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).
Official party at St Mary's Debutante Ball, Rathdowney, Queensland
Taken some time in 1950
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Peggy Ryan and Doris Whimp in oriental costume, Theatre Royal, Brisbane, 1950-1955
Taken some time in 1950
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Photograph of Desk Constructed in Shop of National Archives by C. Getts, 1950
Taken some time in 1950
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Federal Records Center Building in Brooklyn, New York
Taken some time in 1950
The U.S. National Archives
Porträtt av Bertil Wilhelm Petersson, officer vid Kronobergs regemente I 11 och vid Intendenturkåren.
1 January 1950
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Göte Herbert Svennerstedt, officer vid Gotlands infanteriregemente I 18 och Intendenturkåren.
1 January 1950
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Per-Gunnar Hugo Thorstensson, officer vid Värmlands regemente I 2 och Intendenturkåren.
1 January 1950
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Sammanhanget okänt. Mannen med dragspel är Erik Karlsson (spel-Erik) och tv om honom Kalle Foss.
1 January 1950
Bohusläns museum
Sjöflygplan TP 47 ligger på vatten vid brygga. Till vänster syns personer på bryggan samt ett fartyg i bakgrunden.
1 January 1950
Flygvapenmuseum
Steel and concrete frame for Mount Sinai Hospital and power plant
Taken some time in 1950
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Sylvia Borken, at the family store, Knox Market, at Knox and Plymouth Avenues in North Minneapolis
Taken some time in 1950
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Två flygplan, J 21A och J 21R uppställda på Saabs flygfält i Linköping.
1 January 1950
Flygvapenmuseum
Verkmästaren vid Munkedals bruk, Åke Kihlstedt med fru. Ett av deras barnbarn, Magnus Kihlstedt har på senare tid blivit en känd fotbollsspelare.
1 January 1950
Bohusläns museum
Zwart-wit foto uit 1950-1959 van de Berkelruïne te Zutphen vóór de restauratie.
1 January 1950
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen
Close up view of football players and coaches: Miami, Florida
Taken 2 Jan 1950
State Library and Archives of Florida
Close up view of the Orange Bowl: Miami, Florida
Taken 2 Jan 1950
State Library and Archives of Florida
Inskrift på kalkstenshäll över ingången. Gamla Kronohäktet. Vänersborg
4 January 1950
Vänersborgs museum
Private Thomas William Holmes VC 838301, 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
Died 4 January 1950
Lives of the First World War
Betty Griggs, tour hostess, and bus driver with the bus: Jacksonville, Florida
Taken 11 Jan 1950
State Library and Archives of Florida
General Henry Arnold. Commanding General of Army Air Forces, . Became "chief of the Army Air Forces on June 30, 1941, and that December he got a third star. When the War Department General Staff was organized in March 1942 Arnold became commanding ge
Died 15 January 1950
American Air Museum
A/SSM John Marshall Patching 3912, Army service corps
Died 16 January 1950
Lives of the First World War
Colour Serjeant John Marshall Patching 4114, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 16 January 1950
Lives of the First World War