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!
Bridge and Bradfield Park from Milsons Point, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Carriageway electrical wiring on the Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Cleaning the granite pylons on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Installing electric cables on Harbour Bridge looking, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Installing overhead wiring on Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Laying the railway tracks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Newly laid roadway on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Northern abutment tower of the Harbour Bridge looking south, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Northern abutment tower of the Harbour Bridge looking, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Photographer perched on ironwork of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Roadway and walkways of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in Jan 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
South end of the arch Sydney Harbour Bridge looking west, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Steam train on south west track of Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Stress testing on northern approach to Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Structure used to support cables for Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
The middle of the Sydney Harbour Bridge looking north, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Two women and a child on the walkway of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
View from the steel arch of the Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Workers cleaning granite pylons on the Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Workers cleaning the pylons of the Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Workers on the south-western pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Workers on the south-western pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Workmen attaching the supports to a pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Southern pylon of the Harbour Bridge being washed, 1932
Taken some time in Feb 1932
Powerhouse Museum Collection