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).
Garden Palace, Sydney International Exhibition Building
Taken some time in 1870
National Library of Australia Commons
Garden Palace, Sydney International Exhibition Building, nave looking north
Taken some time in 1870
National Library of Australia Commons
Historic nest of osprey, Western Australia, 1889
Taken some time in 1870
National Library of Australia Commons
Exhibition Hall, Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition, Prince Alfred Park, Sydney / Charles Bayliss
Taken some time in 1873
National Library of Australia Commons
Old Angipena [Angepena Homestead], South Australia : lantern slide used by Rev. F.H. Paterson, north South Australia / [John Flynn?]
Taken some time in 1876
National Library of Australia Commons
The Railway Pier, Sandridge, Melbourne, Victoria ca. 1878-79
Taken some time in 1878
National Library of Australia Commons
St Andrew's College, [Sydney] C. Bayliss; John Paine
Taken some time in 1879
National Library of Australia Commons
[Laying foundation of new Macquarie Lighthouse, South Head, Sydney, 1881]
Taken some time in 1881
National Library of Australia Commons
Cliffs at the Devil's Elbow on the lower Murray River, New South Wales
Taken some time in 1886
National Library of Australia Commons
View of Bourke in floodwaters, New South Wales
Taken some time in 1886
National Library of Australia Commons
Boy holding a young bird outside the nurses home, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
Taken some time in 1887
National Library of Australia Commons
Elsie Ferguson [?] holding a cat in a garden, Gundagai, New South Wales, 1 / Charles Gabriel
Taken some time in 1887
National Library of Australia Commons
Flo Marshall with Dr Gabriel's cockatoo behind Marshalls house in Sheridan Street, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
Taken some time in 1887
National Library of Australia Commons
Matron Young with Dr Gabriel's pet monkey at the new hospital, Gundagai, New South Wales, ca. 1905 / Charles Gabriel
Taken some time in 1887
National Library of Australia Commons
Seven women in a garden, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
Taken some time in 1887
National Library of Australia Commons
Woman feeding a poddy lamb at Kimo, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
Taken some time in 1887
National Library of Australia Commons
Women and children in a garden, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
Taken some time in 1887
National Library of Australia Commons
Confluence of Kangaroo Creek with Port Hacking River at Audley (fresh water), [New South Wales].
Taken some time in 1888
National Library of Australia Commons
Kangaroo Creek, [Royal National Park, New South Wales].
Taken some time in 1888
National Library of Australia Commons
Port Hacking River (fresh water) near the Lower Peach Trees, [New South Wales].
Taken some time in 1888
National Library of Australia Commons
The Lower waterfall (111 feet) close to Waterfall Road, [Royal National Park, New South Wales].
Taken some time in 1888
National Library of Australia Commons
Training wall, Port Hacking River, below Zig-Zag at Loftus [New South Wales].
Taken some time in 1888
National Library of Australia Commons
Albert Griffiths "Griffo", Featherweight Champion [of the World]
Taken some time in 1890
National Library of Australia Commons
Shoe black polishing man's shoes, Sydney, 1897
Taken some time in 1897
National Library of Australia Commons
[Thursday Island pearl diver in his diving gear]
Taken some time in 1899
National Library of Australia Commons
[Thursday Island pearl shellers, Queensland]
Taken some time in 1899
National Library of Australia Commons
Billy Hughes with daughter Helen Hughes at Sydney Cricket Ground
Taken some time in 1900
National Library of Australia Commons
On Board a Pearling Lugger, Thursday Island, Queensland
Taken some time in 1900
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of John Stanley, Bathurst, New South Wales
Taken some time in 1900
National Library of Australia Commons
[Young woman holding a puppy] [William Henry Corkhill]
Taken some time in 1900
National Library of Australia Commons
Electric Power House, Eastlake and weir on Molonglo River
Taken some time in 1901
National Library of Australia Commons
Exhibition Building illuminated, with the lake in the foreground, Melbourne, 1901
Taken some time in 1901
National Library of Australia Commons
Interior of outfall sewer / W.J. Mildenhall
Taken some time in 1901
National Library of Australia Commons
State School, Fete, Exhibition Building : maypole dance opposite the Royal Box
Taken some time in 1901
National Library of Australia Commons
[Afternoon garden tea party at home of Robert Morse and Frances A. Withycombe, Hurstville, Sydney]
Taken some time in 1901
