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 starfish, Antarctic marine life, [1] Correll
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Ajalehe "Uus Ilm" kokkuvoltimine postitamiseks / People folding newspaper “Uus Ilm” (“New World”) for posting
Taken some time in 1911
National Archives of Estonia
Albert Railway Bridge at Indooroopilly, Brisbane, ca. 1911
Taken some time in 1911
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Crowd watching "playograph" at Herald Building, World Series, 1911 (LOC)
Taken some time in 1911
The Library of Congress
Great suffragette demonstration in London : Mrs Andrew Fisher, Mrs McGowen and Miss Vida Goldstein from Australia
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Iceberg, showing curved snow bands, Cape Roberts, [1911]
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Kindergarten at Woolloongabba, Brisbane.
Taken some time in 1911
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Lincoln Beachey and machine in which he performed his first loop.
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Resting with load at the head of the slope. Small boy is Jo Puma, a nipper, January 1911
Taken some time in Jan 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island (LOC)
Taken some time in 1911
The Library of Congress
[Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series warm up (baseball)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1911
The Library of Congress
[Curtiss Pusher in Flight, North Island, San Diego]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Curtiss Pusher in Flight, North Island, San Diego]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Curtiss Seaplane in Flight over Hotel del Coronado]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Garbage carts protected by police during a strike, New York City] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1911
The Library of Congress
[John T. Brush, New York Giants owner (baseball)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1911
The Library of Congress
[Man Sitting in Ely-Curtiss Model D Headed Pusher]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Men with Buick Model 10 Automobile near the Busy Bee Cafe and Grocery Store on North Ervay Street]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[New York Giants. Top row (left to right): (partially obscured) Art Fletcher, George Burns, Art Wilson, Red Ames, Art Devlin, Christy Mathewson, Hooks Wiltse, Grover Hartley. Bottom row: Beals Becker,
Taken some time in 1911
The Library of Congress
[Opening ceremony of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, 27 June 1911]
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
[Rube Marquard, New York, NL & Paddy Livingston, Philadelphia, AL at World Series (baseball)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1911
The Library of Congress
[Young birds in a nest, Macquarie Island] [Harold Hamilton]
Taken some time in 1911
National Library of Australia Commons
Grotto in an iceberg, photographed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911
Taken 5 Jan 1911
National Library NZ on The Commons
White rock Res. & Dam. General view of borrow pit where dynamite accident occurred
Taken 21 Jan 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
8 year old Max, one of the shrimp pickers. Only a small force was working that day, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
All these are shrimp pickers. Youngest in photo are 5 and 8 years old. Biloxi, Miss, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
All these children except babies shuck oysters and tend babies at the Pass Packing Co., February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Fishing boats loading the barge on the reef. Mobile Bay, Ala., 02/1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Group picking shrimp. Olga, 5 years old on the end was helping mother, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Little Lottie, a regular oyster shucker in Alabama Canning Co. She speaks no English, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Millie, (about 7 years old) and Mary John (with baby) 8 years old. Both shuck oysters. This is Mary's second year, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
On right hand end is Marie Colbeck, 8 years old, who shucks 6 or 7 pots of oysters a day (30 or 35 cents) at Alabama Canning Factory, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Oyster shuckers and baby tenders at Pass Packing Co. All worked from before daybreak until 5 P.M., February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Oyster shuckers at work. Small girls working on right of photo are Gertrude Kron, 5 years old, and Pauline, 8 years old, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cents a day, been at it for 3 years. Note how they stand on the rough sharp shells, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Some of the young shrimp pickers. Sore, swollen and even bleeding fingers are common among these workers on account of the acid in the shrimp, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Young oyster shuckers. Pass Christian, Miss, February 1911
Taken some time in Feb 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Spectators on Clark Island watching the start of a 18 footer race
Taken 11 Feb 1911
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
9 year old Johnnie and the shucking boss. He is also a padrone, March 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
The U.S. National Archives
All these pick shrimp at the Peerless Oyster Co., March 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
The U.S. National Archives
All these shuck oysters in the Dunbar Cannery. They begin work about 3 A.M. and work until about 5 P.M., March 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Averzano family, photo taken 1:30 P.M. March 6, a school day and Josephine said she wasn't going to school this week on account of the work, March 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Group of oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. All but the very smallest babies work, March 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Housing conditions in the settlement of Dunbar are better than the average. See church in distance. Have their own jail. Houses and wood furnished, March 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Rosy, an 8 year old oyster shucker works steady all day from about 3 A.M. to 5 P.M. The baby will shuck as soon as she can handle the knife, March 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Shrimp pickers in Peerless Oyster Co. Photo was taken just as they stood. On other side of shed still younger children were working, March 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Two children sitting with a badly damaged piano amongst the debris from the Port Douglas cyclone of 1911
Taken some time in Mar 1911
State Library of Queensland, Australia
White rock Res. 25 H.P. Case Engine rolling embankment
Taken 5 Mar 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
7 year old Tommie Nooman demonstrating the advantages of the Ideal Necktie Form in store window, April 1911
Taken some time in Apr 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Second annual Citrus Seminar: Gainesville, Florida
Taken 12 Apr 1911
State Library and Archives of Florida
A young spinner in Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Said she was 13, but doubtful, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Family of L. W. Money. Father daughter and two boys work in spinning room of Washington Cotton Mills, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Force working in West Point Cotton Mills. West Point, Miss, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Group of doffers and spinners working in Roanoke Cotton Mills, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Interior of Magnolia Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work. Magnolia, Miss, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Nearly the entire force, Yoona Mills. Some of the smallest workers not in photo, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
One of the young spinners and Supt. Yazoo City, Miss, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Part of the force at Tupelo Cotton Mills. All work, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Spinning room Overseer and his flock. He said, "Every one of them works or helps," May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
The Supt. and a group of children under 16 years starting work after noon, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Young band boy, and overseer. Yazoo City, Miss, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Young spinner in Roanoke Cotton Mills. Said 14 years old, but it is doubtful, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
A few of the young boys working on the night shift at the Alexandria Glass Factory, June 1911
Taken some time in Jun 1911
The U.S. National Archives