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!
American soldiers gambling in Brisbane, 1943
Taken some time in 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Brisbane schoolchildren waiting to be immunised against diphtheria, 1943
Taken some time in 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
J. Vincent M. Pritchard and W. G. Hudson at Yorkeys Knob Cairns. Hudson at Yorkeys Knob, Cairns, 1943
Taken some time in 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nurses and patients at an American Hospital in Queensland, 1943
Taken some time in 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Portrait of General McArthur and Lieutenant General Eichelberger, Rockhampton, 1943
Taken some time in 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Soldiers on the beach on Green Island, Cairns, 1943
Taken some time in 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Young American soldier gets his first tattoo, Brisbane, 1943
Taken some time in 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American servicemen boxers in Brisbane
Taken some time in Feb 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Members of the US servicemen's boxing team, Brisbane, February 1943
Taken some time in Feb 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Member of the United States Army Military Police at a vehicle check stop
Taken some time in Apr 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Military police presence in Queensland, 1943
Taken some time in Apr 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Brisbane fire brigade demonstrating flame-resistant suits, 1943
Taken some time in Aug 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Eleanor Roosevelt visiting troops in Brisbane, 1943
Taken 6 Sep 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia