This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. 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
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 code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Soldiers watching a boxing match at the New Zealand Divisional Sports, Authie, 27 June 1918
Taken 27 Jun 1918
National Library NZ on The Commons
Wood chopping competition at New Zealand Base Depot Sports, Etaples, 3 August 1918
Taken 3 Aug 1918
National Library NZ on The Commons
An armed forces band and soldiers marching in London at the end of World War I, 1918
Taken some time in Nov 1918
National Library NZ on The Commons
Crowd scene at Ludgate Circus, London, after World War I, 1918
Taken some time in Nov 1918
National Library NZ on The Commons
New Zealand soldiers and civilians in London at the end of World War I, 1918
Taken some time in Nov 1918
National Library NZ on The Commons