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!
Untying Otto after 45 yd. swim - hands and feet tied (LOC)
Taken some time in 1910
The Library of Congress
A triumph in railroading which H. H. Rogers would have dearly liked to witness (LOC)
Taken 9 Jan 1910
The Library of Congress
If General George Washington were our president to-day (LOC)
Taken 20 Feb 1910
The Library of Congress
Unappreciated portraits of departed Speakers of the House of Representatives (LOC)
Taken 20 Mar 1910
The Library of Congress
Uncle Sam's newest dreadnought, The Florida, which will be launched next month (LOC)
Taken 24 Apr 1910
The Library of Congress
Uncle Sam's newest dreadnought, The Florida, as she will look when cleared for action (LOC)
Taken 8 May 1910
The Library of Congress
Great cathedral of St. John the Divine just beginning to reveal its inner beauty (LOC)
Taken 12 Jun 1910
The Library of Congress
Sunday laws are enforced in Gotham with variation enough to suit all tastes (LOC)
Taken 19 Jun 1910
The Library of Congress
A West Pointer's costly education no longer considered complete until he can master the Army mule (LOC)
Taken 17 Jul 1910
The Library of Congress
When the swift aerial houseboat succeeds its sluggish brother to-day (LOC)
Taken 24 Jul 1910
The Library of Congress
Here is the reason why this part of the year is called "good old summer time." (LOC)
Taken 31 Jul 1910
The Library of Congress
Picturesque interior quadrangle of the new home of Union Theological Seminary, to be opened next month (LOC)
Taken 21 Aug 1910
The Library of Congress
Pure joy is no respecter of purses at the seashore in the summer time (LOC)
Taken 28 Aug 1910
The Library of Congress
When burglars learn to handle the aeroplane with precision and silence (LOC)
Taken 11 Sep 1910
The Library of Congress
One of the latest products of man's astonishing ingenuity is the walking wharf (LOC)
Taken 25 Sep 1910
The Library of Congress