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African American men and women posed for portrait on steps at Atlanta University, Georgia

Repurposing and Remixing Archival Images

Looking closer at a passing piece of pop culture.

color photograph of a black woman in a print dress holding a book looking up at the photographer

Black History Through Archival Images 2

More stories of carefully curated Flickr albums that tell us stories about Black history in the US.

Four young blackboys, three in 4h t-shirts, stand behind their prize-winning cow

Black History Through Archival Images

Many carefully curated Flickr albums tell us stories about Black history in the US.

An unidentified girl is seen in a goat cart

Reopening the doors to Flickr Commons

Two men standing by a bell which is significantly larger than either one of them, in a jungle setting

16. Just A Cool Bell

A small cat rubbing up against an old box camera

15. Cat Pictures, Mostly

two women examine and put books into a box that says State Library of New South Wales Circulating Box

13. Knowledge in Motion – Book Transportation

a woman in a flight outfit standsby a small airplane. There is a medium sized dog sitting on the wing of the airplane next to her

12. Name That Aviatrix – Assembling Knowledge From Many Sources

a collection of young turkish children gather on a set of steps and look at the photographer

11. Showcasing Changes Over Time

Photograph of a man getting his head tattooed with a butterfly

10. Careful Curation for Serendipitous Discovery

illustration of a reddish seahorse

9. Increasing Access to Fragile Materials

A man laying on a beac with his head in his hands, shown looking slightly downward on the top of his head

8. Meeting the photographers

men at work building a lighthouse in the open ocean

7. Who Are Those People? Or pets? Or things?

A woman stands near a rock with an american flag waving overhead.

6. The Historical Boundaries of Washington D.C.

a man in a military uniform and a bushy mustache holds a piegon in his hand

5. Decorated War Pigeons