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!
La Rochelle: boats in the harbour by the Tour de la Chaîne. Oil painting. The view is taken from the west side of the harbour entrance (left) looking along the town wall towards the spire of the Tour de la Lanterne.
1926
National Maritime Museum
La Rochelle: fishing boats in the harbour entrance under the Tour Saint-Nicolas. Oil painting
1926
National Maritime Museum
La Rochelle: sailing vessels leaving the harbour. Oil painting. A boat with a red sail has just passed out through the fortified entrane, with the Tour Saint-Nicolas on the left and the round Tour de la Chaîne on the other side: the fishing boat wit
1926
National Maritime Museum
La Rochelle: study of figures on the quay of the outer harbour in front of the Tour de la Chaîne and Tour Saint-Nicolas. Oil painting. Everett's viewpoint is from the quay of the outer harbour, on land reclaimed from marshes opposite the entra
1926
National Maritime Museum