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!
At center market. 11 year old celery vender. He sold until 11 P.M. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers and gum. Has been in this country only half a year. Washington D.C., 04/13/1912
Taken 13 Apr 1912
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from Carrie Chapman Catt of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 04/13/1917 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 13 Apr 1917
The U.S. National Archives
HMS REPULSE anchored in Athol Bight
Taken 13 Apr 1924
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Gladys Moncrieff with her Pekingese and Pomeranian dogs on her birthday, 13 April 1937, by Sam Hood
Taken 13 Apr 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
Muriel McGlynn and William Richardson on their wedding day, 1946
Taken 13 Apr 1946
Australian War Memorial collection