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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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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
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We were thrilled to chat with founder & curator of African Style Archive, Tosin Adeosun, and learn about her experience as a digital curator, managing care and loss in user-generated archives, and explore her favorite images from the Flickr Commons.

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An Interview with Tosin Adeosun, Founder & Curator of African Style Archive - Flickr Foundation
A conversation between Tosin Adeosun, Founder of African Style Archive, and the Foundation’s Research Lead, Fattori McKenna. They discuss the complexities of digital-first collecting, how cultural…
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September 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Help us welcome the newest face at Flickr.org! Anna joins us as a part-time research placement where she’ll be supporting us with Data Lifeboat research and potential institutional applications.

Read the introduction at www.flickr.org/welcome-anna/
Welcome, Anna! - Flickr Foundation
Anna joins us from University College London and the Victoria & Albert Museum where she is writing her PhD on technological obsolescence in web-based media. She’ll be supporting us with Data Lifeboat…
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September 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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What do canned hammed displays, rodeos, and donut shops have in common? They are all part of the culture and history preserved in the Provincial Archives of Alberta of course.
Five women wearing leotards acrobatically pose visually creating a A-frame pyramid by posing on stacked ladders. An older woman pauses to look at a circular display of canned ham in a grocery store. A group of women and young girls pose for a wedding photo in a period specific living room. The bride is wearing a white wedding gown holding a bouquet of red flowers and is surrounded by her bridesmaids wearing matching blue dresses. The corner storefront sign for Dolly Donut is illuminated at twilight, with a billboard peaking out behind it. A few customers can be seen sitting inside.
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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"As a griot telling and carrying stories through the language of photography, film, writing, and music, I am called to multimedia practices that allow me honor and preserve one’s legacy."

Read 2025 Flickr Foundation Research Fellow Oreoluwa Ifamodupe Akinyode's intro www.flickr.org/greetings-or...
Greetings, Oreoluwa! Introducing our next 2025 Research Fellow - Flickr Foundation
Griot, storyteller and multimedia artist, Oreoluwa Ifamodupe Akinyode, joins us as our second Research Fellow of 2025, exploring the interplay of West African studio photography and textile histories…
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July 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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We are so excited to welcome our newest Flickr Commons members @bpl.boston.gov and Archives at NCBS!

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Flickr Commons and Flickr Foundation: Widening our Reach in 2025
Flickr Foundation is back and happy to welcome two new Flickr Commons members on board. They’re ready to share their Flickr digital archives with the public so get to know a little more about…
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July 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Today is World Brain Day established by the World Federation of Neurology in 2014. This year's theme is Brain Health for All Ages. Enjoy your brain today and these brainy images from Flickr Commons!
poster shows a drawing of a man in uniform, either military or a sea captain, with a light blue and orange fish on his head. He has his hand to his chin as if pondering an idea. Medical illustration showing a human head cutaway with numbers and pines pointing to various parts of it surrounded by words in italian. Drawing of a human brain exposed by retracting the membranes and showing the two cerebral hemispheres separated by the median plane. There is Japanese writing around it
July 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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In our latest blog post, research lead Fattori McKenna sifted through Flickr Commons for daybooks throughout history to consider what can be gained by keeping a Flickr Foundation daybook.

Image from LSE Library on Flickr Commons.

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A man wearing a suit carrying a stack of books looks at a large bookshelf filled with encyclopedias. Behind him a woman is standing reading a book and another man browses the shelf in the distance.
July 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Jessamyn West, Flickr Commons Community Manager, chats with Flickr user Sarah Beaupre (wakethesun) about her extensive practice in cataloging animals across Flickr Commons images.

Read the full conversation at blog.flickr.net/en/2025/07/1...
Flickr Commons: Curator Conversation with Wakethesun
Flickr user wakethesun aka Sarah Beaupre has taken on an amazing project: finding and classifying every animal and bird in the 1.9 million photos in Flickr Commons. Jessamyn West from Flickr Common…
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July 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Jill Blackmore Evans returns to put forth four principles for enacting Reflective Web Archiving, to deliver a more responsible, equitable and usable web archive for the future.

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Four Principles for Reflective Web Archiving - Flickr Foundation
Researcher and digital media theorist, Jill Blackmore Evans, returns to propose four novels principles for Reflective Web Archiving, to engender a more responsible, equitable and usable web archive…
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July 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Hopping around the Randstad, Flickr Foundation was busy talking data care and digital commons in the Netherlands last week.

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Flickr Foundation goes Dutch! - Flickr Foundation
Flickr Foundation had a busy week last week as we hit up several events in the Netherlands! We were pleased to be invited to the Data Care Workshop, Inclusive Design Leadership Summit and…
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June 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Make Pride 365! Come through @lselibrary.bsky.social‬ with these vintage buttons from the Hall-Carpenter Archives, 1970s-1980s.
Red badge pin with white text resembling a Coca-Cola logo reading “Gay-Love it’s the real thing” Pink badge pin with a bold graphic arrow pointing up at a diagonal with text reading "Gays Against Nazis" White badge pin with bold red text reading “LESBIANS UNITE.” White badge pin with green silhouette of a limp-wristed foppish man with a hand on his hip reading “Queens rule OK?”
June 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM