I made it too. I guess I wasn't the first to
go through and find the oldest photo. I
wasn't even the first to say I wasn't the
first. How disappointing -- I was getting
really excited to blog about about my
discovery, thinking how the whole geeky
internet will bow down to my great idea, but
now that I see thousands have been here
before me, I wonder if it's actually worth
it. Meh, c'est la vie.
So Flickr must be about 3 years old. And,
Marwei commented 2.9years ago. COOL. My
Flickr account of 2 years expires in March. I
didn't know I've been here for such a long
time. I love this place. Time flies when
you're having fun!
This photo was posted before Flickr was open
to the public, though. The earliest photos
are by developers then by friends of the
developers then by the first users etc. The
"official" Flickr launch date
though I believe is February 14 (Valentines
day) of 2004.
This is the earliest photo by a Flickr
non-developer:
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS FLICKR ATE MY LIFE! YOU
GUyS HAVE CREATED A MONSTER, A GENTEEL,
TACTFUL< POLITE PAL THAT I HOPE TO SHARE
TIME WITH FOR LONG TIME. Or until flickr eats
me alive. Whichever comes first! love ya'll
Finally got to the earliest photo still on
Flickr (I think). Congratulations on a great five years and
looking forward to the next five sharing
Flickr with the millions of other users. hey, a new question - how many people have
signed up for Flickr in these five years?
keyboard shortcuts:
← previous photo
→ next photo
L view in light box
F favorite
< scroll film strip left
> scroll film strip right
? show all shortcuts
Comments and faves
ErikaBaarova, fotogail, Jacob Barss-Bailey, AKA MEDIA SYSTEM, and 116 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Vanlal. (100 months ago | reply)
I see blue text
Loli (100 months ago | reply)
it is green to me
Lydia Krupp-Hunter (100 months ago | reply)
Maybe that's part of the test.. O.o
deVos (96 months ago | reply)
Nevertheless, this picture's claim to fame is that it's the oldest flickr pic still online. This one might become a classic :)
rvacapinta (91 months ago | reply)
Striatic told me he found this first but I dont know if I believe him... deVos has a comment to prove it.
wrenoud (90 months ago | reply)
this picture's claim to fame is that it's the oldest flickr pic still online
Oldest public pic... as far as we know.
bees (90 months ago | reply)
it's the oldest image in the database. lowest 5 IDs are 74,75,88,94,95.
four are my test pics, one is cat's photo of DP.
aqui-ali (88 months ago | reply)
cool!
svillarosa (88 months ago | reply)
[sarcasm]How interesting.[/sarcasm]
txkimmers (88 months ago | reply)
And it's NOT of his lunch either!
fictures (87 months ago | reply)
It's such an honor to be the last to comment on the first Flickr photo!
Umm, well, maybe not really.
snarl (84 months ago | reply)
S is for Snarl! I made it! hurrah!
ok, now i feel lame. there were people here before me! look at this mess!
i was just looking at magic number pics, then tried to find the earliest. at least i didn't count down by hundreds.. flickr makes it easy to jump.
anyway,
www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=8000000& size=s
is pretty fortuitous.
and this one is my birthday, which, it turns out, was accidentally taken with a kaleidescope in front of it:
www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=17101966& size=o
ok. um. now what?
I moved... [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)
the lettering is blurred and I don't much like the colour - delete me :)
cariephoto (78 months ago | reply)
ha ha ha...lol
earth2marsh (75 months ago | reply)
that's the bee's knees
bees (71 months ago | reply)
this image doesn't have all the correct sizes, since it pre-dates the current sizing scheme
Jeff Milner (66 months ago | reply)
I made it too. I guess I wasn't the first to go through and find the oldest photo. I wasn't even the first to say I wasn't the first. How disappointing -- I was getting really excited to blog about about my discovery, thinking how the whole geeky internet will bow down to my great idea, but now that I see thousands have been here before me, I wonder if it's actually worth it. Meh, c'est la vie.
