“St. Louis Before the Civil War: The Photography of Thomas Easterly” by Nick Sacco (Spring 2026 Lecture Series)

Lecturer:  Nick Sacco, Historian and Curator, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Date:  May 13^th, Wednesday at 6:00 PM

Location:  Landmarks Office, 1805 S. 9th Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104

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.

Bio:  Nick Sacco is the Historian and Curator at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service in South St. Louis County. He has worked at the park for ten years and has also worked temporary assignments at Gateway Arch National Park, Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park, and Reconstruction Era National Historical Park. He has had several book chapters and journal articles published, including an article about Ulysses S. Grant’s relationship with slavery that was published with The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2019. He holds a master’s degree in history from Indiana University – Indianapolis and grew up in the St. Louis area.

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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)

Parking: Free street parking is available along 9th and Soulard streets.
Entrance: Enter the building via the gangway on the north side (right-hand side of the building).