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!
A little spinner in a Georgia Cotton Mill, January 1909
Taken some time in Jan 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Agriculture Building showing the Canadian Pacific Railway exhibit with employees
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Akseli and Jorma Gallen-Kallela coming from a gazelle hunting trip in Africa, 1909; print 2 of the picture.
Taken some time in 1909
The Gallen-Kallela Museum
Centralteatret "Manden med de 3 Koner". Frk. Schytte, Fruerne Skarseth & Steen, Hr. Hedemark
Taken some time in 1909
National Library of Norway
Clara Webster Swan at the age of 18, 1909
Taken some time in 1909
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Elegantly dressed ladies and small child watching Winstead Falls flowing through granite rocks north of Stanthorpe, 1909
Taken some time in 1909
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Fodboldmatch. Indledningskamp for Grenlands Kreds om Norgesmesterskabet i 1909 afholdes paa Odd’s Sportsplads førstk. Fredag, 30. Juli, Kl. 7.45 Aften mellem Odd’s Boldklub’s 1ste Hold og Boldk
Taken some time in 1909
National Library of Norway
Lotte Buxhövden sülekoeraga / Lotte Buxhövden with Lapdog
Taken some time in 1909
National Archives of Estonia
Max and Fannie Shifrin with Chinese servant, Harbin, China
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in front of the Official Photographers Building
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
Portrett av Kronprins Olav / Crown Prince Olav, 1909
Taken some time in 1909
National Library of Norway
Queen Alexandra Bridge, Sunderland nearing completion
Taken some time in 1909
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Streetcar carrying Scandia Club members during Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
Taken some time in 1909
UW Digital Collections
[William Jennings Bryan with Group of Men and Women at Waxahachie Railroad Station, Waxahachie, Texas]
Taken some time in 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Unusual number of centenary celebrations of great men this year (LOC)
Taken 3 Jan 1909
The Library of Congress
12 year old Newsboy. Hyman Alpert, been selling three years. Spends evenings in Boys Club. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Bowling Alley boys. Many of these work until late at night. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Flashlight photo of messengers absorbed in their usual game of poker in the Den of the terrible nine, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Hartford newsboys and girls. Girl in middle, Nellie, is 9 years old. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Joseph Harris, a 9 year old newsboy. Been selling 1 1/2 years. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Smallest boy, 10 years old, been at it a year and a half. Sells until 6 or 7 P.M. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Sunday noon. Some of the newsboys returning Sunday papers. Many of them had been out since 5 and 6 A.M. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Waiting for their papers. 3 of these were 8 years old. Some were 9 years old. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
A common case of "team work." Smaller boy, Joseph Bishop, goes into saloons and sells his last paper...
Taken 4 Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President William H. Taft nominating Knox to be Secretary of State, 03/05/1909
Taken 5 Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
A Polish boy, Willie, who was taking his noon rest in a doffer box. Anthony, R.I, April 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Concours des chapeaux, grande terrasse, Monte-Carlo, avril 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Concours des chapeaux, grande terrasse, Monte-Carlo, avril 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Flight of Lloyd C. Griscom's and Wilbur Wright
Taken some time in Apr 1909
State Library and Archives of Florida
Foule au concours des chapeaux, la grande terrasse, Monte-Carlo, avril 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
John Dempsey, looked 11 or 12 years old. Said he only helped on Saturdays, April 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour, Goodall Worsted Co. These are not the youngest. Young girls too. Sanford, Me, April 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Steam ship Mararoa in Akaroa Harbour, April 1909
Taken some time in Apr 1909
National Library NZ on The Commons
Takeoff for Lloyd C. Griscom's ascent with Wilbur Wright
Taken some time in Apr 1909
State Library and Archives of Florida
Photograph of the Robert Peary Sledge Party Posing with Flags at the North Pole, 04/07/1909
Taken 7 Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Ladies' class of the Bundaberg Gymnasium, 1909
Taken 10 Apr 1909
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Lateral work on east side of main arroyo near head.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Looking down Culebra-Eastdale Ditch from point on rock cliff just below diversion.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Triangular tower for operating gates at Eastdale Dam No. 2.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
John Burroughs, guided by John Muir, sees in reality the dream of forty years (LOC)
Taken 11 Apr 1909
The Library of Congress
La flotte : bateau amiral Italien, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 26 avril 1909
Taken 26 Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Sentier au-dessus de la gare, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 26 avril 1909
Taken 26 Apr 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Caroline et Marguerite sur le parvis de l'église Sainte-Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Caroline et Marguerite sur le parvis de l'église Sainte-Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Entrée du port, vue de ma fenêtre, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Entrée du port, vue de ma fenêtre, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Going to work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Marguerite D. descendant l'escalier, près de l'église Sainte- Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Mule spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill. Left hand - Leopold Daigneau, Arsene Lussier, Back roping boys. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at the Queen City Mill. About a dozen small boys like the smallest here. Names of small ones are Dorio Charptier, Arthur Tessier. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Only a few young girls work in the Chace Cotton Mill. In front row are Anna Grenier, 2 years in the mill, Agnes Fountain. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Small girls working in Great Falls Mfg. Co. Many others there, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Some of the girls who work in Amoskeag Mills. Manchester, N.H., May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
The smallest boy does not work in the mill. The rest do, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Vue du musée océanographique surplombant la mer, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse