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!
Albert Griffiths "Griffo", Featherweight Champion [of the World]
Taken some time in 1890
National Library of Australia Commons
Cable tram across the Taramakau River, ca 1890s
Taken some time in 1890
National Library NZ on The Commons
Engine 281 in the locomotive sheds at Ipswich, ca. 1890
Taken some time in 1890
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Flood, Railway Station, Bourke, 1890
Taken some time in 1890
State Library of New South Wales collection
Kinnarumma Old Church (Ramnakyrkan), Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1890
Swedish National Heritage Board
Lindall House, Essex Street, Salem (Interior, Detail of Mantelpiece)
Taken some time in 1890
Cornell University Library
Richard John Seddon and party in Samoa, 1897
Taken some time in 1890
National Library NZ on The Commons
Sankta Maria (Saint Mary) Church, Ystad, Skåne, Sweden
Taken some time in Jan 1890
Swedish National Heritage Board
Verandah at 'Fairseal', the residence of W.C. Hume at Torwood, Brisbane, 1890
Taken some time in 1890
State Library of Queensland, Australia
[Bandak's Canal, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Bracklinn Falls and bridge, Callander, Scotland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Doges' Palace and St. Mark's by moonlight, Venice, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Eagle's Nest Mountain, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Henderson Street West, Bridge of Allan, Scotland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Isola Borrome (i.e. Isole Borromee), Lake Maggiore, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Klampenborg Hermitage, with view of park, Copenhagen, Denmark] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Mount Vesuvius, with Torre de Creco (i.e. Greco), Naples, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[New Fountain and Diocletian's Spring, Rome, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Camii, Aksaray, Constantinople, Turkey] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Ridderzaal (the Knights' Hall), Hague, Holland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Riva Schiavoni, seen from S. Zaccane, Venice, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Sackville Street and O'Connell Bridge, Dublin. County Dublin, Ireland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[Shelbourne Hotel Dublin. County Dublin, Ireland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[St. Stephen's Green Park, Dublin. County Dublin, Ireland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[The beach and Kursaal, (i.e., Cursaal), Blankenberghe, Belgium] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[The Bridges of the Meuse, with Royal Bridge, Rotterdam, Holland] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[The Doges' Palace and the Columns of St. Mark's, Venice, Italy] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress
[The embankment and entrance to the Kursaal, (i.e., Cursaal), Ostend, Belgium] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1890
The Library of Congress