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Happy Friday! Were you able to guess when this week’s Flashback Friday photo was taken? This photo from the Museum of Transportation was taken in 1956 at the Pruitt-Igoe Complex. Pruitt–Igoe was a large urban housing project of 33 buildings on the Near North Side of St. Louis first occupied in 1954 and demolished between 1972 and 1975. According [...]

 Were you able to guess when and where this week’s Flashback Friday photo was taken? This photo provided by the  Missouri History Museum was taken on May 9, 1919, on Twelfth Street (now Tucker Boulevard). It shows a parade of the Army 138th Infantry marching down Twelfth Street past a court–of-honor in the reviewing stands. According [...]

Have no fear! Flashback Friday is here! Were you able to guess when and where this photo courtesy of the Missouri History Museum was taken? The small hint was that the first electric razor was patented during this decade. This photo was taken sometime in the 1920s on Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis. The photo shows a streetcar and a [...]

Freeze Frame! Sorry J. Geils Band, we celebrate Flashback Friday, not Sunday at Metro! Can you guess when and where this photo provided by the Missouri History Museum was taken? According to the Missouri History Museum, this photo was taken in 1907 on Olive Boulevard looking west toward Grand Avenue. The picture shows riders boarding [...]

Flashback Friday time folks! Put your thinking caps on. (Not too tight!) Did you guess what year, and where this photo provided by the Missouri History Museum was taken? The picture shows Washington Avenue at Fourth Street looking west, and was taken in 1947. According to the Missouri History Museum, the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) [...]

Working for the weekend? Flashback Friday means the weekend is just around the corner! Were you able to guess when and where this photo provided by the Missouri History Museum was taken? Our hint today was ‘Metro Ride Store.’ The Metro Ride Store is located at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Seventh Street. This [...]

Let me root, root, root for the home team! Who’s ready for a little home town baseball next week?! I am, and so is Flashback Friday! Were you able to guess when and where this photo was taken? This photo provided by the Museum of Transportation was taken outside of what was the new Busch [...]

It’s Flashback Friday time! Put on your one-piece leather outfit and Cher wig, because we are about to Turn Back Time. Were you able to guess when and where this week’s Flashback Friday photo courtesy of the Missouri History Museum was taken? The hint was that the photo was taken around the time that Rogers Hornsby replaced Branch Rickey [...]

Friday is a great day in and of itself. However, it is made even better by Flashback Friday! (If I do say so myself) Did you correctly guess when and where this week’s Flashback Friday photo was taken?   The picture above, courtesy of the Museum of Transportation, was taken in 1950 on Clayton Road, [...]

Great Scott! It’s time for Flashback Friday! When and where was this week’s Flashback Friday photo taken? Well, I’ll tell ya! On March 12, 1964, Bi-State Development Agency arranged press showings of its 50 newly purchased air conditioned buses. The new additions to the fleet were supplied by General Motors (40) and Flexible Company (10). [...]