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!
Construction de nouveaux immeubles boulevard Ney, à l\'angle de la rue Jean-Varenne, Paris (XVIII eme arr.), France, A 62 536
25 septembre 1929
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Construction de nouveaux immeubles quai de Passy, Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 62 541 S
25 septembre 1929
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Construction de nouveaux immeubles quai de Passy, Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 62 542 S
25 septembre 1929
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les jardins ouvriers à l\'emplacement des anciennes fortifications porte de Clichy et le cimetière des Batignolles, Paris (XVIIe arr.), France, A 62 539 S
25 septembre 1929
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les jardins ouvriers à l\'emplacement des anciennes fortifications porte de Clichy et le cimetière des Batignolles, Paris (XVIIe arr.), France, A 62 540 S
25 septembre 1929
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine