"Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies."
Image courtesy of The Library of Congress, Flickr.
"Collaroy Beach, CA. 1940 / photographer unknown"
Image courtesy of State Library of New South Wales, Flickr.
"From: Series: Master Print File, compiled 1969-1974 (Collection RN-WHPO"
Created by: President (1969-1974 : Nixon). White House Photo Office. (1969 - 1974)
Production Date: 12/21/1970
Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institute, Flickr.
"Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 am EDT on July 16, 1969."
Image courtesy of NASA on the Commons, Flickr.
"Date: 1936"
Image courtesy of George Eastman House, Flickr.
"Date: 1931"
Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Flickr.
"Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946"
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Flickr.
"Photograph of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Posing on the Big Bird Nest Set with Big Bird and Rosita to Celebrate the 25th Season of Sesame Street, 10/14/1993"
Image courtesy of The U.S. National Archives, Flickr.
"Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies."
Image courtesy of The Library of Congress, Flickr.
"Collaroy Beach, CA. 1940 / photographer unknown"
Image courtesy of State Library of New South Wales, Flickr.
Image courtesy of NASA In the Commons, Flickr.
Image courtesy Brooklyn Museum, Flickr
Image courtesy of The National Archives UK, Flickr.
"From: Series: Master Print File, compiled 1969-1974 (Collection RN-WHPO"
Created by: President (1969-1974 : Nixon). White House Photo Office. (1969 - 1974)
Production Date: 12/21/1970
Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institute, Flickr.
"Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 am EDT on July 16, 1969."
Image courtesy of NASA on the Commons, Flickr.
"Date: 1936"
Image courtesy of George Eastman House, Flickr.
Image courtesy of National Australian Library of Congress, Flickr.
Image courtesy of National Library of Ireland, Flickr.
"Date: 1931"
Image courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Flickr.
"Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946"
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Flickr.
Image courtesy of The Brooklyn Museum, Flickr.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Flickr.
"Photograph of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Posing on the Big Bird Nest Set with Big Bird and Rosita to Celebrate the 25th Season of Sesame Street, 10/14/1993"
Image courtesy of The U.S. National Archives, Flickr.
Image courtesy of San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives, Flickr.
Image courtesy of National Media Museum, Flickr.
Flickr Commons, a collaboration between the photo-sharing site and the Library of Congress that began in 2008, has released 17 of its most-popular photos to celebrate its fourth anniversary.
The project began as an effort to increase exposure to some of the world's historic photographic treasures and to crowdsource public knowledge about the archives. The Commons has a "no known copyright restriction" policy, which means the Internet community's use of the Commons' images is not limited. Typically, items uploaded to Flickr are the property of their owners.
"The Commons have really showed institutions the benefits of sharing their photos archives," Fiona Miller, product marketing manager at Flickr told Mashable. "This has really played a big part for institutions, who typically have had a closed approach to their content, because they want to keep their content within the boundaries of their four walls. The wealth of knowledge they get back from sharing that content is really incredible."
Initially, the Commons included 1,500 images from the Library of Congress. Today, the Commons now includes more than 56 institutions in 12 countries and features more than 200,000 photos.
The Flickr community has deeply engaged with the Commons since its launch: 127 million views, 7 million favorited images and 130 million member comments.
Probably the most interesting of those stats are the comments, which have often lent historical context not previously known by their home institutions' records. The Library of Congress, as well as other institutions, have used the Flickr community to learn about mystery photos, such as identifying orphans who survived the Titanic and modern-day locations of buildings.
One of the photos in the gallery above, NASA's "Blue Marble" image of the Earth, became one of Flickr's most popular images in less than two weeks, receiving more than 3.5 million views in less than two weeks.
Where do you see the future of digital archiving going with projects like the Flickr Commons? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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