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!
President Grover Cleveland's Pardon of Felix Maness - Page 1
Taken 3 Nov 1888
The U.S. National Archives
People watching an exhibition game at the opening of the tennis courts at Wellington East Girls College, 3 Nov 1926
Taken 3 Nov 1926
National Library NZ on The Commons
Photograph of Construction of the Rotunda in the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Taken 3 Nov 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Eleanor Roosevelt votes in Hyde Park, New York, 11/03/1936
Taken 3 Nov 1936
The U.S. National Archives