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 Commutation of Richard Southerland's Death Sentence - Page 1
Taken 12 Apr 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of Richard Southerland's Death Sentence - Page 2
Taken 12 Apr 1888
The U.S. National Archives
Alfred Wilkinson, clerk, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences
Taken 12 Apr 1903
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Second annual Citrus Seminar: Gainesville, Florida
Taken 12 Apr 1911
State Library and Archives of Florida
ABC Military Band playing with ABC commentator on a vessel, 1933-1951
Taken 12 Apr 1924
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
HMAS AUSTRALIA I listing while sinking
Taken 12 Apr 1924
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Men departing Garden Island after visiting the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I
Taken 12 Apr 1924
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Sailors leaving the former HMAS AUSTRALIA I
Taken 12 Apr 1924
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Car being loaded onto a train at De Leon Springs for a trip to Buffalo, New York
Taken 12 Apr 1925
State Library and Archives of Florida
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, April 12, 1928
Taken 12 Apr 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nurses voting on Election Day, Brisbane, 12 April 1938
Taken 12 Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children Living in a Camp Between Weedpatch and Lamont, Kern County, California
Taken 12 Apr 1940
The U.S. National Archives