National Library of Australia Commons
Attaching the tram lines to the poles using a horse drawn wooden scaffold, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 19 April 1902, 1
Taken some time in 1902
National Library of Australia Commons
Miss M. D., Mrs P., Miss N.D., Mrs W., with cameras, at Powers' picnic, Middle Harbour, Sydney, 10 December 1902
Taken some time in 1902
National Library of Australia Commons
Dganiyeh [woman feeding hens in yard, Degania Palestine] [Frank Hurley]
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
Lambell and son among snow covered trees, Kosciusko [New South Wales]
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
Melbourne Cricket Ground [MCG] [Melbourne, Victoria] / [Frank Hurley]
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
Street scenes in Jerusalem [cobblers and a shoe shop] [Frank Hurley]
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
The Cascades, River Cave [Jenolan Caves, New South Wales] / [Frank Hurley]
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
This plate commemorates James Carvosso Wiburd, who retired in 1932 after forty-seven years service at Jenolan Caves [Jenolan Caves, New South Wales] / [Frank Hurley]
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
Thredbo ski lift & village : [Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, New South Wales] /
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
[A cow, hens, ducks, two sheds or houses and trees] [Norfolk Island] / [Frank Hurley]
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
[West End Bitter Beer advertisement featuring boxing identities, South Australia]
Taken some time in 1910
National Library of Australia Commons
A starfish, Antarctic marine life, [1] Correll
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Great suffragette demonstration in London : Mrs Andrew Fisher, Mrs McGowen and Miss Vida Goldstein from Australia
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Iceberg, showing curved snow bands, Cape Roberts, [1911]
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
[Opening ceremony of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, 27 June 1911]
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
[Young birds in a nest, Macquarie Island] [Harold Hamilton]
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Weathered Kenyte lava at Cape Evans; Erebus behind, 31 October 1911
Taken 31 Oct 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Unidentified stone dwelling : scenes of the Diamantina area and other general scenes / [John Flynn?]
Taken some time in 1912
National Library of Australia Commons
A corner of the hut, Bage mending his sleeping-bag [Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 1]
Taken some time in 1913
National Library of Australia Commons
A wonderful canopy of ice, Adelie Land [Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914]
Taken some time in 1913
National Library of Australia Commons
Adelie Land, a grotto of "mysteries" [Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914]
Taken some time in 1913
National Library of Australia Commons
Andrew Fisher, Lord and Lady Denman and King O'Malley acknowledge the crowd from the foundation stone at the naming of Canberra ceremony, 12 March 1913.
Taken 12 Mar 1913
National Library of Australia Commons
The cadets being inspected by the Governor-General, Lord Denman, at the Naming of Canberra ceremony, 12 March 1913
Taken 12 Mar 1913
National Library of Australia Commons
[Crowd scene at the Naming of Canberra ceremony attended by the Governor-General, Lord Denman, and a parade of cadets from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, 12 March 1913]
Taken 12 Mar 1913
National Library of Australia Commons
[Social activities associated with the Naming of Canberra ceremony showing Royal Military College cadets on horseback, people standing in groups and parked vehicles, 12 March 1913]
Taken 12 Mar 1913
National Library of Australia Commons
Dog nipping soldier's ankle, Egypt / Noel Minchin
Taken some time in 1914
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Charles Ulm in military uniform reading book, circa 1915 / James C. Cruden
Taken some time in 1914
National Library of Australia Commons
Australian Imperial Force's 2nd Infantry Brigade marching through Bourke Street, Melbourne, Friday, 25th September 1914.
Taken 25 Sep 1914
National Library of Australia Commons
Child posing in Pierrot costume / Arthur William Emmerton
Taken some time in 1915
National Library of Australia Commons
Nurse and patients at Mena House, Cairo, 1915 / David Izatt
Taken some time in 1915
National Library of Australia Commons
[Les Darcy and Eddie McGoorty shake hands on the night of their first battle]
Taken some time in 1915
National Library of Australia Commons
Jas. P. Campbell, [Port Melbourne, Vic in Feb. 1915].
