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.
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.
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.
It’s Australia Day 2013—Toni Booth delves into our collection to mark 225 years since the First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove in 1788.
Colin Harding looks at one of the major figures in early British photography.
On 16 January 2013, Flickr Commons celebrated its fifth birthday. To showcase its diversity, founding member the Library of Congress asked 56 member institutions to submit their most viewed photographs.
Our Photography Curator Colin Harding looks back at his time spent with legendary photographer Don McCullin.