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Street harpist opposite Mark Hopkins Art Institute. (All remember ...

2026-05-29T22:47:34Z

Street harpist opposite Mark Hopkins Art Institute. (All remember him.)

From the California Historical Society

https://www.flickr.com/photos/99278405@N04/9358015527/

#SanFrancisco #photography #harp

Back when Bay Area Rapid Transit only used to go to Dublin, ...

2026-04-22T15:46:49Z

Back when Bay Area Rapid Transit only used to go to Dublin, Richmond, Fremont, and Daly City, and people read newspapers on public transportation.

Many more Bay Area Rapid Transit images from the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives, on Flickr Commons.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=49487266%40N07&view_all=1&text=bayarearapidtransit

#BART #Photography

Read our blog post and research report that we did with 2400 ...

2026-04-01T15:58:09Z

Read our blog post and research report that we did with 2400 Flickr members discussing digital legacy planning: Death is Not an Edge Case.

"[W]hat happens to those photographs, and to the people who made them, is a question worth taking seriously."

https://www.flickr.org/death-is-not-an-edge-case/

We are so excited to welcome our newest Flickr Commons members ...

2025-07-29T18:29:20Z

We are so excited to welcome our newest Flickr Commons members Boston Public Library and Archives at NCBS!

https://blog.flickr.net/en/2025/07/29/flickr-commons-and-flickr-foundation-widening-our-reach-in-2025/

Today is World Brain Day established by the World Federation of ...

2025-07-22T17:21:51Z

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!

Jessamyn West, Flickr Commons Community Manager, chats with ...

2025-07-14T17:31:10Z

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 https://blog.flickr.net/en/2025/07/14/flickr-commons-curator-conversation-with-wakethesun/

For Juneteenth, we're sharing the Black Women Oral History ...

2025-06-19T19:30:44Z

For Juneteenth, we're sharing the Black Women Oral History Project Interviews (1976–1981). Supported by The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, this project recorded women who made significant contributions to American society in the early 20th century.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsjUYmeH1

A warm welcome to our newest Flickr Commons Member, Tāmaki ...

2025-04-17T16:56:13Z

A warm welcome to our newest Flickr Commons Member, Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. They are one of the oldest museums in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Their first album is all about sport fishing, photographed by Tudor Collins.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aucklandmuseum_commons/albums/72177720325079818

#photography #flickr #fishing

From our Flickr Commons member, the National Library of Ireland. ...

2025-04-14T22:38:20Z

From our Flickr Commons member, the National Library of Ireland. Congrats! 🎇

"Today we will post the 4,000th photo on our Flickr stream. To celebrate the milestone, we are posting 5 photos, all of which contain the number 4,000 in the catalogue reference. Thank you for all your help and support over the years."

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/54449637092/in/photostream/

Russell Lee’s 1946 coal survey photographs tell the story of ...

2025-04-07T17:27:06Z

Russell Lee’s 1946 coal survey photographs tell the story of laborers who helped build the nation, a moment when the government took stock of their wellbeing, and a photographer who recognized their humanity.

March 16, 2024–December 7, 2025
Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery

https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/albums/72177720314183367

We profiled Lee on our "Meet the Photographers" blog post in 2024.

https://blog.flickr.net/en/2024/09/04/flickr-foundation-meet-the-photographers/

One of the things the Field Museum (Chicago, US) displayed from ...

2025-04-01T17:16:48Z

One of the things the Field Museum (Chicago, US) displayed from its collection in 1898 was a "Moon Model."

Prepared by Johann Schmidt of Germany, it was made of 116 sections of plaster on a framework of wood and metal.

With a 19.2-foot diameter, it was one of the largest and most elaborate representations of the Moon at the time. It was displayed until the 1980s.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/3349699278/

#photography #moon #Chicago

"For most of its 250-year history, the US Navy planned, ...

2025-03-18T18:41:31Z

"For most of its 250-year history, the US Navy planned, built, and manned hospitals for its sailors. This album shows a selection of 250 of the best or most interesting historical images of them. The album starts with the first permanent hospital at Portsmouth, VA and then proceeds in alphabetical order."

https://www.flickr.com/photos/navymedicine/albums/72177720324407923/

#photography #flickr #navy

Our Flickr Commons Explorer now has a "show me some random ...

2025-03-14T16:32:37Z

Our Flickr Commons Explorer now has a "show me some random photos" feature. You never know what you'll find!

https://commons.flickr.org/

#photography #flickr

In March, read the books you've always meant to read. ...

2025-03-09T20:00:34Z

In March, read the books you've always meant to read.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/6629871985/in/album-72157628703260971

#WPA #LibraryofCongress #posters #reading

It is hard to be humble when you are this good at speed skating. ...

2025-02-21T19:54:29Z

It is hard to be humble when you are this good at speed skating.

Oscar Mathisen with his medals.

Flickr Commons has photos of him held by the Library of Congress, the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, and the National Library of Norway.

#Flickr #Photography #WinterPhotography #Norway