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!
Champion fruit packer at work on single layer strawberry punnets, ca. 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Champion racehorse, St. Constant, on the training track, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Construction of roadway slab on the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Department of Agriculture's Chevrolet, 1937 model Coupe Utility
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Moreton Bay and the jetty, as seen from Cleveland Point, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Two girls playing baseball, Brisbane, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Two young women enjoying a day at the races, Brisbane, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Young woman wearing a swimsuit at Southport, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Two women take shelter when they arrived at All Saints Dance Hall, 1940
Taken 19 Jan 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Glenis Anderson welcomes her father Clark home from the war, Brisbane, February 1940
Taken some time in Feb 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Miss Ethel Roche and Mrs Alan Campbell study the form guide at the races in Brisbane, 1940
Taken 7 Feb 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Large crowd in attendance for the Anzac Day service at Anzac Square, Brisbane, ca. 1940
Taken 25 Apr 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Some of the dancers at the annual Dental Ball, Brisbane, 1940
Taken 14 May 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Annual ball of the Commercial Traveller's Association
Taken 10 Aug 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia