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!
New Mexico. Mrs. Fidel Romero Proudly Exhibits Her Canned Food. [Two Women Standing in a Kitchen Pantry. Pantry Contains Preserved Fruits and Vegatables.] 1946
Taken some time in 1946
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of School Lighting in a 5th Grade Class in Florence, Alabama, 01/13/1946
Taken 13 Jan 1946
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Margaret Truman dropping a coin in a bottle held by a young boy as part of a public appearance in behalf of the March of Dimes...
Taken 14 Jan 1946
The U.S. National Archives
J. M. Hawkins, Former Pharmacist's Mate in the U.S. Navy and William Smith, Former Marine, Read Notice on the Bulletin Board at the Mine
Taken 9 Jul 1946
The U.S. National Archives
Women Pick Foreign Matter Out of Coal as It Is Carried on Conveyor Through Tipple
Taken 10 Jul 1946
The U.S. National Archives
Home of George Hoskins, his wife and ten children. Bell County, Kentucky, 08/31/1946
Taken 31 Aug 1946
The U.S. National Archives