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!
Bell tower of St. Andrew's Church of England, Lutwyche, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dead rats caught at Wellshot Station during the plague (1938)
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Diving at the Valley Baths, Brisbane, Queensland, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Guests at the Police Ball and wedding at Cloncurry, Queensland
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Joan Suchting, Janette Wilson and Elspeth Wilson on the beach at Burleigh Heads, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Looking toward the Fortitude Valley side of the Story Bridge under construction, ca. 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Mary Maguire on the cover of The Queenslander Pictorial, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Mr K.J. Morris, the U.A.P. candidate for Ithaca, talks to a voter during the Queensland State Election of 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
New jockey stand at the Doomben racetrack, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Superstructure of the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View of St. Andrew's Church at Lutwyche, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Visitors to Peel Island Leprosy colony were transported form the stone jetty to the Lazaret by horse Dolly and dray, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Young girls competing at the Royal Academy of Dancing (London) exams held in Brisbane and Toowoomba, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Howard Smith Wharf, New Farm, March 1938
Taken some time in Mar 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Roof and bell tower of the Holy Trinity Church, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, March 1938
Taken some time in Mar 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Young women at a military ball, March 1938
Taken some time in Mar 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Chocolate Wheel at the Ambulance stall, Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nurses voting on Election Day, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Voting at the Queensland State Election of 1938
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Voting at the Queensland State Election of 1938
Taken 2 Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nurses voting on Election Day, Brisbane, 12 April 1938
Taken 12 Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Rugby Union match between Queensland and New South Wales, May 1938
Taken 1 May 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, June 15, 1938
Taken 15 Jun 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dodgem cars lined up at the RNA showground, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in Aug 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Studying the Cabbage Tree palms in Carnarvon Gorge August 1938
Taken some time in Aug 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Air hostess, Dorothy Webster, boarding a plane
Taken some time in Oct 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Grace Riordan makes an attractive beach study, 1938
Taken 21 Dec 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Marie McKenna and Gladys Cooling at Southport, Gold Coast, December 1938
Taken 21 Dec 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia