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!
Bank of Chambersburg & Franklin House, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864 (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
Battlefield, New Hope Church, Ga., 1864, showing Confederate entrenchments.
Taken some time in 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Confederate prisoners under escort to Belle Plain, Va., 1864.
Taken some time in 1864
The U.S. National Archives
House of consul and merchant Benjamin Mollén, Lysekil, Sweden
Taken some time in 1864
Swedish National Heritage Board
Peach Tree Creek Battlefield. (five miles from Atlanta, Ga.) 1864
Taken some time in 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Portrait of U.S. soldier George W. Lee at Fort Barrancas.
Taken some time in 1864
State Library and Archives of Florida
View of Metropolitan Fair Building in New York City, April 14 to April 23, 1864.
Taken some time in 1864
The U.S. National Archives
[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President, looking at a photo album with his son, Tad Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1864] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing right] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing front, January 8, 1864] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
[Brady's photo outfit in front of Petersburg, Va.] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1864
The Library of Congress
Address from the Women's Loyal National League supporting the abolition of slavery, 01/25/1864
Taken 25 Jan 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Abraham Lincoln Nominating Ulysses S. Grant to Be Lieutenant General of the Army: 03/01/1864
Taken 1 Mar 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Recruiting in the New York City Hall Park in 1864. Illustration from a sketch by George Law, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 19, 1864., 1943 - 1945
Taken 19 Mar 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Camp of 15th. N.Y. Engineers and 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery. Belle Plain, May, 1864.
Taken some time in May 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Wagon Train Crossing the Rappahannock River.
Taken some time in May 1864
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Gen. Grant's Railroad, City Point, Va., looking South.
Taken some time in Jun 1864
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Presidential Proclamation 118 (Thanksgiving Day, 1864) (page 2 of 5)
Taken 20 Oct 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Presidential Proclamation 118 (Thanksgiving Day, 1864) (page 3 of 5)
Taken 20 Oct 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Telegram from Nevada Territory Governor Nye to President Abraham Lincoln, 10/30/1864
Taken 30 Oct 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Anderson County $1.00 (one dollar) war tax scrip
Taken some time in Nov 1864
SMU Libraries Digital Collections