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!
 
Presidential Appointment of  Hore Browse Trist as Collector for the District of Mississippi, 03/07/1803
Taken 7 Mar 1803
The U.S. National Archives
 
Message of President James Madison nominating Navy and Marine Corps officers, 03/07/1809 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 7 Mar 1809
The U.S. National Archives
 
Message of President Martin Van Buren nominating Joel R. Poinsett to be Secretary of War, 03/07/1837
Taken 7 Mar 1837
The U.S. National Archives
 
Message of President Abraham Lincoln recommending a resolution to encourage the gradual emancipation of slaves, 03/07/1862 (page 4 of 4)
Taken 7 Mar 1862
The U.S. National Archives
 
Letter from Lyons Township High School Students Supporting Keating-Owen Child Labor Bill, 03/07/1916
Taken 7 Mar 1916
The U.S. National Archives
 
[Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Locomotive No. 734 with Tender]
Taken 7 Mar 1946
SMU Libraries Digital Collections