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!
Dickson family, Toorak House, Brisbane 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Family on the veranda of their home on the outskirts of Brisbane, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Family standing outside their homestead in the Albert and Logan district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
German immigrant family on their farm, probably in the Bethania area, Logan district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Glasgow. Stewart Memorial Fountain, West End Park (now Kelvingrove)
Taken some time in 1872
Cornell University Library
Horse and cart bogged in what was originally a gold digging outside Meares flooded Criterion Store, Clarke Street, Hill End, Winter 1872, by American & Australasian Photographic Company
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of New South Wales collection
Horse being ridden by Eliza Veivers at Boobigan near Nerang, 1871
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Maryland Street Stanthorpe, featuring Crook's Hotel on the left and the Roll-up Tree on the right, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Offices of the New Banca Tin Mining Company Stanthorpe, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Passage grave at Klövagården, Karleby, Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1872
Swedish National Heritage Board
Selector's house, probably near Logan in the Beenleigh district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Tin miners and their dogs in the Stanthorpe district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Travelling outfitters wagon on the road between Brisbane and Nerang, near Hanlon's Ferry at Yatala
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Unidentified building, Stanthorpe, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View of Maryland Street, Stanthorpe, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Wedding at Stanthorpe's Presbyterian Church, December 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Woman feeding geese in the Albert River district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Petition from women of the District of Columbia asking for the passage of the Sumner Civil Rights Bill, 01/15/1872 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 15 Jan 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 1 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 3 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 4 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives