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!
"Prince Albert Exhibition - Cast Iron Exhibition" John Sharkey
Taken some time in 1870
Royal Australian Historical Society
American brig in floating dock, Port Chalmers, 1870s
Taken some time in 1870
National Library NZ on The Commons
Cambridge. Gonville and Caius College, Dining Hall (Interior)
Taken some time in 1870
Cornell University Library
Cambridge. Gonville and Caius College, First Court (or Tree Court)
Taken some time in 1870
Cornell University Library
Cambridge. Gonville and Caius College, First Court (or Tree Court) Entrance
Taken some time in 1870
Cornell University Library
Cambridge. Gonville and Caius College, Senate House and University Library
Taken some time in 1870
Cornell University Library
Church of La Madeleine, Troyes. Detail of Rood Screen
Taken some time in 1870
Cornell University Library
Church of La Madeleine, Troyes. Detail of Rood Screen
Taken some time in 1870
Cornell University Library
Close-up view of a Port Chalmers wharf and ships loading, 1870s
Taken some time in 1870
National Library NZ on The Commons
Exeter Cathedral. The Martyrs' Pulpit (Bishop Pattison Memorial Pulpit)
Taken some time in 1870
Cornell University Library
Exeter Cathedral. The Martyrs' Pulpit (Bishop Pattison Memorial Pulpit)
Taken some time in 1870
Cornell University Library
Garden Palace, Sydney International Exhibition Building
Taken some time in 1870
National Library of Australia Commons
Garden Palace, Sydney International Exhibition Building, nave looking north
Taken some time in 1870
National Library of Australia Commons
Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified man, 1870-1880
Taken some time in 1870
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Historic nest of osprey, Western Australia, 1889
Taken some time in 1870
National Library of Australia Commons