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!
Raudteesild üle Väikese Emajõe ehitusjärgus / Railway bridge over the Väike Emajõgi River during construction
Taken 1 Sep 1887
National Archives of Estonia
Departure of royal party from Adare Manor, Adare, Co. Limerick
Taken 1 Sep 1897
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
[President Theodore Roosevelt Delivering a Speech in Bellows Falls, Vermont]
Taken 1 Sep 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Some of the summer "cottages" which have made Newport, R. I. famous the world over. (LOC)
Taken 1 Sep 1907
The Library of Congress
Photograph of the Ambassador of the Netherlands, His Excellency E. N. van Kleffens, and the Archivist of the United States, Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Examining the First Treaty to be Signed by the United S
Taken 1 Sep 1948
The U.S. National Archives
Waratah Spring Festival Princess 1958 arrives in an open car for the Royal Ballet at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 1 September 1958 / photographer Ken Redshaw, Australian Photographic Agency
Taken 1 Sep 1958
State Library of New South Wales collection