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!
Hat trick - Royal visitors in the Picture Gallery, Kilkenny Castle
Taken 20 Apr 1899
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thousand of American boys may in future look forward to a free college course at historic Oxford (LOC)
Taken 20 Apr 1902
The Library of Congress
[L. A. Wilson Land Loan Investment Company, Gaston Building, Commerce Street]
Taken 20 Apr 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
PARRAKOOLA with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, yet to be completed
Taken 20 Apr 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
San Francisco, California. Flag of allegiance pledge at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buch . . ., 04/20/1942
Taken 20 Apr 1942
The U.S. National Archives
137. Lookout Above the Broken Falls, Grampians, Victoria, 1948
Taken 20 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
Flooding at intersection of Routes 92 and 45 in Beverly, Missouri (MSA)
Taken 20 Apr 1951
MissouriStateArchives