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!
"Mates" - A teenage boy sits with two dogs in Canungra, Queensland, 1915
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Awaiting kit inspection at Thompson's Paddock (Enoggera Army Barracks), 1915
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dungarees marching down Queen Street, Brisbane, 1915
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Mee Yong Tom and her younger sister Annie, with their father, Tam Hung (seated)
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Pyramids Postcard from Sgt. Roy Proctor to his sister Ruby
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australians landing at Anzac Cove, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Taken some time in Apr 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Italian airship being paraded on a De Dion truck, Patriotic Day, Brisbane, August 1915
Taken some time in Aug 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Queensland Patriotic Day at the Exhibition grounds, Brisbane, 1915
Taken 28 Aug 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Queensland Patriotic Day parade, Brisbane, 1915
Taken 28 Aug 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Overloaded Studebaker car at Bulgroo
Taken some time in Sep 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Large banner being carried during the Armistice Procession, Brisbane, 1918 01
Taken 11 Nov 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia