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).
"Hidden Home" Ithaca, NY, designed by Helen Binkerd Young, graduate of Cornell's architecture program ...
Taken some time in 1921
Cornell University Library
"Hidden Home" Ithaca, NY, designed by Helen Binkerd Young, graduate of Cornell's architecture program ...
Taken some time in 1921
Cornell University Library
Cattle taking part in the Grand Parade at the Exhibition, Brisbane, 1921
Taken some time in 1921
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Cricket players and supporters arrive in Boulia, 1921
Taken some time in 1921
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dáil Éireann meeting in the Mansion House, August, 1921
Taken some time in 1921
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Fred L. Bridge with his kitten in Dade City
Taken some time in 1921
State Library and Archives of Florida
Interior, Central Staircase Renovation, Old Stone Capitol Building
Taken some time in 1921
Cornell University Library
Moa Island [woman sitting on mat making lace] Frank Hurley
Taken some time in 1921
National Library of Australia Commons
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
Pearl diver collecting shells from the beds of Torres Strait, Queensland / Frank Hurley
Taken some time in 1921
National Library of Australia Commons
Tank pulling three ton Military truck from the banks of the Liffey
Taken some time in 1921
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Unidentified woman standing next to an automobile parked along the bay: Coral Gables, Florida
Taken some time in 1921
State Library and Archives of Florida
View of exterior dwelling, GSDA Dwelling no. 2, 140 Edinburgh Road, Lot 19, Castlecrag, 1921, [2]
Taken some time in 1921
National Library of Australia Commons
["Barberrys," Nelson Doubleday house, Mill Neck, New York. (LOC)
Taken some time in 1921
The Library of Congress
Warren G. Harding playing golf: Miami Beach, Florida
Taken 29 Jan 1921
State Library and Archives of Florida
"On march to Belotte", Geneva, Switzerland
Taken some time in Feb 1921
Swedish National Heritage Board
Taking pictures at Salève Mountain, France
Taken some time in Feb 1921
Swedish National Heritage Board
Prickly pear over 20 feet high in the Gogango Range Central Queensland 1921
Taken 19 Feb 1921
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Thos Whelan + Patrick Moran? March 1921
Taken some time in Mar 1921
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Chared [sic] Negro - Killed in Tulsa Riot, 6-1-1921
Taken 1 Jun 1921
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Truck Being Used to Gather up Colored Victims - During Tulsa Race Riot, 6-1-21
Taken 1 Jun 1921
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Not an Irish Civil War Prayer Vigil after all!
Taken 14 Jul 1921
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
"Downing Street? Treaty Negotiations?" is at least half-wrong
Taken 17 Aug 1921
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Olympia Motor Show, King Edward Barracks, Christchurch, November 1921
Taken some time in Nov 1921
National Library NZ on The Commons
Mr John Roche (left), Mr F. J. S. Young (right) and an unidentified man onboard NAMOI, Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Dec 1921
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons