This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
The Olympia 40/1 line amplifier made in Yleisradio's workshop and intended for the broadcasting of the 1940 Olympics, which were later cancelled.
Taken 7 Feb 1940
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Launching of HMAS WARREGO II at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Taken 10 Feb 1940
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Climax Molybdenum at Associated Oil Co., Ventura, Cal.
Taken some time in Mar 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Climax-Molybdenum, Lane-Wells perforating gun
Taken some time in Mar 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
St Patrick's Day sports at Showground, March 1940, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Mar 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection
St Patrick's Day sports at Showground, March 1940, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Mar 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection
Student pilot Betty Wynn with instructor Ivan Munroe: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken some time in Mar 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida
[Braniff Airline Pilots Watching a Lockheed 12A Electra Junior]
Taken some time in Mar 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Man in front of Lockheed 12A Electra Junior Airplanes]
Taken some time in Mar 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas & Pacific, Locomotive No. 641 with Tender]
Taken some time in Mar 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Three Men with a Lockheed 12A Electra Junior, Delta Air Lines]
Taken some time in Mar 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Two Models in front of a Lockheed 10B Electra, Delta Air Lines]
Taken some time in Mar 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Michael Joseph Savage's funeral procession, Lambton Quay, Wellington, ca April 1940
Taken some time in Apr 1940
National Library NZ on The Commons
Michael Joseph Savage's funeral procession, Waterloo Quay, Wellington, April 1940
Taken some time in Apr 1940
National Library NZ on The Commons
San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Sixteen Years Old and the Possessor of a Labor Contractor's Button Entitling Him to Work in the Fields Alongside Adults
Taken 9 Apr 1940
The U.S. National Archives
"Edison, Kern County, California. Young migratory mother, originally from Texas."
Taken 11 Apr 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Migrant Cotton Picker and Her Baby near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona
Taken 11 Apr 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Children Living in a Camp Between Weedpatch and Lamont, Kern County, California
Taken 12 Apr 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. High School Student Carrying Home Surplus Commodities for His Family on Relief
Taken 17 Apr 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Large crowd in attendance for the Anzac Day service at Anzac Square, Brisbane, ca. 1940
Taken 25 Apr 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australian Army soldiers, possibly on board RMS QUEEN MARY, in West Circular Quay, May 1940
Taken some time in May 1940
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Interior of the Glaciarium Ice Rink, Sydney, May 1940 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in May 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection
Short wave radio telephone made in Yleisradio's workshop, 1940.
Taken 1 May 1940
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California. School Bus, 05/02/1940
Taken 2 May 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Some of the dancers at the annual Dental Ball, Brisbane, 1940
Taken 14 May 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Chicago Bridge & Iron at Shell refinery, spheroids
Taken some time in Jun 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Chicago Bridge & Iron at Shell refinery, spheroids2
Taken some time in Jun 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Duitse soldaten in de ruïnes van Beauvais, ca. juni 1940 | German soldiers amidst the ruins of Beauvais, c. June 1940
Taken some time in Jun 1940
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Een Duits soldaat onderzoekt een achtergelaten Potez 63.11 van de Franse luchtmacht, juni 1940 | A German soldier inspects an abandoned Potez 63.11 of the French air force, June 1940
Taken some time in Jun 1940
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Hurricane van de Engelse luchtmacht, 1940 | Abandoned RAF Hurricane, 1940
Taken some time in Jun 1940
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Vernielde Renault D2 tank van het Franse leger, ca. mei-juni 1940 | Knocked out Renault D2 tank of the French Army, c. May-June 1940
Taken some time in Jun 1940
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
[Wyatt Metal & Boiler Works at General American Tank Storage]
Taken some time in Jun 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
King Christian X on his horse. Gyldenløvsgade in Copenhagen 1940.
Taken some time in Jul 1940
National Museum of Denmark
Picture news: Clyde Cook, commissionaire, July 1940, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Jul 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection
Annual ball of the Commercial Traveller's Association
Taken 10 Aug 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Young couple at the Bushwacker's Ball, Bellvue Hotel, Brisbane, 1940
Taken 13 Aug 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Prime Minister Risto Ryti speaking on the radio 18.8.1940.
Taken 18 Aug 1940
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
[Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, Locomotive No. 1081 with Tender, in Service Yard]
Taken some time in Sep 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Looking east on the completed Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the only concrete pontoon bridge in the world, Mercer Island, Washington
Taken 2 Oct 1940
UW Digital Collections
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Mexican irrigator. He came from Mexico 12 years ago...11/1940
Taken some time in Nov 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Crowds of cotton pickers on main street of Eloy late Saturday afternoon., 11/1940
Taken some time in Nov 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Migrant [African-American] cotton picker and her baby., 11/1940
Taken some time in Nov 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Near Coolidge, Arizona. Gathering lint, 11/1940
Taken some time in Nov 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Near Coolidge, Maricopa County, Arizona. Family Labor at Cotton Picking Time in the Fields of the Casa Grande Cooperative Farm (FSA)
Taken 1 Nov 1940
The U.S. National Archives
Soccer. Denmark - Germany. Germany won 1-0. Hamburg, November 1940.
Taken some time in Nov 1940
National Museum of Denmark