`` /streetart#_+_www.♥.tk ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿´´ (66 months ago | reply)
-_- interesting -_-
Jackie Hutch (66 months ago | reply)
So Flickr must be about 3 years old. And, Marwei commented 2.9years ago. COOL. My Flickr account of 2 years expires in March. I didn't know I've been here for such a long time. I love this place. Time flies when you're having fun!
rvacapinta (66 months ago | reply)
This photo was posted before Flickr was open to the public, though. The earliest photos are by developers then by friends of the developers then by the first users etc. The "official" Flickr launch date though I believe is February 14 (Valentines day) of 2004.
This is the earliest photo by a Flickr non-developer:
www.flickr.com/photos/liz/216/
klickercgn (60 months ago | reply)
Glad to find the oldest pics!
Vahid Rahmanian [deleted] (55 months ago | reply)
Yay! I found the very first photo of flickr. GREAT!
Dirk Delbaere (52 months ago | reply)
I am very proud to present you the first invitation of the first picture on Flickr
Your first Flickr photo! Please join us at:
Flickr First
lorenzoo (51 months ago | reply)
très bon le titre, gardela
ahmedfuad (50 months ago | reply)
Under Test!
Mylens* (48 months ago | reply)
You've come a long way:)
Brenda Anderson (44 months ago | reply)
From 74 to 3000000000 in only 59 months! :)
Happy Tinfoil Cat (44 months ago | reply)
This is flagged as a "photo". Tsk, tsk, shame. ;^)
ezbraun (40 months ago | reply)
Anybody who loves flickr has GOT to love this.
Jascha Dub (40 months ago | reply)
So many have come since this one.
ekai (40 months ago | reply)
Happy boofday Flickr!!
techno-politics (40 months ago | reply)
A historical webpage.
Kankouri © (40 months ago | reply)
What if it got deleted :O?
ebouy (40 months ago | reply)
Wow, I've reached the bottom of the Flickr DB! This is exciting!!! (really)
BEACH GOTH (40 months ago | reply)
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS FLICKR ATE MY LIFE! YOU GUyS HAVE CREATED A MONSTER, A GENTEEL, TACTFUL< POLITE PAL THAT I HOPE TO SHARE TIME WITH FOR LONG TIME. Or until flickr eats me alive. Whichever comes first! love ya'll
viacreativa (40 months ago | reply)
Thank Q.
.canelson. (40 months ago | reply)
Which one is the first flickr image in history?
scheiro (40 months ago | reply)
Great ! Merci d'avoir construit ce site. Très bonne idée!
waltarrrrr (40 months ago | reply)
Note the pixel decay on the letter "S." This is what our photos have to look forward to...
Conor Dupre-Neary (40 months ago | reply)
congrats
keibr (40 months ago | reply)
Finally got to the earliest photo still on Flickr (I think).
Congratulations on a great five years and looking forward to the next five sharing Flickr with the millions of other users.
hey, a new question - how many people have signed up for Flickr in these five years?
ĻŏOŏťįëħ_đжþ (40 months ago | reply)
its green..
Donncha @ InPhotos.org (40 months ago | reply)
So artistic, love the lomo, and the great contrasty look of it ;)
Pearse-SP (39 months ago | reply)
I'm just gonna comment here on this piece of history.
Mr Pitters (38 months ago | reply)
wow
Domenica (37 months ago | reply)
Wonderful. This answers the question: what came first, word or image.
goodbye flickr. www.julioteixeira.com.br [deleted] (35 months ago | reply)
a-ha, so this is ground zero....
Last Human Gateway (32 months ago | reply)
The earliest photo still on flickr?... probably
Mokadillion (31 months ago | reply)
I was here.
Robert Sterbal (19 months ago | reply)
Data end points are always good to know about.
WOLF CHOIR (16 months ago | reply)
often I wondered about the earliest flickr photo still around, now I know and I'm not disappointed, as I feared I would be. thank you cal.
Chris Devers (15 months ago | reply)
This is one of those "you have reached the end of the Internet, please go back..." milestone things, isn't it?
CrazyBrıck (14 months ago | reply)
This.
I think I'm a little late to the party...
Gregory J. Urbano [deleted] (14 months ago | reply)
congrats to the oldest pic in flikr!
liuweicq (13 months ago | reply)
我来留脚印。