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!
Henrik Greve Blessing, Sigurd Scott Hansen og Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup spiller kort i salongen om bord i "Fram", 1895
Taken 15 Feb 1895
National Library of Norway
Susannah Adamson, arrested for stealing a man's purse
Taken 15 Feb 1904
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Opening Petersham Odeon, 15 February 1947, by Sam Hood
Taken 15 Feb 1947
State Library of New South Wales collection
Photograph of Deputy Regional Directors for Records Management Service Meeting, 1951
Taken 15 Feb 1951
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Federal Records Center, Alexandria, Virginia for Budget Hearing, Temporary Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Taken 15 Feb 1952
The U.S. National Archives