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!
Aboriginal children at Mapoon Mission waiting for their meal, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Building belonging to Eagers Retail Pty Ltd in Newstead, ca. 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Butchers at work in Platz Brothers Butchery, Toowoomba, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children from the Mapoon Mission on a swing, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Day at the beach on Bribie Island, January 1935
Taken some time in Jan 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Election scene outside City Hall in Brisbane, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Experiments at Wickham Terrace Observatory
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Girls from the Mapoon Presbyterian Mission 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Harry Corones and Nancy Bird in Charleville, Queensland, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Hornibrook Highway viaduct under construction, Redcliffe, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Mealtime for Aboriginal children, Mapoon, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Members of the Kingaroy Croquet Club, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
St. Andrew's Church of England at Lutwyche, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Tennis player competing at Milton, Brisbane
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Unidentified children on a swing at the Mapoon Presbyterian Mission, 1935
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View of the shoreline on Hammond Island in the Torres Strait
Taken some time in 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Motor vehicle squashed between two early electric trams, Brisbane
Taken 19 Jan 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, April 18, 1935
Taken 18 Apr 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Gathering at the Muttaburra races, June 1935
Taken some time in Jun 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Vaudeville marquees on Quay Street at the edge of the Burnett River in Bundaberg 1935
Taken some time in Jun 1935
State Library of Queensland, Australia