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!
Washout of M. K & T. Right of Way at Red River - May 29-08
Taken 30 May 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Memorial day this year finds sixteen veterans of the Civil War still on the active list of U.S. Army officers (LOC)
Taken 30 May 1909
The Library of Congress
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, May 30, 1929
Taken 30 May 1929
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Photograph of the Constitution Avenue Portico of the National Archives Building with the U.S. Capitol in the Background, 05/30/1936
Taken 30 May 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Royal Service Station, Anzac Pde, Kensington. 30 May 1937, by Sam Hood
Taken 30 May 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
Law enforcement officers with moonshine seized during a raid, Tallahassee
Taken 30 May 1960
State Library and Archives of Florida