The 15 Best Historical Photo Collections You Should Be Following On Flickr

Flickr is still the best place to discover amazing and historic images from library and historical society collections.

1. Swedish National Heritage Board

Carl Persson, Betsede, Uppland, Sweden. 1929.

Source: swedish_heritage_board

Monk, Valamo Monastery, Karelia, Russia. 1930s

Source: Einar Erici  /  via: swedish_heritage_board

2. Boston Public Library

Anti-war rally, Soldiers Field, Allston. 1970.

Source: SPENCER GRANT  /  via: boston_public_library

Benson Farm animals N.H., 1934

Source: boston_public_library

3. Library of Congress

Abraham Lincoln, 1860.

Source: library_of_congress

Four African American women seated on steps of building at Atlanta University, Georgia. ca. 1899.

Source: library_of_congress

Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946

Source: library_of_congress

4. Montana State University Library

Repairing a Bicycle, ca. 1895

Source: msulibrary

Large Yellowstone Nation Park Bison Herd

Source: msulibrary

Rochester Saloon, Madison County, Montana, ca. 1890

Source: msulibrary

5. The U.S. National Archives

Maine State Society Lobster Dinner, 1951.

Source: usnationalarchives

Bill Clinton with Socks the Cat, 1993.

Source: usnationalarchives

George Bush, Captain of the Yale Baseball Team, Receives Babe Ruth’s Manuscript of His Autobiography which He Was Donating to Yale. 1948.

Source: usnationalarchives

Source: St. Gil, Marc  /  via: usnationalarchives

6. SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) Digital Library

Konyak Naga boy holding kittens, Wakching, Nagaland, India. 1937

Source: digital-soas

Sherpa man, Nepal, 1957.

Source: digital-soas

7. London School of Economics Library

Women’s Hockey XI , 1923-1924

Source: lselibrary

Dealers in Fancy-Ware, 1877.

Source: lselibrary

8. Powerhouse Museum Collection (Australian historic photos)

Kangaroo, 1890s.

Source: powerhouse_museum

Portrait of a young woman in fancy dress, 1895-1905

Source: powerhouse_museum

9. Greater Manchester Police

Oldham Motocycle Inspection, date unknown.

Source: gmpolice1

Police surveying after bombing, 1940.

Source: gmpolice1

10. Historical Society of Lake Pleasant and Speculator (NY state)

Ski jump, date unknown.

Source: hist125

Bear hunting, date unknown.

Source: hist125

11. Wisconsin Historical Images

Portrait of Caroline Webb Family, 1910.

Source: whsimages

A group of now-extinct passenger pigeons, (before 1911)

Source: whsimages

12. Minnesota Historical Society

Vintage underwear ad

Source: minnesotahistoricalsociety

Canning winners at the state fair, 1917

Source: minnesotahistoricalsociety

13. Cambridge Historical Society

Annie B. (Chapman) Farley, 1906-1916

Source: flickr.com

Julie E. L. Eggleston Smith, 1886.

Source: flickr.com

14. Swindon Collection, Central Library

Ammunition workers, Swindon, UK 1916

Source: swindonlocal

Edith New, a Swindon Suffragette, 1906.

Source: swindonlocal