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).
A little spinner in a Georgia Cotton Mill, January 1909
Taken some time in Jan 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Agriculture Building showing the Canadian Pacific Railway exhibit with employees
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Akseli and Jorma Gallen-Kallela coming from a gazelle hunting trip in Africa, 1909; print 2 of the picture.
Taken some time in 1909
The Gallen-Kallela Museum
Centralteatret "Manden med de 3 Koner". Frk. Schytte, Fruerne Skarseth & Steen, Hr. Hedemark
Taken some time in 1909
National Library of Norway
Clara Webster Swan at the age of 18, 1909
Taken some time in 1909
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Elegantly dressed ladies and small child watching Winstead Falls flowing through granite rocks north of Stanthorpe, 1909
Taken some time in 1909
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Fodboldmatch. Indledningskamp for Grenlands Kreds om Norgesmesterskabet i 1909 afholdes paa Odd’s Sportsplads førstk. Fredag, 30. Juli, Kl. 7.45 Aften mellem Odd’s Boldklub’s 1ste Hold og Boldk
Taken some time in 1909
National Library of Norway
Lotte Buxhövden sülekoeraga / Lotte Buxhövden with Lapdog
Taken some time in 1909
National Archives of Estonia
Max and Fannie Shifrin with Chinese servant, Harbin, China
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in front of the Official Photographers Building
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Portrett av Kronprins Olav / Crown Prince Olav, 1909
Taken some time in 1909
National Library of Norway
Queen Alexandra Bridge, Sunderland nearing completion
Taken some time in 1909
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Streetcar carrying Scandia Club members during Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
[William Jennings Bryan with Group of Men and Women at Waxahachie Railroad Station, Waxahachie, Texas]
Taken some time in 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Unusual number of centenary celebrations of great men this year (LOC)
Taken 3 Jan 1909
The Library of Congress
12 year old Newsboy. Hyman Alpert, been selling three years. Spends evenings in Boys Club. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Bowling Alley boys. Many of these work until late at night. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Flashlight photo of messengers absorbed in their usual game of poker in the Den of the terrible nine, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Hartford newsboys and girls. Girl in middle, Nellie, is 9 years old. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Joseph Harris, a 9 year old newsboy. Been selling 1 1/2 years. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Smallest boy, 10 years old, been at it a year and a half. Sells until 6 or 7 P.M. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Sunday noon. Some of the newsboys returning Sunday papers. Many of them had been out since 5 and 6 A.M. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Waiting for their papers. 3 of these were 8 years old. Some were 9 years old. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
A common case of "team work." Smaller boy, Joseph Bishop, goes into saloons and sells his last paper...
Taken 4 Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President William H. Taft nominating Knox to be Secretary of State, 03/05/1909
Taken 5 Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
A Polish boy, Willie, who was taking his noon rest in a doffer box. Anthony, R.I, April 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Concours des chapeaux, grande terrasse, Monte-Carlo, avril 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Concours des chapeaux, grande terrasse, Monte-Carlo, avril 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Flight of Lloyd C. Griscom's and Wilbur Wright
Taken some time in Apr 1909
State Library and Archives of Florida
Foule au concours des chapeaux, la grande terrasse, Monte-Carlo, avril 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
John Dempsey, looked 11 or 12 years old. Said he only helped on Saturdays, April 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour, Goodall Worsted Co. These are not the youngest. Young girls too. Sanford, Me, April 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Steam ship Mararoa in Akaroa Harbour, April 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
National Library NZ on The Commons
Takeoff for Lloyd C. Griscom's ascent with Wilbur Wright
Taken some time in Apr 1909
State Library and Archives of Florida
Photograph of the Robert Peary Sledge Party Posing with Flags at the North Pole, 04/07/1909
Taken 7 Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Ladies' class of the Bundaberg Gymnasium, 1909
Taken 10 Apr 1909
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Lateral work on east side of main arroyo near head.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Looking down Culebra-Eastdale Ditch from point on rock cliff just below diversion.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Triangular tower for operating gates at Eastdale Dam No. 2.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
John Burroughs, guided by John Muir, sees in reality the dream of forty years (LOC)
Taken 11 Apr 1909
The Library of Congress
La flotte : bateau amiral Italien, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 26 avril 1909
Taken 26 Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Sentier au-dessus de la gare, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 26 avril 1909
Taken 26 Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Caroline et Marguerite sur le parvis de l'église Sainte-Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Caroline et Marguerite sur le parvis de l'église Sainte-Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Entrée du port, vue de ma fenêtre, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Entrée du port, vue de ma fenêtre, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Going to work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Marguerite D. descendant l'escalier, près de l'église Sainte- Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Mule spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill. Left hand - Leopold Daigneau, Arsene Lussier, Back roping boys. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at the Queen City Mill. About a dozen small boys like the smallest here. Names of small ones are Dorio Charptier, Arthur Tessier. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Only a few young girls work in the Chace Cotton Mill. In front row are Anna Grenier, 2 years in the mill, Agnes Fountain. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Small girls working in Great Falls Mfg. Co. Many others there, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Some of the girls who work in Amoskeag Mills. Manchester, N.H., May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
The smallest boy does not work in the mill. The rest do, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Vue du musée océanographique surplombant la mer, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse