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
26 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
26 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Ernest Tanner 46977, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 26 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims, place du cardinal Luçon, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 165
26 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La cathédrale, l\'archevêché et la chapelle palatine en ruines, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 167
26 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La façade de Notre-Dame de Reims, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 164
26 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le Mont de Piété (crédit municipal) en ruine, côté rue Eugène Desteuque, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 161
26 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les ruines de la chapelle palatine de l\'ancien archevêché, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 166
26 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'ancien couvent des Pères Cordeliers, rue des Trois Raisinets, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 162
26 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mrs Mabel L A A Farr, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 26 January 1917.
Died 26 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Partie consacrée à la passion du Christ, façade Ouest de la cathédrale Notre-Dame, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 168
26 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private D B Davis. Unit: D Company, 52nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 January 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 26 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Morris Birnbaum 532996, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 26 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Bostock 19230, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 26 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Ruines à l\'angle de la rue des Trois Raisinets et de la rue de l\'Isle, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 163
26 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine