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!
Amy Johnson motorcade in Sydney, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection
School tunnel ball, Sydney University, ca.1930, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection
Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, 1930, with two aeroplanes, Charles Ulm's "Southern Sun" & a Gypsy Moth / photomontage by Edward Searl
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection
A Junior Red Cross girl lays a wreath on the Cenotaph, 25 Apr 1930, by Sam Hood
Taken 25 Apr 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection
Wreaths on the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, Anzac Day, 25 April 1930 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 25 Apr 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection