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!
Weathered Kenyte lava at Cape Evans; Erebus behind, 31 October 1911
Taken 31 Oct 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Florida-Georgia football game: Gainesville, Florida
Taken 31 Oct 1931
State Library and Archives of Florida
Helena Rubinstein and her husband Prince Gurielli-Tchkonia in Sydney, Australia, 31 October 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 31 Oct 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Child on a merry-go-round at North Florida Fair - Tallahassee
Taken 31 Oct 1961
State Library and Archives of Florida