Taken some time in Feb 1915
National Library of Australia Commons
Bathing, [at Anzac Beach where soldiers swim near the beach or near the cover provided by pinnaces, May, 1915] J.P. Campbell
Taken some time in May 1915
National Library of Australia Commons
Q.M. Maloney shaving, [as another soldier holds up a mirror for him, June? 1915]
Taken some time in Jun 1915
National Library of Australia Commons
Sheltering from bursting shells, [showing three Anzac soldiers huddled together sheltering in a shallow trench, June? 1915] J.P. Campbell
Taken some time in Jun 1915
National Library of Australia Commons
Children receiving a garden lesson at Springfield Public School, Goulburn, New South Wales, approximately 1916
Taken some time in 1916
National Library of Australia Commons
Australian and New Zealand soldiers marching to Westminster Abbey to commemorate the first Anzac Day, London, 25 April 1916
Taken 25 Apr 1916
National Library of Australia Commons
Anaesthetist in theatre, Forest Park WW1 New Zealand military hospital / Rex Nan Kivell
Taken some time in 1917
National Library of Australia Commons
Main street, Thursday Island, [ca. 1917-1920]
Taken some time in 1917
National Library of Australia Commons
Three members of 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, waiting to free a bogged Leyland truck, Bailleul, France, 1917 / John Joshua
Taken some time in 1917
National Library of Australia Commons
Thursday Island from the wharf, [ca. 1917-1920]
Taken some time in 1917
National Library of Australia Commons
Young woman and a man in oriental pyjamas in the J.C. Williamson New York production of Canary cottage, 1917
Taken some time in 1917
National Library of Australia Commons
[Australian infantrymen yarn around a campfire behind the lines, near Renescue, Flanders, August 1917] [Frank Hurley]
Taken some time in Aug 1917
National Library of Australia Commons
Anna Pavlova in costume for Syrian Dance
Taken some time in 1918
National Library of Australia Commons
Commonwealth of Australia 7th war loan advertisement over the Swanston Street entrance to Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne, 1918
Taken some time in 1918
National Library of Australia Commons
Crowd at World War I armistice celebration outside Parliament House, Melbourne, 1918
Taken some time in 1918
National Library of Australia Commons
Horses of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade destroyed after armistice, Tripoli, Syria, 1918 / R.N. Wardle
Taken some time in 1918
National Library of Australia Commons
Men of 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, lining up for food, Bertangles, France, 1918 / John Joshua
Taken some time in 1918
National Library of Australia Commons
Mrs Murray washing her hands in a bucket, Victoria?, 1918 / Samuel Ware
Taken some time in 1918
National Library of Australia Commons
[Portrait of Hughes being carried by soldiers along a crowded street, 1918]
Taken some time in 1919
National Library of Australia Commons
Anthony Hordern's Cricket Ground / A.G. Foster
Taken some time in 1920
National Library of Australia Commons
Bronte Court apartment building. A.G. Foster
Taken some time in 1920
National Library of Australia Commons
Dance given on board Renown at Sydney, New South Wales, [1920] Gordon Harrison
Taken some time in 1920
National Library of Australia Commons
First Australian team of cricketers that visited England, 1868
Taken some time in 1920
National Library of Australia Commons
Johnston's wine press, South Australia, 1920 / Samuel Ware
Taken some time in 1920
National Library of Australia Commons
Pacific black duck and ducklings, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, ca. 1945 / E.W. Searle
Taken some time in 1920
National Library of Australia Commons
Pantomime dancers - Murray Island / Frank Hurley
Taken some time in 1920
National Library of Australia Commons
Two Aboriginal men with a bird they have caught, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, ca. 1920
Taken some time in 1920
National Library of Australia Commons
Panorama of V.A.D. Inspection by Prince of Wales, landing at Farm Cove, 16 June 1920, 1 / EB Studios
Taken 16 Jun 1920
National Library of Australia Commons