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!
Message of President William McKinley nominating George Dewey to be Admiral of the Navy, 03/03/1899
Taken 3 Mar 1899
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of African-American Women with Brooms of Bambusa, 09/29/1899
Taken 29 Sep 1899
The U.S. National Archives
Petition to the Senate from the National Businessmen's League, 12/02/1899 (page 1 of 4)
Taken 2 Dec 1899
The U.S. National Archives