Emily takes a tour of our Collections and Research centre and finds out that there are thousands of objects just waiting to be uncovered.
From the very first photographic images to the work of contemporary photographers, photography is one of our major areas of expertise and is represented throughout our collection.
Our curators have chosen their favourites from new additions to the Flickr Commons: wheels at sea, a portrait of a photographer, and an intriguing image of a dog and his best friend.
Photographer Ian Beesley attended the Bradford v Swansea Capital One Cup Final, and brought back some photographs of this historic occasion.
Today, we take correct exposure for granted, but things were very different in the past. Colin Harding sheds some light on the murky world of exposure meters.
To celebrate Bradford City’s progress to the final of the 2013 Capital One Cup, we’ve selected photographs from our collection showing the club’s highs and lows over recent years.
These images from our collection document attempts to reach the summit of the world’s most unforgiving mountain.
Our collection includes these beautiful Kodachrome portraits of women in the armed forces, photographed during the Second World War.
We’re still on the lookout for people who recognise themselves in Eamonn McCabe and Ian Beesley’s photographs of Bradford City FC and fans.
A look at social and political activism in the 20th century through the lens, to mark the 10th anniversary of one of the largest anti-war rallies in history.
A look at our collection reveals hundreds of photographs documenting protests, marches and other forms of activism across the decades.
Between now and the Capital One Cup Final, we’ll be sharing Eamonn McCabe and Ian Beesley’s photographs of Bradford City from our archives, and asking you to share your memories of the matches for our Bantams gallery.
Last month we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Commons on Flickr, and I promised that our renewed enthusiasm for the project would lead us to share our hidden treasures more readily.