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!
'Old oak bannister on the staircase of the Golden Swan, Wilcot. (Wilts) 10 July 1878'. Sketch of carving on oak bannister, Golden Swan, Wilcot, Wilts, 10 July 1878
William James Herschel returned home in 1878 after 25 years in the Indian civil
10 July 1878
National Maritime Museum
'Pewsey, 10 July 1878'. Sketch of a thatched house at 'Pewsey 10 July 1878'.
William James Herschel returned home in 1878 after 25 years in the Indian civil service. That summer he went on a sketching holiday with S. E. Hardcastle. Th
10 July 1878
National Maritime Museum