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).
Queensland Rugby Union Team who played New South Wales in an Intercolonial Match, August 1883
Taken some time in Aug 1883
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Cut clean through, wood chopping competition at the Exhibition, 1907
Taken some time in Aug 1907
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Interior view of the Brisbane Institute of Social Service, 1907
Taken some time in Aug 1907
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Intercolonial Rugby Union match - Queensland vs. New Zealand, 1907
Taken 3 Aug 1907
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Pineapple and fruit display at the Jubilee Exhibition, Brisbane, 1909
Taken some time in Aug 1909
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Wedding of W. McGavin and E. I. Hamilton in 1909
Taken 25 Aug 1909
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children of Henry Charles Coxen photographed with their nurse August 1912
Taken some time in Aug 1912
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Italian airship being paraded on a De Dion truck, Patriotic Day, Brisbane, August 1915
Taken some time in Aug 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Queensland Patriotic Day at the Exhibition grounds, Brisbane, 1915
Taken 28 Aug 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Queensland Patriotic Day parade, Brisbane, 1915
Taken 28 Aug 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
John Hicks and Co, patriotic float, Brisbane, 1916
Taken some time in Aug 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Aileen Bell with Edward Prince of Wales
Taken some time in Aug 1920
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Boys on bikes at Barramornie Station, August 1924
Taken some time in Aug 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Gathering wildflowers on Russell Island, Queensland, 1924
Taken 23 Aug 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Presentation of the Tattersall's Cup to E. G. Blume, Brisbane, August 1925
Taken some time in Aug 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 18, 1927
Taken 18 Aug 1927
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Wedding of Drew and Marie Drynan at St. Stephens Cathedral, Brisbane, 14 August 1929
Taken some time in Aug 1929
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 15, 1929
Taken 15 Aug 1929
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 14, 1930
Taken 14 Aug 1930
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 13, 1931
Taken 13 Aug 1931
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Group of young people socialising on the beach at Magnetic Island, 1932
Taken some time in Aug 1932
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 4, 1932
Taken 4 Aug 1932
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 10, 1933
Taken 10 Aug 1933
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 17, 1933
Taken 17 Aug 1933
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, 2 August 1934
Taken 2 Aug 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 16, 1934
Taken 16 Aug 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 6, 1936
Taken 6 Aug 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 13, 1936
Taken 13 Aug 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 12, 1937
Taken 12 Aug 1937
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dodgem cars lined up at the RNA showground, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in Aug 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Studying the Cabbage Tree palms in Carnarvon Gorge August 1938
Taken some time in Aug 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
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
Anita Woodworth, American Red Cross worker, arriving in Brisbane, 1942
Taken 23 Aug 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ladies are all smiles as they perform their exercises at the Women's Australian Air Force gymnasium, Brisbane, 1942
Taken 27 Aug 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Brisbane fire brigade demonstrating flame-resistant suits, 1943
Taken some time in Aug 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Servicemen waiting to vote in the 14 Powers Referendum at Brisbane City Hall, 1944
Taken 19 Aug 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Three women in a Rocklea war workers house Brisbane 1944
Taken 26 Aug 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Peace celebrations, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1945
Taken 15 Aug 1945
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Four man crew carry boat from the river, Brisbane, 1947
Taken 1 Aug 1947
State Library of Queensland, Australia