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!
Albin Zychowski. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Lt. Zychowsky spent 7 days rest and recuperation in Knightshayes Court 'Flak' House. On May 1 1945 he flew on Training Mission to the West Country, when he deceided to make 2 low-level passes
Died 1 May 1945
American Air Museum
aluminium eetpannetje met deksel, lepel en vork zoals gebruikt in het kamp Westerbork in de jaren 1940-1945. Bij controle in 1992 is lepel niet aanwezig. Vork bevat vermelding 'Westerbork'.
1 May 1945
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen
Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Abrahamsson, Ivan Burås Svanesund".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Abrahamsson, Ivan Burås Svanesund".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Andersson, Tore St. Askerön Här".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Gunnarsson, Gunvor Järnklätt Här".
Enligt fotografens notering: "Gunvor Gunnarsson och Lotten Wendell Järnklätt".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Johansson, Rune Jordhammar Ödsmål".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Norums Läsbarn. Pastor Rhedin, Stenungsund".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Pettersson, Alva La Askerön Här".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 7 19441950: "Wallin, Brudparet Hyrdams gatan 3 Trelleborg".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotogragens journal nr 7 19441950: "Andersson, Fru Sara Båtslycke Spekeröd".
1 May 1945
Bohusläns museum
Generalmajor Dewing och fältmarskalk Montgomery på Kastrup, Danmark.
1 May 1945
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Listening to the BBC in St Peter Port, Guernsey, after the Liberation in May 1945
1 May 1945
Imperial War Museum