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!
[Frank Chance, Chicago NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1907
The Library of Congress
Colossal bar of masonry nearing completion in a recent haunt of the savage Apache. (LOC)
Taken 17 Mar 1907
The Library of Congress
At the national arbitration and peace congress last week. (LOC)
Taken 21 Apr 1907
The Library of Congress
Colorado Springs to have a big park with much rugged mountain scenery. (LOC)
Taken 2 Jun 1907
The Library of Congress
Photographs of William H. Taft, Secretary of War, at different stages in his career. (LOC)
Taken 7 Jul 1907
The Library of Congress
Three million acres in Alaska soon to be open to settlers. (LOC)
Taken 21 Jul 1907
The Library of Congress
Some of the yachts seen in New York waters and their owners. (LOC)
Taken 28 Jul 1907
The Library of Congress
Some of the summer "cottages" which have made Newport, R. I. famous the world over. (LOC)
Taken 1 Sep 1907
The Library of Congress
Next week Oklahoma becomes the forty-sixth state in the union (LOC)
Taken 10 Nov 1907
The Library of Congress
Comfort and luxury may be had with comparative cheapness in a motor boat. (LOC)
Taken 8 Dec 1907
The Library of Congress