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).
American G.I.s on the back of a Castlemaine Brewery truck in Charlotte Street, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark Muller outside Somerville House in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark Muller poses with a koala during WWII, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark Muller with G.I.s in Charlotte Street, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark Muller with signal officer Lieutenant Bob Firclock outside Somerville House in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark T. Muller, assistant signal officer, behind his desk in Somerville House, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Basic and Advanced Flying School for Negro Air Corps Cadets, Tuskegee, Alabama
Taken some time in Jan 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Captain Robert D. Regnier, comcentre officer in the AMP building, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children on a swing in front of house in Stockholm 1942
Taken some time in 1942
Stockholm Transport Museum Commons
Daphne Irene Nixon with bridesmaid Edith Isabella Brown on her wedding day, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dawn of El Alamein Battle, tanks waiting to advance
Taken some time in 1942
National Library of Australia Commons
Drovers, Roseneath sheep station, Tenterfield, 1942 / unknown photographer for Walkabout magazine
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of New South Wales collection
First Lieutenant Boyd D. 'Buzz' Wagner and Lieutenant Mark Muller in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Jessica Rowe and Lisle Rowe on their wedding day, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
Australian War Memorial collection
John M. Gonatos in his curio shop with assistant Niki Vasilikis: Tarpon Springs, Florida
Taken some time in 1942
State Library and Archives of Florida
Leonard "Butch" Levy in his Navy uniform
Taken some time in 1942
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Lieutenant Mark Muller in an air-raid shelter, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Musicians performing at the Twilight Club on Barrancas Avenue: Pensacola, Florida
Taken some time in 1942
State Library and Archives of Florida
Northeastern View of the District of Columbia from the Washington Monument
Taken some time in 1942
Cornell University Library
Northern View of the District of Columbia from the Washington Monument
Taken some time in 1942
Cornell University Library
Official opening of the American Red Cross Services Club, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
People dancing at the first night at the Dugout, a dancehall in Melbourne, ca. 1942
Taken some time in 1942
National Library of Australia Commons
Photograph of Dr. Carl. Lokke and Alton R. Wright in Central Search Room
Taken some time in 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Entrance at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Serving tea at the community kitchen at Bardon, October 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Sign at scrap yard urging scrap donations for war effort
Taken some time in 1942
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Signal office staff at base section number 3 headquarters at Somerville House in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Soldiers filling a truck with petrol, south east Queensland, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Southern View of the District of Columbia from the Washington Monument
Taken some time in 1942
Cornell University Library
Southwestern View of the District of Columbia from the Washington Monument
Taken some time in 1942
Cornell University Library
Southwestern View of the District of Columbia from the Washington Monument
Taken some time in 1942
Cornell University Library
State Insurance building on the corner of Stout Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington, ca 1942
Taken some time in 1942
National Library NZ on The Commons
Teletype operator, Olga Honey, with assistant signal officer American Lieutenant Mark Muller outside Somerville House in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
U.S. army soldier at a camp under construction, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View of the District of Columbia from Washington Monument (After)
Taken some time in 1942
Cornell University Library
View of the District of Columbia from Washington Monument (Before)
Taken some time in 1942
Cornell University Library
War correspondent Earl Crotchett on crutches on the steps of a hotel in Townsville, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Western View of the District of Columbia from the Washington Monument
Taken some time in 1942
Cornell University Library
Witnesses in a stabbing incident in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Womens Rest Room City Hall, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
[Portrait of Tommy Myles and Tommy Potter, ca. Mar. 1942] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1942
The Library of Congress
Three channel microphone amplifier Olympia 40/3 made in Yle's workshop. Combined portable amplifier and 3-circuit mixer. Originally a series was built in 1939 for the Olympic games (1940?).
Taken 1 Feb 1942
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
American servicemen relaxing on deck on a convoy ship bound for Australia
Taken some time in Mar 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Photograph of Transcription of Attack on Pearl Harbor Being Presented to Second Archivist of the United States Dr. Solon J. Buck, 1942
Taken 12 Mar 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Salvation Army, Newtown, 15 March 1942, by Sam Hood
Taken 15 Mar 1942
State Library of New South Wales collection
American troops enroute to Australia on board troop ships, April 1942
Taken some time in Apr 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Portrait of Ringling Circus choreographer George Balanchine: Sarasota, Florida
Taken some time in Apr 1942
State Library and Archives of Florida
San Francisco, California. The family unit in kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. 04/06/1942
Taken 6 Apr 1942
The U.S. National Archives
San Francisco, California. Dwelling is being vacated in the Japanese section near Post Street . . ., 04/07/1942
Taken 7 Apr 1942
The U.S. National Archives
San Francisco, California. Evacuees of Japanese descent among a contingent of 664, first to be removed from San Francisco, 04/16/1942
Taken 16 Apr 1942
The U.S. National Archives
San Francisco, California. Inhabitants of the Japanese section wave farwell at the departure of the . . ., 04/19/1942
Taken 19 Apr 1942
The U.S. National Archives
San Francisco, California. Flag of allegiance pledge at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buch . . ., 04/20/1942
Taken 20 Apr 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Oakland, California. Arranging flowers for alter on last day of service at Japanese Independent Con . . ., 04/26/1942
Taken 26 Apr 1942
The U.S. National Archives
San Lorenzo, California. Farm laborer with his little son a few days prior to evacuation from this . . ., 05/05/1942
Taken 5 May 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Two Children of the Mochida Family, with Their Parents, Awaiting Evacuation Bus
Taken 8 May 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Centerville, California. Grandmother of farm family awaits evacuation bus. Evacuees of Japanese an . . ., 05/09/1942
Taken 9 May 1942
The U.S. National Archives
44. Looking to the Monument, Albury NSW, c.1948
Taken some time in Jun 1942
Royal Australian Historical Society
A Member of the Washington, D. C. Boys Club Wheels in a Load of Old Sneakers and Arctics to Add to the Nation's Scrap Rubber Collection. ca. 06/1942
Taken some time in Jun 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Butchers Will Pay Householders for the Fat and Sell It to Rendering Plants Where It Will Be Processed Into Ammunition for America's Fighting Men. ca. 06/1942
Taken some time in Jun 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Official Logbook of St. George Island, 06/16/1942 - 06/29/1942
Taken 29 Jun 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Collas D. Harris Examining a Picture of the Federal Triangle Area of Washington DC
Taken 27 Jul 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Laminating Press in the Repair and Preservation Division, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Mrs. Adelaide Minogue Checking Humidity Recorder in Stacks, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Rehabilitation of Records in Repair and Preservation Division, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives