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“St. Lous Before the Civil War: The Photography of Thomas Easterly” by Nick Sacco (Fall 2025 Lecture Series)
October 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
FreePOSTPONED: Due to the ongoing government shutdown, this lecture will be postponed until the Spring 2026 Lecture Series. Spring lectures are typically announced in early March, so please be on the lookout for additional details then!
Synopsis: An exploration of pre-Civil War St. Louis through the daguerreotype photographs of Thomas Easterly that are housed at the Missouri Historical Society. No other photographer in St. Louis captured the city’s built landscape of the 1840s and 1850s quite like Easterly.
Lecturer: Nick Sacco, Historian and Curator, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd, 6:00PM
Location: Landmarks Office, 1805 S. 9th Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104
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Join Landmarks Association of St. Louis for our lectures series, a diverse selection of talks covering the history, architecture, and culture of the St. Louis Region.
Lectures are at 6:00 PM on Wednesdays. With assistance from the Regional Arts Commission, all lectures are FREE.
Walk-ins are welcome, but seating is limited. Registration is requested. Please register for each lecture individually.*
*If RSVP capacity is reached, walk-ins may be limited to standing room only.
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DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
1805 S. 9th Street | St. Louis, MO 63104 (corner of 9th and Soulard)
Free street parking is available along 9th and Soulard streets. Enter the building via the gangway on the north side (right-hand side of the building).
