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!
[Abraham Lincoln, Congressman-elect from Illinois. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1846
The Library of Congress
[Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1846
The Library of Congress
For president, Abram Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin (LOC)
Taken some time in 1860
The Library of Congress
[Abraham Lincoln campaign button for 1860 presidential election] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1860
The Library of Congress
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, June 3, 1860] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1860
The Library of Congress
[Cold Harbor, Va. Photographer's wagon and tent] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1860
The Library of Congress
Camp of the second Connecticut regiment at Washington, in a grove on the north side of the city- Near th[e] New York 7th (LOC)
Taken some time in 1861
The Library of Congress
[Lieutenant William Bowen Gallaher of Co. E, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment in uniform and Virginia state seal belt plate, with revolver and cavalry sword] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1861
The Library of Congress
[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Co. D, 3rd North Carolina Volunteers Regiment hat with Bowie knife and sheath with initials J.L.W.] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1861
The Library of Congress
[Berlin (now Brunswick), Md. Pontoon bridge and ruins of the stone bridge across the Potomac (destroyed in 1861)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1862
The Library of Congress
[Tending wounded Union soldiers at Savage's Station, Virginia, during the Peninsular Campaign] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1862
The Library of Congress
"A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep." Compare the two photos of a Confederate killed at Gettysburg. Why might the photographer Alexander Gardner and his team move the body? (LOC)
Taken some time in 1863
The Library of Congress
Three "Johnnie Reb" Prisoners. Photographed by Mathew Brady's team on Seminary Ridge in mid-July, 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg (LOC)
Taken some time in 1863
The Library of Congress
[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and newspaper, Aug. 9, 1863] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1863
The Library of Congress
Bank of Chambersburg & Franklin House, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864 (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President, looking at a photo album with his son, Tad Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1864] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing right] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing front, January 8, 1864] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
[Brady's photo outfit in front of Petersburg, Va.] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
Charleston, South Carolina. Photographer [Samuel Cooley] on parapet of Fort Sumter photographing soldier (LOC)
Taken some time in 1865
The Library of Congress
The latest photograph of President Lincoln - taken on the balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865 (LOC)
Taken some time in 1865
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of an African American Civil War soldier identified as William Johnson of Kentucky] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1865
The Library of Congress
[President Abraham Lincoln's catafalque, New York City, N.Y., April 24 or 25, 1865] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1865
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Isabel Howland and Herbert Howland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1870
The Library of Congress
Rock carved by drifting sand, below fortification rock, Arizona (LOC)
Taken some time in 1871
The Library of Congress
The horse in motion, illus. by Muybridge. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford, running at a 1:40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19 June 1878: 12 frames showing diagram of foot movements (front)
Taken some time in 1878
The Library of Congress
The horse in motion, illus. by Muybridge. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford, running at a 1:40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19 June 1878: 2 frames showing diagram of foot movements (back) (
Taken some time in 1878
The Library of Congress
[Bandak's Canal, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Bracklinn Falls and bridge, Callander, Scotland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Doges' Palace and St. Mark's by moonlight, Venice, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Eagle's Nest Mountain, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Henderson Street West, Bridge of Allan, Scotland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Isola Borrome (i.e. Isole Borromee), Lake Maggiore, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Klampenborg Hermitage, with view of park, Copenhagen, Denmark] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Mount Vesuvius, with Torre de Creco (i.e. Greco), Naples, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress