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).
Amusing themselves while waiting for morning papers. New York, February 1908
Taken some time in Feb 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Getting working papers. New York, February 1908
Taken some time in Feb 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from James W. Houston and Others Supporting Child Labor Bill for District of Columbia, 04/14/1908
Taken 14 Apr 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Godfrey Cabot Regarding Child Labor, 05/13/1908
Taken 13 May 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A typical glass works boy, night shift. Said he was 16 years old, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A.D.T. Messenger Boy. 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Cigar factory. Boys in foreground. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Greel's Shoe-Shining Parlor. Said he was 15 years old. Works some nights until 11 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Night shift, A.D.T. Messengers, 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at cotton mill. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour, Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Putting bottles into the Annealing Oven. 1 A.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Radishes! Penny a bunch! Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M., August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
These checks cost at the rate of one-half the selling price of the newspaper and are exchanged at another window for the number of papers they call for, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
"Radishes! Penny a bunch!" Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M. Cincinnati, OH, 08/22/1908
Taken 22 Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Boy running trip rope at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 years old. Works 10 hours a day, September 1908
Taken some time in Sep 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A basket factory. Girls making melon baskets. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Boys in packing room, Brown Mfg. Co. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Carrying-in-boy- at the Lehr (15 years old). Has worked for several years. Works nine hours. Day shift one week, night shift next week. Gets $1.25 per day, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Glass blower and mold boy. Boy has 4 1/2 hours of this at a stretch; then an hour's rest and 4 1/2 more: cramped position. Day shift one week: night shift next, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Girls at weaving machines; warpers. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Teaching the young idea. The boss (who began at 10 years of age, and has been at it for 30 years) showing a beginner (who is apparently 9 or 10), October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Union Stopper Co. Plenty of small boys here. The one boy by the machine is a catching-up-boy. He seemed about 10 yeas old, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A doffer in Lincolnton Mill. Lincolnton, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A few of the workers in Cherryville Mfg. Co. Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A moments glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Boy from Loray Mill. "Been at it right smart two years." Gastonia, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Boy with coat in hand is 11 years old. Been there 9 months, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Cherryville Graded School. These are the children in the town who attend school, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Father said, the little one is a cracker-jack on spinnin', at least so the boss says. She ain't satisfied unless in the mill. The oldest one isn't so good at it, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Golla Chambers, 12 years old, been in mill 3 years, spinning 2 years, weave 1 year. Other sisters spinners. Gastonia, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Group of boys working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Smallest boy in middle said he has been in the mill off and on for 5 years, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
One of the doffers in Vivian Cotton Mills. Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in 10 years? Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Springstein Mill. John Lewis (boy with hat), 12 years old, 1 year in mill, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Rhodes Mfg. Co. Spinner. A moments glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year. Lincolnton, N.C., 11/11/1908
Taken 11 Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A few of the doffers and sweepers in the Mollahan Mills. Newberry, S.C., December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A few of the employees in the Clinton Mills, going home from work. Many others as small were in evidence, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Another of the many small children working in Mollahan Mills, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills. Salisbury, N.C., December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Hattie Hunter, spinner in the Lancaster Cotton Mills. Gets 50 cents a day, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many others as small, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
She was working steadily whe the investigator found her. The mills seem full of youngsters who just happened in or are helping sister, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Smallest girl - Corrine Goud, runs 3 and 4 sides. Been in mill 3 years. Oldest sister said she goes to school, but couldn't spell her own name, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Soarbar Seris has worked off and on in the mill for 5 years. Winds. Gets 70 cents and up. "Reckon I'm about 14." Didn't look it, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Some of the doffers and the Supt. Ten small boys and girls about this size out of a force of 40 employees. Catawba Cotton Mill, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Sweeper and doffer boys in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Many more as small, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives
This shows the number of small children on the day shift. Nearly as many small ones on night shift. This is a new up to date mill, December 1908
Taken some time in Dec 1908
The U.S. National Archives