo we call “Photo #33” a.k.a. “Two Dudes” a.k.a. “Are You Sure They’re Dudes?”  And while we haven’t identified that picture yet, we are …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Who Am I? (Part 3 of 3)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Thanks to everyone who has offered suggestions for our myriad of unknown photos over the past few weeks.  We have just a few more to ask you about.  Please take a look and take a guess.  As always “clicking” on any of the thumbnails below will increase the photo in size.  Also, we will be …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Mystery Photos: Who Am I?

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Regular readers of the “Now See Hear!” blog know that for the past year or so, we’ve been trying to identify some super-obscure film- , TV- and music-related photos.  Though we’ve had an over 50% success rate, we still have some enduring “unknowns.”  To try to facilitate some more solutions, we’ve gathered 30 of our remaining mysteries below.  As …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Photo Blog #23: Final Mysteries

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

After 22 previous posts, the Moving Image and Recorded Sound division of the Library of Congress has, with this final assortment, exhausted its currently slate of unidentified stills.  (Or, at least until we acquire some more!)  Thanks to everyone who has looked at these over the last year or so and has solved them or offered …