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!
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Officer's Steward 3rd Class William Arthur Johnson L.5676 (Ch), HMS Simoom
Died 23 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Ordinary Seaman George Henry Curtis J64113, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 23 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Petty Officer George Walter William Notman 221596, HMS Simoom
Died 23 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Walter Humphrey 24775, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 23 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Zachariah Patmore 653350, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Died 23 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Beresford Frank Parsons 2679, Royal Flying Corps
Died 23 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant George Olaf Dunner 1295. Unit: 54th Battery 14th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery. Death: 23 January 1917 Western Front
Died 23 January 1917
Imperial War Museum