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!
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 12, 1937
Taken 12 Aug 1937
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Photograph of Laminating Press in the Repair and Preservation Division, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Mrs. Adelaide Minogue Checking Humidity Recorder in Stacks, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Rehabilitation of Records in Repair and Preservation Division, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives
"Nurses of a field hospital who arrived in France via England and Egypt after three years service.", 08/12/1944
Taken 12 Aug 1944
The U.S. National Archives