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 Bear in a Cabbage Palm Hammock," from "Scenes of the Everglades" by Homer Augustus Brinkley (1928)
Taken some time in 1928
State Library and Archives of Florida
"Seeking a New Home," from "Scenes of the Everglades" by Homer Augustus Brinkley (1928)
Taken some time in 1928
State Library and Archives of Florida
"The Buffalo Dance," from "Scenes of the Everglades" by Homer Augustus Brinkley (1928)
Taken some time in 1928
State Library and Archives of Florida
"The Old Farmstead" in Valbo, Gästrikland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
"The old pharmacy" and Brun's house in Hudiksvall, Hälsingland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
A wintry walk in Humlegården Park, Stockholm, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Akseli and Jorma Gallen-Kallela with an unknown mason making the Kalevala cupola frescoes in the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
The Gallen-Kallela Museum
Akseli Gallen-Kallela sitting on a painter´s scaffolding in front of his cupola fresco Ilmarinen Ploughing the Viper-field in the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
The Gallen-Kallela Museum
Akseli Gallen-Kallela standing in front of his cupola fresco The Defence of the Sampo in the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
The Gallen-Kallela Museum
Akseli Gallen-Kallela with models and sketches of the Kalevala cupola frescoes in the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
The Gallen-Kallela Museum
Archaeologists at a boat grave in Tuna, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Archaeologists at a find in Tuna, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Archaeologists at work in Tuna, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Archaeologists on their way to Edsviken, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Automotive garage, demolished by the hurricane of 1928: Belle Glade, Florida
Taken some time in 1928
State Library and Archives of Florida
Beach scene at Coolangatta, Gold Coast, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bert Hinkler and his family Bundaberg Queensland 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bert Hinkler's Avro Avian aeroplane paraded in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bert Hinkler's mother, Frances Atkins Hinkler, and grandfather, 1928?.
Taken some time in 1928
National Library of Australia Commons
Children on the verandah of a cottage in Pialba
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children riding a horse to school, Glass House Mountains
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children's theatre production at the Hellenic Club, Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Christmas picnic at Collie, Western Australia, [1]
Taken some time in 1928
National Library of Australia Commons
Clarence Chamberlin at Cowan's Beach Airport. Daytona Beach, Florida
Taken some time in 1928
State Library and Archives of Florida
Construction of main platform to the southern approach of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Construction of main platform to the southern approach of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Crowds in Brisbane to see Bert Hinkler's Avro Avian, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Day trippers on the boat Alert enjoying a cruise on the Brisbane River, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
English cricket team at the test match held in Brisbane
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Entrance Grill, Willard Straight Hall (Cornell University)
Taken some time in 1928
Cornell University Library
Erection of girders on the southern platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Erection of metal formwork on the southern platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Florida State College for Women (FSCW) baseball team: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken some time in 1928
State Library and Archives of Florida
Franklin Villa, a residence with distinctive decorations in Highgate Hill, Brisbane
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
From the northern abutment of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Garden of the old superintendant house, St. Helena, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Guided tour at Alvastra pile-dwelling, Östergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Handicraft shop in Salvation Army building, Vadstena, Östergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Herbert electors vote Labor 1 G. W. Martens election day, Nov. 17
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
HMAS ALBATROSS and sloops at Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in 1928
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Hydroglider outside the Harkness & Hillier factory, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Karl Johan Björn, Hammarn, Västmanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Laheys Lookout tower at Tamborine Mountain
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Man taking a break during an excavation, Edsviken, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Mercy Flight returns to Edmonton greeted by a crowd of 10,000
Taken some time in Jan 1928
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Mercy Flight: Wop May and Vic Horner off to Fort Vermilion with diptheria antitoxin.
Taken some time in Jan 1928
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Milsons Point cable tunnel, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Motor vehicle parked in the street outside a house in Chermside, ca. 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nürnberger Burg (Kaiserburg), Nürnberg, Germany
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Northern abutment for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Nyköping Castle, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
People at a prehistoric grave, Edsviken, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Photogaphy at Alvastra pile-dwelling, Östergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Photograph of National Archives Building Site, Center Market at 7th Street and Pennsylvania, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
The U.S. National Archives
Polly?, with parasol, Hill Street, Bayswater, Western Australia
Taken some time in 1928
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and T.H. McWilliam at beer garden, Great Pacific Hotel, Suva, 1928?
Taken some time in 1928
National Library of Australia Commons
Pouring concrete on the southern platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Runic inscription "The Sigurd Carving", Mora, Jäder, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Runic inscription from 1873, Brantevik, Skåne, Sweden
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
School children learning to dance, Longreach, Queensland, ca. 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Singers Mr Vernon Sellars and Miss Patsie/ Patsy Hill
Taken some time in Jan 1928
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Southern approach platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Southport Esplanade looking from the pier, ca. 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
St. Maria Magdalena church in Münnerstadt, Germany
Taken some time in 1928
Swedish National Heritage Board
Studies for the Kalevala frescoes ready to be transported from Tarvaspää to the National Museum of Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela with another man by the car, 1928. Print 1 of the picture 2.
Taken some time in 1928
The Gallen-Kallela Museum
Swimming Pool on Quay Street Bundaberg ca. 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
The Kalevala cupola frescoes of Akseli Gallen-Kallela in the making at the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
The Gallen-Kallela Museum