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Official account for the Flickr Foundation. We help cultural heritage organizations preserve, share, and sustain their digital images. We make cool toys to help other folks interact with this awesome digital legacy. 🎉

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Flickr Foundation @flickrfdn.bsky.social · Dec 14
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This is the official account for the Flickr Foundation, helping cultural heritage organizations preserve, share, and sustain their digital images. And making cool toys to help other folks interact with this awesome digital legacy. 🎉
A small gold and red pin in the shape of a parachute with the word SAFE on it resting on a blue fuzzy background.
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"While the primary aim of his lectures was to make astronomical and meteorological discoveries accessible to the public, Wragge increasingly used his magic lantern slides to communicate Theosophical learning."

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A Prophet of the Weather: Lantern Slides by Clement Lindley Wragge (ca. 1900–22)
Slides from twenty years of lecturing about the workings of the universe and the fate of the soul.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Flickr Commons is eighteen today. We started in 2008 in partnership with the Library of Congress and today we're an archive of 1.9 million digital images. Please enjoy a few random images and explore on your own using our Commons Explorer tool.

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Group of young people dancing the hora two women stand in front of a small airplane smiling at one another. One of them is wearing a pilot outfit Black and white photo of men staffing a fishmongers cart at a marker. All the men are wearing hats. Astronaut Neil Armstrong cuts a slice out of a cake while other people look on.
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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The sun, the moon, and spiders. A set of glass "magic lantern" slides from 1922, from Flickr Commons partner Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.

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The slide shows a pink/orange tinted plate depicting two swirling columnar forms with burnt details representing solar explosions 124,000 miles high, a small dark circle in the upper left corner of the plate represents Earth to scale.
December 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Winter Research Fellow Oreoluwa Ifamodupe Akinyode shares their powerful midpoint reflections in text and audio, accompanied by Adeosun Olamide's photography. Read more at www.flickr.org/oreoluwas-mi...
Oreoluwa's Midpoint Reflections - Flickr Foundation
Oreoluwa Akinyode, Flickr Foundation’s Winter Research Fellow, shares their reflections on the Fellowship so far, their experience encountering networked images and familial materials, and hints…
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December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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"With his marriage on the rocks and fearing his wife was having an affair, ex-champion skier Colin Wyatt decided to cope the only way he could think of.

He began stealing rare butterflies."

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A story teased in the Flickr comments...

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Colin Wyatt SLNSW_FL9723806
Colin Wyatt, Sydney, 12 November 1946, by Alec Iverson, film negative, Australian Consolidated Press Archive. collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1bGW66XY Colin Wyatt also known as the 'Butterfly Thief' ...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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How we used to adjust railroad tracks. Image from SMU, on Flickr Commons.

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super-saturated photograph of a train track somewhere with beinge plateaus right next to it. Two lines of men with tan skin wearing work clothes--overalls and dungarees--are holding crowbars under each track. There are maybe ten men in each line. It's a bright sunny day.
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Having a ruff day? These images of man's (and everyone's) best friend, which span the centuries and show our canine companions at work and at play, should cheer you right up.

A curated album from Flickr Commons Partner the Library of Congress.

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Dog Stars
Having a ruff day? These images of man's (and everyone's) best friend, which span the centuries and show our canine companions at work and at play, should cheer you right up. Looking for more dog c...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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George Oates helped launch the @flickrfdn.bsky.social to protect the platform’s cultural history.

@rabble.nz reminds us that companies aren’t required to keep the mementos of our digital culture we create on them, and that’s exactly why models like this matter.

Full episode out now.
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Introducing Data Lifeboat beta! We are continuing to improve our new Flickr archiving tool so saving your Flickr memories is easier than ever.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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George Oates, founding executive director of @flickrfdn.bsky.social, is leading the effort to preserve Flickr's history for the next century.

@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.

Full episode out now.
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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We hosted a workshop on digital legacy in the social media age at this year's Mozilla Fest. Shout out to some of our festival highlights, who showcased the brilliant work they’re doing and for teaching us the true spirit of unlearning (this year’s theme).

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Flickr Foundation at Mozilla Festival - Flickr Foundation
Tori and George headed to Mozilla Festival in Barcelona, the annual theme of which was Unlearning, to talk Digital Legacy in the age of social media. Convening a workshop with a fascinating mix of…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Welcome Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law, our newest Flickr Commons member, our first from Hungary.

Their 4,400 glass slides, used as teaching aids in the instruction of forensic science and forensic photography, were (re)discovered in a basement during Covid

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Welcome Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law - Flickr Foundation
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November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Thank you to the folks at the @flickrfdn.bsky.social for asking me some truly fantastic questions about archiving, the ephemeral nature of digital archiving, and what I've learned from working with Brits. (As ever, Flickr remains the best website on the internet!!!) www.flickr.org/a-chat-with-...
A chat with Elizabeth Goodspeed, Casual Archivst - Flickr Foundation
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November 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Airline buffs might enjoy the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives' collection of Airline Luggage labels, back from the golden age of airplane travel.

