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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' ...

"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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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.

How we used to adjust railroad tracks. Image from SMU, on Flickr Commons.

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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...

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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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.

Introducing Data Lifeboat beta! We are continuing to improve our new Flickr archiving tool so saving your Flickr memories is easier than ever.

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.

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…

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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You're welcome, looks like something happened on the flickr.com side that they were able to fix. Cheers!

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Hi there -- we were surprised to see this as well, all the images seem to be set to "private". That account has been active and up and running since it was restored (and Flickr.com adjusted how search worked with these sorts of images) in 2022. We'll see if the folks at Flickr.com know anything.

Welcome Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law - Flickr Foundation

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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A chat with Elizabeth Goodspeed, Casual Archivst - Flickr Foundation

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-...

Thank you for talking with us and selecting some of your favorite images.

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

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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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.

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 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.

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
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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.

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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LC & Flickr Commons Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images.

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

Thank you for spreading the word!

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

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!

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 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.

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.

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…

Event update: Research Lead Tori McKenna shares a brief recap International Conference of Cyber-Humanities Recap in Florence. www.flickr.org/icch-recap-2...

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.

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 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.

Our humble submission to #caturday comes from Schlesinger Library on the History of Women (@rad-institute.bsky.social) in America 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.

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.

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…

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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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…

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/

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.

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.

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…

"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...

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…

We are so excited to welcome our newest Flickr Commons members @bpl.boston.gov and Archives at NCBS!

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