Your Next Photo Obsession: Photo #33
Now that we have ID’ed the elusive “Celebrity No. 6”—nice to meet you, Leticia Sarda!—maybe we should look again at this infamous unknown found at the Library of Congress.
According to a blog post from them, back in 2015, the Nation’s Library acquired a very large collection of film- , TV- , and music-related glossies. The collection came from a retiring vendor whose business was titled Unshredded Nostalgia. This monster collection was 30,000 images strong and fills 36 full-size file cabinets at the Library.
Thankfully, the great majority of them arrived to the Library fully (and correctly) identified. But then…. There were some that needed identifying. Of that original 800 or so “unknowns,” there are only about, now, 15 without a name to go with the face.
And this one has been an especially tough nut to crack. It is from a film? It is two musicians? Is it two men? Or two women? Or one of each?
See the photo, and additional info, here: https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2021/11/still-they-haunt-me-an-ongoing-photo-mystery/
So far, it’s known that it is NONE of the following:
39 Clocks
Alannah Myles
Alice Bag
Amanda Plummer
Black Crowes
Bob Geldof
Book of Love
Cichlids, The
Cinderella (Tom Keifer)
David Johansen
Dio
Dogs d'Amore (Tyla P.)
Donovan
Dweezil Zappa
Dwight Twilly Band
Earl Slick
Edn Ozn
Elizabeth Perkins
Enrique Bunbury
Eve Moon
Face to Face
Faster Pussycat
Frances McDormand
Gargoyle Sox
Gilby Clark
Grace Slick
Hangmen
Hanoi Rocks
Haysi Fantasi
Heart
Holly Hunter
Holly Knight
Ian Hunter
Indigo Girls
Izzy Stradlin
Jacobites
Jamie Lee Curtis
Japan
Jared Leto
Jennifer Grey
Joan Jett
John Waite
Jon Brant
Judith Hoag
Julian Lennon
Julian Lennon
Kaki Hunter
Karla Bonoff
Kings of the Sun
LA Guns
Leo Sayer
Linda Fiorentino
Lisa Mordente
Lords of the New Church
Love & Rockets
Main/Manic Street Preachers
Maplethorp (Patti Smith)
Martha and the Muffins
Martha Davis/The Motels
Mary Stuart Masterson
McGarrigle Sisters
Mia Sara
Michael Des Barres
Mick Rock
Mickey Thomas
Ministry
Mission UK
Modern Lovers
Motels
Nick Zedd
Noel Redding/Mitch Mitchell
Pat Benatar
Pat Metheny
Patti Smith
Paul Caplin
Paul Hardcastle
Peaches
Peter Westerberg
Psychedelic Furs
Randyandy
Richard Hell
Robert Hazard
Rosetta Stone
Rough Trade
Scarlet Fantastic
Scarlett & Black
Sean Young
Shakespears Sister
Sigourney Weaver
Sisters of Mercy (“no” according to biographer)
Slits
Slow Children
Soda Stereo
Sparks
Strawberry Switchblade
Suicide
Susannah Melvoin
Suzi Quatro
Sylvain Sylvain
The Adverts
The Little Girls
The Neon Judgement
The Throbs
Tik and Tok
Times Square (1980 film)
Tom Keifer
Tom Peterson
T-Rex
Under Neath What (Underneath What)
Vivian Campbell
Waitresses
Wayne Hussey
Wendy and Lisa
X
Guessed but so far unconfirmed or denied:
Aldo Nova
April Wine
Balaam and the Angel
Bobby Boltzer
Claire Shearsby
Corey Feldman
Dead or Alive
Fashion
Jimmy Destri
John Frusciante
Lady Wreckless
Neil Schon
Paul Stanley / KISS
Ratt
Specimen
Steve Vai
Stiff
Sue Saad
Syd Barrett
Talk Talk
The Cramps
The Cut
The Damned
Thrill for Kills
Tu
Vixen
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