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!
Drawing of the Investigator tree on Sweers Island, 1857
Taken some time in 1857
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Paris. Medici Fountain, Gardens of the Palais du Luxembourg
Taken some time in 1857
Cornell University Library
portrait of two men holding slate, upon which is written the date, Jan. 8, 1857
Taken some time in 1857
George Eastman Museum
Engineers' and Pilots' Licenses from the St. Louis Custom House, 01/08/1857 (Reverse)
Taken 8 Jan 1857
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President James Buchanan nominating his cabinet, 03/06/1857
Taken 6 Mar 1857
The U.S. National Archives
Notary Form with Seal for John Karl, 08/10/1857 (Reverse)
Taken 10 Aug 1857
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from New Orleans Collector F. H. Hatch to Honorable Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, 10/09/1857 (Front)
Taken 9 Oct 1857
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from New Orleans Collector F. H. Hatch to Honorable Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, 10/09/1857 (Reverse)
Taken 9 Oct 1857
The U.S. National Archives