yahoo groups archive

Yahoo! Groups was an electronic mailing list and online discussion board, where users interacted in seperate groups, which could be private or open for anyone to join, and were often themed around shared interests or hobbies. Officially launched in 2001 after the aquisition of eGroups in 2000, it integrated eGroups and Yahoo! Clubs, and would grow to house over 5 million groups. From 2019-2020, Yahoo progressively shut down most features of the site and deleted the entirety of its archives -- wiping years of chat logs, images, and other data that had been uploaded to the platform since the mid-90s.

Button with the text 'Yahoo! Clubs' Button with the text 'PNG (Portable Network Graphics) now!'

Several archiving teams -- most prominently ArchiveTeam.org (not associated with the Internet Archive) -- attempted to bulk archive Yahoo! Groups. Unfortunately, the information retrieved is incomplete (due to Verison blocking automated archiving efforts) and difficult to search.

Here are some images I retrieved in late 2019, sorted by group. Far from a complete archive, it's a snapshot of the interesting and noteworthy images I personally found and wanted to rescue before they were deleted from the internet.

birdphotos

Photograph of an immature golden eagle
"imm. eagle, sauk city, wis. -- jan, 2004" by lolom97
Photograph of a great horned owl, sitting on a falconer's glove
"great horned owl" by lolom97
Photograph of a male ruby throated hummingbird sitting on a hummingbird feeder
by btsyshsbndtoo
Photograph of a male ruby throated hummingbird drinking from a hummingbird feeder while hovering in flight
by btsyshsbndtoo
Photograph of a robin bathing in a shallow bowl filled with water
"bathing robin" by btsyshsbndtoo
Photograph of a fledgling grackle perched on the rim of a shallow bowl while an adult grackle stands in the grass nearby
"grackle & fledgling" by btsyshsbndtoo
Multiple photographs of an osprey perched on a fence post at a cattle farm
"Osprey, 5-30-02, south of Grace, ID" by wrcphoto
Photograph of a shirtless man holding two hummingbird feeders while hummingbirds fly around him
by wrcphoto

disneyworldmodelersclub

Photograph of a model version of Disneyland, featuring a model train and rocketship
by beckychestney
Photograph of a model version of the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World
by tocpe
Photograph of model versions of several different Disney park castles
"disney castles from different countries" by dorcy12345
Photograph of a model version of the Epcot monorail, driving under a model Epcot ball
"working monorail" by epolk1968
Photograph of a model version of the Epcot monorail, set up on a patio, and featuring a model Epcot ball
"working monorail" by montu2u
Close-up photograph of a model version of the Epcot monorail, set up on a patio
"working monorail" by montu2u
Close-up photograph of a model version of the Epcot monorail, set up on a patio
"working monorail" by montu2u
Photograph of a model version of the Epcot ball, featuring working lights
by esuorc_2000
Close-up photograph of three dolls sitting in a model version of the Rocket Jets ride in Disneyland
"rocketjet" by alx2000_sandash
Photograph of a toy version of the Disneyland-ALWEG monorail. The toy was produced by the company Schuco and features both blue and red trains. In this image, the toy is set up beneath a Christmas tree.
"shuco monorail toy" by karlg_mon

kittywhiskas

Started by the owner of a geocities site of the same name (which is archived archived by the Wayback Machine as well as in an oocities mirror), the associated Yahoo! Group likely began around 2002.

Photograph of a gray and white cat lying on its back
"My roommate's cat Alabaster (Al)" by ag_ed_major
Photograph of a long-haired brown tabby cat balancing on a narrow windowsill, indoors
"Buster" by reignbeauzz
Photograph of a brown tabby cat sitting in what looks like a laundry basket or partially constructed tent
"ha ha u can't get me" by mammab17777
Photograph of an orange and white cat tilting its head to the side. There is a time stamp that reads '10 31 02' or October thirty-first, two thousand and two.
"hi my name's leo..what's yours" by sjphillips_00
Photograph of a calico cat lying on the back of a sofa
"Keliere, my talking cat" by luvinsantzangels7
Photograph of a long-haired white cat sitting on a ledge in front of a mirror
by lucysmassa
Photograph of an orange tabby cat lying next to a scratching post or cat tree
by lucysmassa
Close-up photograph of an orange tabby cat being held up to the camera
"Oscar" by brn2400
Photograph of a white cat with black markings and a brown tabby with orange eyes lying next to each other. There is a time stamp that reads '01/06/2007' or January sixth, two thousand and seven.
by shelnet1974

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To my knowledge, none of these pictures are currently hosted anywhere else on the web. If you own any of these pictures (or know who does) and want me to take it down or credit the original owner, I will gladly do so -- my email is netghostsarchive[at]gmail[dot]com.