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!
Consecrating the memorial to German sailors, 4 January 1891
Taken 4 Jan 1891
National Library NZ on The Commons
Vue générale de Saint-Lizier sous la neige, vue prise dans le train en marche, 4 janvier 1895
Taken 4 Jan 1895
bibliothequedetoulouse
Historic foot guards will play a prominent part in Governor Chamberlain's inauguration (LOC)
Taken 4 Jan 1903
The Library of Congress
Message of President Theodore Roosevelt nominating William H. Taft of Ohio to be Secretary of War, 01/04/1904
Taken 4 Jan 1904
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Female Statue, Heritage of the Past, in the Snow near the Constitution Avenue Entrance to the National Archives Building, 01/04/1936
Taken 4 Jan 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Male Statue, Eternal Vigilance, in the Snow near the Pennsylvania Entrance to the National Archives Building, 01/04/1936
Taken 4 Jan 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Male Statue, Eternal Vigilance, in the Snow near the Pennsylvania Entrance to the National Archives Building, 01/04/1936
Taken 4 Jan 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Wrestler, McCreadie (taken for Leichhardt Stadium), 1937 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 4 Jan 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
40 serving lines at the free inaugural day barbecue: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken 4 Jan 1949
State Library and Archives of Florida
New Steps of the South Portico Being Erected during the White House Renovation, 01/04/1952
Taken 4 Jan 1952
The U.S. National Archives