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!
"Aurora's wedding" with Tamara Toumanova, Michael Panaieff, Anton Vlassoff and Oleg Tupine, 1940.
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Billy Day, 8 or 9 years old, doing a flying jump turn
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Concert at Australia House [showing] Mr and Mrs Stanley Bruce
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Dimitri Rostoff as Malatesta and Lubov Tchernicheva in Francesca da Rimini as Francesca, [1].
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Oleg Tupine, Original Ballet Russe, 1939-1940 / E.A. Rowell
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn, Facade / Anthony
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Tamara Grigorieva and Irina Zarova in Pavane, with Georges Skibine and Nicolas Ivangin, Original Ballet Russe Australian tour, 1940.
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons