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 skilled worker at T.C. Wheaton grinding glass stoppers for glass bottles, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
A very old independent paper mill, wood pulp, not rags, continuing site and ownership in relatively straight line, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
A view of back yards of Whitall Tatum Company houses looking toward Whitall Tatum upper plant, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
A.10 locomotive on display for the Railway Pageant at Ipswich, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Air rodder - chair leg - showing machine and man in operation, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Applying edge to chair - ready sewed which is not made in this plant - formerly hand made, now by machine, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Asbjörnsen og Moe: Samlede eventyr. Norske kunstneres billedutgave
Taken some time in 1936
National Library of Norway
Automatic stroke (HGS) - sander - showing man in process, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Baker-Haigh-Nimocks house, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (LOC)
Taken some time in 1936
The Library of Congress
Basilica of Notre-Dame in Fribourg, Switzerland
Taken some time in 1936
Swedish National Heritage Board
Bedroom and living-room in company-owned home of workers in Highland Cotton Mills, High Point, North Carolina. This is one of the best there, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Bedroom and living-room in company-owned home of workers in Highland Cotton Mills, High Point, North Carolina. This is one of the best there, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Better class farm on Harrisburg Pike showing barn and tobacco shed, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Botanical Gardens, Government House, Melbourne 1936
Taken some time in 1936
Royal Australian Historical Society
Cloth cutter - cutting cloth in pattern to fit every need, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Corner of the Western Dress Factory, a dress shop making house dresses wholesale. The poor light and working conditions may be noted, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Decorative nail trim. Brass rails applied to give a special trim, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California (LOC)
Taken some time in 1936
The Library of Congress
Each girl tends a number of machines. This photograph shows a Mennonite working on of them, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Ebba Haslund som student i Oxford, 1936 / Ebba Haslund as a student in Oxford, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
National Library of Norway
Entrance to moderate sized farm near Rocky Springs, Lampeter Road, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Examining and picking. The fabric is rolled from the lower beam over this board and on to the beam in front of the operator, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Executives watch women AWA factory workers making radio valves, 1936, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1936
State Library of New South Wales collection
Farm on Lititz Pike - four miles from Lancaster, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Floral Clock - Taronga Park Zoo 1, Sydney 1936
Taken some time in 1936
Royal Australian Historical Society
Full crowd in attendance at the first Test, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Bradman and Fingleton batting, 1936/37 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of Australia
Taken some time in 1936
National Library of Australia Commons
Galt Miners baseball team, Senior champions of 1936, Lethbridge, Alberta
Taken some time in 1936
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Garden elevation of E. H. Pratten Esq. residence
Taken some time in 1936
National Library of Australia Commons
General view of company-owned mill village - Highland Yarn Mills - High Point, North Carolina, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
General view of company-owned mill village - Highland Yarn Mills - High Point, North Carolina, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Grinding knives on the top ground - heads moulder, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch . Operation - tapping dial foot - simple operation for threading holes in parts, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Damaskeening - skilled machine operation for putting finishing lines on plates and bridges. A piece of charred ivory is drawn across the plate at proper speed, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Damaskeening - skilled machine operation for putting finishing lines on plates and bridges. A piece of charred ivory is drawn across the plate at proper speed, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Operation - adjusting watches for position - highly skilled mechanical operation, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Operation - burring - skilled inspection work, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Operation - click - simple machine operation for removing excess material from parts, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Operation - putting in balance screws - semi-skilled - an operation by which small screws are placed in the rim of the balance wheel, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Operation - putting in pallet arbor - a semi-skilled hand operation by which arbors are placed into pallet, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Operation - putting in pallet stones - semi-skilled operation, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Operation - rectifying wheels - semi-skilled machine operation by which any inaccuracies in a wheel are corrected, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Operation - shaving dial blank - simple machine operation. Note two safety devices on machine, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton Watch. Turret head operation - semi-skilled machine operation by which drilling, counter-sinking, facing and sharpening of parts is accomplished, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hand carver - chair leg. Man has been in this business about 40 years; started at 19 years of age, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Hand carver - closeup with man actually in process (buffet post), 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Helen Twelvetrees and her son Jack Woody, Sydney, 1936 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1936
State Library of New South Wales collection
Homes of furniture workers in High Point - Owned by a real estate company, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Homes of furniture workers in the same district often vary greatly - note difference on same street - High Point, North Carolina, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Homes of highly skilled furniture workers - High Point, North Carolina, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Homes of linoleum workers near plant (plant in distance) - rental $22.00 - $25.00, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Homes of skilled furniture workers in Tomlinson Chair Mfg. Company, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Homes of skilled furniture workers in Tomlinson Chair Mfg. Company, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Houses erected by Hamilton Development Company to be sold to their workers, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Houses near Hamilton Watch Company - probably inhabited by minor administratives, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Houses near Hamilton Watch Company - probably inhabited by minor administratives, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Identified! [Underwater breathing devices: "Dräger Gegenlunge" (left), "Momseng Lung" (center), and "Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus" (right)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1936
The Library of Congress
Junkies breaking up old looms, to be sold for scrap-iron and said to be sent to Japan for munitions, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Large Rock Cod caught at the White Patch, Bribie Island, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Latin band greeting visitor: Miami, Florida
Taken some time in 1936
State Library and Archives of Florida
Low rental houses near linoleum plant - rental $18.00 - $20.00, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives