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!
The first building in the Fremont district, Seattle, Washington
Taken some time in May 1888
UW Digital Collections
Burned dormitory, State College of Washington, Pullman, Washington
Taken 1 Jan 1897
UW Digital Collections
Crossing frozen Crater Lake with sleds outfitted with sails, British Columbia
Taken 1 Jan 1898
UW Digital Collections
First passenger train of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad en route to the summit, Alaska
Taken 20 Feb 1899
UW Digital Collections
A.Y.P.E. President J.E. Chilberg holding a shovel at the groundbreaking ceremony
Taken 1 Jun 1907
UW Digital Collections
John Barrett delivering a speech at the ground breaking ceremonies of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition,
Taken 1 Jun 1907
UW Digital Collections
Mount Rainier overlooking Mowich Gorge, Spray Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Taken some time in 1908
UW Digital Collections
Agriculture Building showing the Canadian Pacific Railway exhibit with employees
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Max and Fannie Shifrin with Chinese servant, Harbin, China
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in front of the Official Photographers Building
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Streetcar carrying Scandia Club members during Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Ford Model "T" car no. 2, winner of the trans-continental race from New York to Seattle arrival
Taken some time in Jun 1909
UW Digital Collections
J.C. Mars, pilot, readying the dirigible balloon for flight
Taken some time in Jun 1909
UW Digital Collections
Pace-maker car of the Automobile Association of America at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
Taken some time in Jun 1909
UW Digital Collections
C. K. Hamilton's first flight at The Meadows, Seattle, Washington
Taken 11 Mar 1910
UW Digital Collections
Esther Klein, Eva Esfeld, and several other girls in swimming dresses wading at Luna Park, Seattle
Taken some time in Jun 1912
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Members of the SOYP club hiking up slope, Mount Rainier National Park
Taken some time in 1925
UW Digital Collections
Two men standing atop wrecked locomotive on the Great Northern Railway tracks
Taken some time in 1926
UW Digital Collections
Bathing beauty contest at Schafer Brothers Logging Company annual picnic, Schafer State Park
Taken 14 Aug 1927
UW Digital Collections
Washington State Capitol Building on fire, Olympia, Washington
Taken 8 Sep 1928
UW Digital Collections
Boeing Airplane Plant on the east side of the Duwamish River, Seattle, Washington
Taken 1 Dec 1928
UW Digital Collections
Snowy rooftops viewed from Rockefeller Center, New York City
Taken some time in 1935
UW Digital Collections
Basalt spire located near South Cascade Glacier off of West Fork of Agnes Creek
Taken some time in 1939
UW Digital Collections
Guide roller assembly for the draw pontoon, Lake Washington Floating Bridge construction, the only concrete pontoon bridge in the world, January 8, 1940
Taken 8 Jan 1940
UW Digital Collections