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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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January 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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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December 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
How we used to adjust railroad tracks. Image from SMU, on Flickr Commons.

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December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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
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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October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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
October 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
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.
September 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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.
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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.”
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our humble submission to #caturday comes from Schlesinger Library on the History of Women (@rad-institute.bsky.social) in America on Flickr Commons.
September 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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.
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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.
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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!
July 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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July 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Make Pride 365! Come through @lselibrary.bsky.social‬ with these vintage buttons from the Hall-Carpenter Archives, 1970s-1980s.
June 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For Juneteenth we're sharing the Black Women Oral History Project Interviews. Supported by The Schlesinger Library @rad-institute.bsky.social, this project recorded women who made significant contributions to American society in the early 20th century.

Photos: Judith Sedwick.

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June 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We are just weeks away from the alpha launch of Data Lifeboat, and are feeling GREAT.

Image from State Library of Queensland on Flickr Commons
June 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
IDLE CLOAKMAKERS IN MAY DAY PARADE; To Make 5th Ave March Today a Demonstration of Strength and Unity. $500,000 IN STRIKE FUND Manufacturers Tell the Public They Must Be Masters in Their Own Shops and Attack Union.

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1916 parade photos.

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May 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"These designs are among 18 ornamental patterns and decorative objects based on Kunstformen der Natur, the biologist Ernst Haeckel’s book of sketches of microscopic organisms." part of Het Nieuwe Instituut's Design by Architects album

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#illustration #design
April 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
👋 You might want to try the Commons Explorer which has a decent search and a fun "show me a random image" feature

commons.flickr.org

From there you can also keyword search images from, among other places, the British Library which also has a lot of scanned books

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March 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"These initiatives are extensions of a broader project developed by the Access in the Making Lab called Mobilizing Disability Survival Skills for the Urgencies of the Anthropocene (MDSSA)." The final research report from our research fellow Prakash Krishnan

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March 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Our Flickr Commons Explorer now has a "show me some random photos" feature. You never know what you'll find!

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#photography #flickr
March 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We are always looking for more Flickr Commons members. Our 2025 outreach plan includes outreach to Africa, South America, and Asia as well as smaller historical societies and archives.

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Let us know if you might be interested

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March 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM