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!
Visit of the Marquis of Londonderry to Roker Pier works, 1891
Taken 28 Oct 1891
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 1st Cavalry, U.S.Volunteers, ca. 1898
Taken 28 Oct 1898
The U.S. National Archives
View of the Glenn H. Curtiss House from the Country Club Estates golf course: Miami Springs, Florida
Taken 28 Oct 1926
State Library and Archives of Florida
Crowds inspect HMAS AUSTRALIA II at Circular Quay, Sydney
Taken 28 Oct 1928
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Crowds inspect HMAS AUSTRALIA II at Circular Quay, Sydney
Taken 28 Oct 1928
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons