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).
L'Emiraude from L'Histoire des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis.
Taken some time in 1825
State Library of New South Wales collection
Caroline and son Thomas James Lawson, 1845 / photographed by George Goodman
Taken some time in May 1845
State Library of New South Wales collection
Sarah Ann Lawson, May 1845 / photographed by George Goodman
Taken some time in May 1845
State Library of New South Wales collection
[Randwick Racecourse, Sydney], [1863] / by unknown photographer
Taken some time in 1863
State Library of New South Wales collection
"Railway work shops", Sydney, March 1871, Government Printing Office
Taken some time in Mar 1871
State Library of New South Wales collection
Horse and cart bogged in what was originally a gold digging outside Meares flooded Criterion Store, Clarke Street, Hill End, Winter 1872, by American & Australasian Photographic Company
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of New South Wales collection
[Weatherboard buildings, Market Street, at the corner of Clarence Street, Sydney], [Dec 1875] / by unknown photographer
Taken some time in Dec 1875
State Library of New South Wales collection
Alfred Stephen and his weatherboard house, 1876
Taken some time in 1876
State Library of New South Wales collection
Free Public Library, corner of Bent & Macquarie Sts, Sydney, 1877 / New South Wales Government Printing Office
Taken some time in 1877
State Library of New South Wales collection
Mrs Hutchison, August 1878 / photographer American & Australasian Photographic Company
Taken some time in Aug 1878
State Library of New South Wales collection
King and Elizabeth St. drawn on the first night that the first tram ran, c. 1879 / drawn by J. Flynn
Taken some time in 1879
State Library of New South Wales collection
England v. Australia Cricket Match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, January 27 1883 / by unknown photographer
Taken 27 Jan 1883
State Library of New South Wales collection
Reading the proclamation of annexation, Mr Lawe's house, Port Moresby, New Guinea, November 1884 / photographer John Paine or Augustine E. Dyer
Taken some time in Nov 1884
State Library of New South Wales collection
Flood, Railway Station, Bourke, 1890
Taken some time in 1890
State Library of New South Wales collection
Unveiling statue of the Rev. John Dunmore Lang at Wynyard Park
Taken some time in 1891
State Library of New South Wales collection
Palace Emporium Bicycle Club. Century riders - Sydney area, NSW, July 1899
Taken some time in Jul 1899
State Library of New South Wales collection
Barker-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. II / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.W. photographed by John Degotardi Jr.
Taken some time in 1900
State Library of New South Wales collection
No. 841 George-street (kitchen) from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. IV / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.W. photographed by John
Taken some time in 1900
State Library of New South Wales collection
Stables in Stephen-street, at rear of No. 26 Wexford-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. II / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A.,
Taken some time in 1900
State Library of New South Wales collection
Waratah Rovers Bicycle Club (WRBC) on tour. Sydney - Campbelltown - Appin - Bulli - South Coast. Photo taken at Picton - Picton, NSW, October 1900
Taken some time in Oct 1900
State Library of New South Wales collection
Waratah Rovers Bicycle Club (WRBC) on tour. Sydney - Campbelltown - Appin - Bulli - South Coast. Photo taken at Picton outside the Royal Hotel - Picton, NSW, October 1900
Taken some time in Oct 1900
State Library of New South Wales collection
Funeral procession near Centennial Park
Taken some time in 1901
State Library of New South Wales collection
Picnic group on Federation Day at Bunker Creek above Whipstick Station, White Cliffs, NSW, 1 January 1901, by an unknown photographer.
Taken 1 Jan 1901
State Library of New South Wales collection
Woman racegoer in large 'picture hat'
Taken some time in 1905
State Library of New South Wales collection
Scone Bicycle Club Road Race - Scone, NSW, 9 June 1906
Taken 9 Jun 1906
State Library of New South Wales collection
Society of Artists' Selection Committee. Group of artists in this image are (l to r) Julian Ashton, Mrs Norman Lindsay, Harry Weston, Will Dyson, Norman Lindsay, young Souter, Sydney [sic] Long & D.H.
Taken some time in 1907
State Library of New South Wales collection
Visit of American Fleet to Sydney : public schools display, Sydney Cricket Ground, 26th Aug, 1908 / photographer G.A. Hills
Taken 26 Aug 1908
State Library of New South Wales collection
Burns-Johnson boxing contest, December 26th 1908 / photographed by Charles Kerry
Taken 26 Dec 1908
State Library of New South Wales collection
On the Merry-go-round at Deepwater Races, 1910, G Robertson-Cunninghame
Taken some time in 1910
State Library of New South Wales collection
Steam tug Pluvius taking passengers who usually travelled by ferry - ferry strike, 1910 on Sydney Harbour from Royal Australian Historical Society : Sydney photographs, ca. 1879-1956
Taken some time in 1910
State Library of New South Wales collection
Floodwaters up to steps of Post Office - Narrabri, NSW, 17 January 1910
Taken 17 Jan 1910
State Library of New South Wales collection
Houdini airborne in his Voisin at Diggers Rest, 1910, by Marcel Poupe
Taken some time in Mar 1910
State Library of New South Wales collection
Kenneth McArthur, who won the marathon race for South Africa, Stockholm, 1912
Taken some time in 1912
State Library of New South Wales collection
Adeline Genee, premiere danseuse, 1913, May Moore
Taken some time in 1913
State Library of New South Wales collection
Spectators on the lawn of Government House view the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, Oct 1913
Taken some time in Oct 1913
State Library of New South Wales collection
"577" (Shaving) [portrait of Henry Charles Marshall]
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of New South Wales collection
Grave of Pte. T. Hardy (B Coy.), Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of New South Wales collection
In the Trenches, Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of New South Wales collection
In the Trenches, Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of New South Wales collection
Rowlands drink stall set up beside the Marked Tree for the Coo-ee recruiting march - Medlow Bath, NSW, c. 1915 by P J Rodgers
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of New South Wales collection
Snapshots on the Beach (Anzac), Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of New South Wales collection
Entrance, opening of the Taronga Zoological Park
Taken some time in 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
North Coasters being sworn in at Port Macquarie Show Ground. World War I recruiting march - Port Macquarie, NSW, January 1916
Taken some time in Jan 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
North Coasters World War I recruiting march - Bellinger River, NSW, January 1916, by JH Howarth
Taken some time in Jan 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
Post Office Tower from Wynyard Street, 1916 / by Sydney Ure Smith
Taken some time in 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
Visitors at the entrance gates, opneing of Taronga Zoological Park
Taken some time in 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
Visitors at the main entrance; Taronga Zoological Park
Taken some time in 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
Parade of "Boomerangs" [recruitment marches, 1915-1916] up Clarinda Street on way to Sydney - Parkes, NSW, 18 January 1916 by CA Watson
Taken 18 Jan 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
March of the North Coasters - Kempsey, NSW, March 1916, by Angus McNeil
Taken some time in Mar 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
Secret Second Army panorama No. 107 made on 24/3/17 ...
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of New South Wales collection
The Orchestra - Barham, NSW, 21 March 1917
Taken 21 Mar 1917
State Library of New South Wales collection
McLaren family picking Christmas Bells at Lime Burners Creek - Port Macquarie, NSW, 2 December 1918, by Harry McLaren
Taken 2 Dec 1918
State Library of New South Wales collection
AIF Rugby Union Team 1919, Farnsworth Davis sporting collection part II
Taken some time in 1919
State Library of New South Wales collection
Women students, Cowra Experiment Farm 1919
Taken some time in 1919
State Library of New South Wales collection
Banjo Paterson's children Grace and Hugh boxing with Christmas present gloves, Sydney, NSW, 1919 / photographer unknown
Taken some time in Dec 1919
State Library of New South Wales collection
Flood - Cootamundra, NSW, 4 December 1919
Taken 4 Dec 1919
State Library of New South Wales collection
Sir Ross Smith arriving at Mascot - Sydney, NSW
Taken 14 Feb 1920
State Library of New South Wales collection
Schoolchildren, Thurgoona Public School, NSW, 22 September 1920
Taken 22 Sep 1920
State Library of New South Wales collection
Pastoral Finance Association building, Kirribilli, North Sydney, c. 1921, Milton Kent, ON 447/Box 123
Taken some time in 1921
State Library of New South Wales collection
Staff outside department store (Emry's) - Deniliquin, NSW, 19 June 1923
Taken 19 Jun 1923
State Library of New South Wales collection
Mitchell Library, Sydney, Dec 1923,by the Daily Mail
Taken some time in Dec 1923
State Library of New South Wales collection
The Picture Gallery, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Dec 1923,by the Daily Mail
Taken some time in Dec 1923
State Library of New South Wales collection
Chinese procession during centenary celebrations - Albury, NSW, 1924 by Elma Adams
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of New South Wales collection
Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, decorated for the visit of the US Fleet, July-August 1925 / photographer unknown
Taken some time in 1925
State Library of New South Wales collection
Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading Sid Nicholl's Fashion-plate Fanny in the children's section of The Sun newspaper with a small boy at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, January 1925 / Sam Hoo
Taken some time in Jan 1925
State Library of New South Wales collection
Bunch of waratahs, 1925 / Government Printing Office
Taken some time in Oct 1925
State Library of New South Wales collection
Pavlova ballet tour of Australia, 1926 / Wentzel collection
Taken some time in 1926
State Library of New South Wales collection
Ballerina Anna Pavlova arrives, Central Station, Sydney, April 1926 / by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1926
State Library of New South Wales collection
Vincent P. Taylor [in inflatable rubber suit] floating on San Francisco Bay, Sept. 29th, 1926 / Taylor Family photographs
Taken 29 Sep 1926
State Library of New South Wales collection
Duchess of York, Government House, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
Duke and Duchess of York arrive at Farm Cove, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
New gas-masks for the NSW Fire Brigade, Castlereagh Street headquarters, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
Politicians lolling on the grass at Canberra [i.e. Lanyon House], 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
Smiling Duke and Duchess of York cheered by crowds at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
The Duke of York, in captain's uniform, meets decorated officer of the Flying Corps, Geoffrey F. Hughes, Government House, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
Two of the first female men's barbers, Miss Dolly House and her sister, c.1927 / photographed by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
Man surveys his vegetable garden in the Narrabeen flood, April 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
Narrabeen flooding; duck-boards for access, April 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
HRH Duke and Duchess of York on dais of Parliament House, Canberra, 9 May 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in May 1927
State Library of New South Wales collection
Naval League cadets in uniform march to Hoyts De Luxe Cinema, George Street, Sydney for the film "Nelson", 6 August 1928 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 4 Aug 1928
State Library of New South Wales collection
Beryl Evetts and the Syd Roy Lyricals Dance Band at Mrs. McLurcan's Wentworth Hotel, February 1929, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1929
State Library of New South Wales collection
Anna Pavlova on board ship, Australian tour, 1929 / unknown photographer
Taken some time in Apr 1929
State Library of New South Wales collection
Amy Johnson motorcade in Sydney, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection