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!
A hunter and his dog quail hunting: De Funiak Springs, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Barbecue at the first general meeting of the Florida Restaurant Association: Gainesville, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Bobby Boulter during the trick riding exhibit: Lakeland, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Couple at the Gasparilla coronation ball - Tampa
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Interior of the gallery at Fort Barrancas: Pensacola, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Jerry Farnsworth painting a portrait of Mrs. Ben Stahl: Sarasota, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Jimmy Wakely and his Saddle Pals - Lakeland
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
John F. Tenney supervises a conveyor belt of potatoes: Hastings, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Little girls modeling clothes: Tampa, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Lynn Rani modeling at the Miami Fashion Council show: Marineland, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Lynn Rani modeling for the Miami fashion council show - Marineland
Taken some time in Jan 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Men on the "Nor'easter" sailboat in Jacksonville
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Models at the Miami fashion council show - Marineland
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Oscar Osteen barbecues 5,000 pounds of beef: Fort Pierce, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Pilot boat docked near the phosphate elevator: Boca Grande, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Ray Daniels carrying a basket of cucumbers - Ruskin
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Riverside Presbyterian Church: Jacksonville, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Rodeo photographer Ralph Doubleday and his camera: Lakeland, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Shirley Gatewood performs in the rodeo with her horse: Lakeland, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Shirley Gatewood performs with her horse - Lakeland
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Sunny Hours Beach School - Saint Petersburg
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
The Florida Power and Light plant - Riviera Beach
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Two women weighing and sorting cabbages at the Beach & Parker Farm: Elkton, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Ringling Circus clown Emmett Kelly: Sarasota, Florida
Taken 21 Mar 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
A mill worker watches over the loading of powder fine phosphate: Mulberry, Florida
Taken some time in Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Bird's-eye view showing phosphate being shipped by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad to the International Minerals Corporation
Taken some time in Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Epitaphios being carried during a Good Friday service at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tarpon Springs, Florida
Taken some time in Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Mabel Ringling (later Anderson) in riding clothes: Sarasota, Florida
Taken 2 Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Louis and Michael Pappas preparing Greek salad at Riverside Cafe in Tarpon Springs, Florida
Taken 12 Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Egg cracking tradition: Tarpon Springs, Florida
Taken 13 Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Potato queen, Peggy Davis, standing by sacks of potatoes - Hastings
Taken some time in May 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Terra Ceia Island Farms gladiolus being loaded onto a U.S. Airlines plane at the Sarasota Airport
Taken 8 May 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Unidentified woman holding gladiolus at Terra Ceia Island Farms, Florida
Taken 8 May 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Future Farmers of America packing tomatoes: Palmetto, Florida
Taken 21 May 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Future Farmers of America picking tomatoes: Palmetto, Florida
Taken 21 May 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Laurence A. Kavanaugh at the Ringling Art School: Sarasota, Florida
Taken 21 May 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Roy Beckman and his painting equipment by the lake: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken 23 May 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Johnny Suggs and Rogers Goolsby sitting in a watermelon field - Oxford
Taken 19 Jun 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Mannequin head, recovered at sea, and sponges in a curio shop: Tarpon Springs, Florida
Taken 26 Jun 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
8-month-old Mary Odum eating off floor at dedication barbecue: Jasper, Florida
Taken some time in Jul 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Tobacco farmers families eating barbecue at dedication of new warehouses: Jasper, Florida
Taken some time in Jul 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Martha Louise Park proudly displaying her hammerhead catch - Jacksonville
Taken 9 Jul 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Dorcas Beckley posing in front of the Three Friends steamboat wheelhouse - Jacksonville
Taken 15 Jul 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Nat Dobson's fish store displays Florida mullet filets, calling them "Truman Turkey": Jacksonville, Florida
Taken some time in Oct 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Unloading sugarcane on field truck at field loading station - Clewiston
Taken 12 Oct 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Florida A&M vs. Morris Brown football game: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken 18 Oct 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Football captains from Florida State University and Stetson University meet on the football field: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken 18 Oct 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Ethel Mae Allen beside the new Underwater Theatre - Weeki Wachee Spring
Taken 2 Nov 1947
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Young women on the diving board at the Tides Hotel - Saint Petersburg
Taken 16 Nov 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Raising the big tent for the final show of the season: Sarasota, Florida
Taken 23 Nov 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Mirta Perez and Angie Valdez working on cigar packaging process: Tampa, Florida
Taken 24 Nov 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Letters to Santa Claus: Christmas, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Lewis and Stanley Yates give Santa a helping hand - Christmas, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Lewis Yates and Santa Claus: Christmas, Florida (1947)
Taken some time in Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Marion Stockton and Santa Claus: Christmas, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Mrs. Juanita Elisabeth Smith Tucker sorting letters to Santa: Christmas, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Santa Claus readings letters: Christmas, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Young women reading aboard the shantyboat Lazy Bones
Taken some time in Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Florida Governor Millard Caldwell laughing with Harold Colee
Taken 2 Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Joe Steinmetz performing a magic trick aboard the shantyboat "Lazy Bones"
Taken 31 Dec 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida