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!
Message of President Thomas Jefferson transmitting a copy of a treaty with Tripoli, 01/13/1806
Taken 13 Jan 1806
The U.S. National Archives
Motor boat QUEENSLAND at the 1912 Motor Boat Championship, Sydney Harbour
Taken 13 Jan 1912
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Adelaide Boys' Band arriving at Central Railway
Taken 13 Jan 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
Photograph of School Lighting in a 5th Grade Class in Florence, Alabama, 01/13/1946
Taken 13 Jan 1946
The U.S. National Archives