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 John Adams nominating John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 01/20/1801
Taken 20 Jan 1801
The U.S. National Archives
Russian Ballet at Zoo, 19 January 1937 / by Sam Hood for J.C. Williamson Ltd
Taken 20 Jan 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
Bookmakers marooned in the ring at Albion Park, Brisbane, 1941
Taken 20 Jan 1941
State Library of Queensland, Australia
The inaugural stand in front of the Capitol Building, Washington, DC...01/20/1949.
Taken 20 Jan 1948
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Trumans and Barkleys at an Inaugural Luncheon, ca. 01/20/1949
Taken 20 Jan 1949
The U.S. National Archives
USS Nautilus (SS-571), the Navy's first atomic powered submarine, on its initial sea trials, 01/20/1955
Taken 20 Jan 1955
The U.S. National Archives