CW: some stereotypical imagery of local people and one tiny swastika on a blimp

#airplanes #Lufthansa #airbus

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Luggage label showing a plane which has landed on water which has 4 or 5 engines on the top of the plane's wing. Caption reads: Lufthansa Flugshiff "DOX" Passagiergepack Yellow luggage label which is a yellow circle with the word FLY in chunky red letters and the letters KLM right on top of it in thinner black letters. Luggage label which is a blue circle with a DC-10 in the middle flying off over the mountains in the distance. Caption reads: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10 "I like it!" Luggage label which is a horizontally aligned oval which is grey and reads Airbus Industrie on top and A300 on the bottom. In the center is a side view illustration of an airplane with stripes that go the length of the plane which are yellow, orange, red and blue. The plane says "A300" on the tail
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Happy Spooky Season!

We made a gallery with some of our favorite Halloween images on Flickr Commons. You can archive Flickr galleries using Data Lifeboat - give it a try!

Visit datalifeboat.flickr.org today!
Spooky Gallery lives here: flic.kr/y/3QJSNbn
A woman in a black bathing suit, witch’s hat and cape is floating underwater in a natural ocean environment, creating the illusion she is levitating while sitting on a broomstick. A smiling child in a witch’s hat and cape is on top of a broomstick with a Florida license plate attached to the handle reading “ARRIVE ALIVE.” A woman sits next to a skeleton. Both are holding teacups and appear to be in mid-conversation. A child grins while hoisting a pumpkin twice the size of their head onto their shoulder. A stack of equally large pumpkins are in the foreground.
October 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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A technological revolution! This incredible image from the State Library of New South Wales captures a man getting a permanent wave in 1938. It's one of over 1,000 images added to Flickr Commons this week.

Explore more newly added imagery at commons.flickr.org/recent
Image: flic.kr/p/2ryXc9C
A large contraption of wires, plastic and metal components is attached from above to a man's head. With a towel wrapped around his shoulders, the man sits with an unremarkable expression on his face.
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Help us welcome Rachel L. Frick to our Board! Rachel is a digital libraries and cultural heritage leader with over 20 years of experience in transformational leadership, community building, and ensuring equitable access to information and resources.

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Welcome Rachel Frick to Our Board! - Flickr Foundation
I’m thrilled to join the Flickr Foundation Board, and I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and share why this work matters so much to me.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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New Blog Post.
Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images
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- Organizing 95K photo comments.
- Viewer to explore user georectified images
- Folksonomy tagging vs LCSH Vocabulary
- Placing into the Wiki* knowledge graph
LC & Flickr Commons
Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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As part of the launch of the Data Lifeboat, we will be sharing some examples of Data Lifeboats. The Commons 1k Data Lifeboat is a collection of 1,000 of the most liked and talked about images from Flickr Commons.

You can see the full Data Lifeboat and datalifeboat.flickr.org/showcase
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Even great code has some bugs!

Be among the first to try out our new Flickr archiving tool Data Lifeboat, and help us find those bugs! Head over to datalifeboat.flickr.org to get started.

Original images from US National Archives and State Library of NSW on Flickr Commons.
A man in a suit makes an exaggerated - possible exasperated or confused -- facial expression with eyebrows arched and and eyes looking down and to the side. Three children running and smiling in bug-like costumes that include antennae. Transcript: Calling all bug hunters! Data Lifeboat Alpha Release is live!
September 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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This photo of Tatiana Riabouchinska as the Golden Cockerel in Le Coq d'or, uploaded by the State Library of New South Wales captures the magic of Colonel de Basil's 'Original Ballet Russe' during their Australian tour. One of our favorites from the 1,469 new photos added to Flickr Commons this week.
A ballerina dressed in a metallic rooster costume squats low to the ground while remaining on point. The photo is captures the ballerinas form directly in profile.
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Event update: Research Lead Tori McKenna shares a brief recap International Conference of Cyber-Humanities Recap in Florence. www.flickr.org/icch-recap-2...
International Conference of Cyber-Humanities Recap - Flickr Foundation
Our Research Lead, Tori, shares her reflections on a recent conference in Florence, where she detailed the progress on Data Lifeboat alpha and the value of collecting from social media for heritage…
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September 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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What's happening in this photo? A Flickr member shared a story giving context to this photo uploaded by the National Library of Wales: “I was an apprentice tailor in 1955 and that is how we worked - sitting cross legged on the bench - your knee is perfect for shaping shoulders and collars etc.”
A man sits with legs crossed on top of a work bench next to a window with various tailoring tools on the surface around him. He is working on a piece of fabric shaped over his knee.
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Our humble submission to #caturday comes from Schlesinger Library on the History of Women (@rad-institute.bsky.social) in America on Flickr Commons.
A woman at the turn of the 20th century in black period appropriate dress standing on a street with brick wall holds a long haired white cat.
September 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A poet's "mugshot" from @cabhc.bsky.social and two men keeping watch over a fairy bridge in County Donegal from the @nlireland.bsky.social were among our favorites of the 1,457 new photos this week on Flickr Commons.
Two men in the distance are atop of naturally created rock bridge that connects two sections of land. The coastline of a body of water can be seen through the arch.
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM