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!
"The Holmfast carving". Runic inscriptions at the Old Turinge Road, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
"The Viking" at Armansfell, Thingvellir, Iceland
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
1927 Chevrolet Roadster, Brisbane, 1930
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of Queensland, Australia
A man is recording sound effects, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
A man playing the Kantele in front of a broadcast van, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Advertising signs for Grace Bros 12 Days Sale, 1930
Taken some time in 1930
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Aeroplane at lake Thingvallavatn, Thingvellir, Iceland
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
Amy Johnson motorcade in Sydney, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection
Ansair snow dipper [Pioneer Kosciusko Clipper] at Smiggin Holes
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
Approach to cave dwellers house near Kernell [ie. Kurnell], New South Wales, 1930s
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
Avro biplane ready for take off at Connor Park
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ballet dancer Dundas Wilkinson striking a pose in a bat costume, ca. 1930
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Basil and Peggy Helm's ship-shape wedding cake
Taken some time in 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Billboard at Circular Quay Wharf promoting trade between Australia and Canada
Taken some time in 1930
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Broadcast van and a reindeer, Inari, Lapland, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Bus on line no 60 heading for the Stockholm Exhibition on Djurgården, 1930.
Taken some time in 1930
Stockholm Transport Museum Commons
Cairn with prehistoric grave, Södra Unnaryd, Småland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
Cave dwellers near Kernell [ie. Kurnell], New South Wales, 1930s
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
Cree women scraping a large moose hide - Waterhen River area, Northern Saskatchewan
Taken some time in 1930
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Cree women working on a large moose hide - Waterhen River area, Northern Saskatchewan
Taken some time in 1930
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Crowd watching a rugby match at Athletic Park, Wellington, ca 1930
Taken some time in 1930
National Library NZ on The Commons
Dairying scene in Belmont, Brisbane, ca.1930
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dignitaries viewing the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930
Taken some time in 1930
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Dwelling with ladder and wooden structure on top : an image used by the Australian Inland Mission at Dunbar, Cape York / [John Flynn?]
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
Engineer Eero Frantsila beside Telefunken transmission equipment in Lahti radio station, 1930's.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Girl with teddy bear at a rune stone in Söderby, Botkyrka, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
Group, including Babette Stephens, wearing classical Greek-style costume, 1930-1940
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Inspecting a train derailment near Bundaberg
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Jessie [2nd left] and Stan Cross [2nd right] with two others in fancy dress for artist's ball
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
King Christian X visiting the student camp at Thingvellir, Iceland
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
Large wall sign advertising the film "The Big Pond", 1930
Taken some time in 1930
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Man with a camera mounted on the front of a train, Queensland, circa 1930
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
Martti Jukola reporting from a sports event, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Minneapolis ICOR Picnic at Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis
Taken some time in 1930
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Minneapolis ICOR picnic at Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis
Taken some time in 1930
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Montpellier. Le Peyrou, the Aqueduct and Château d'Eau
Taken some time in 1930
Cornell University Library
Office in the Radio House in Fabianinkatu, Helsinki, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Portrait of Bill Large, Cooks Gap, New South Wales
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Jean Batten studying charts whilst standing on wing of aeroplane, 193-?
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Marian Ladre and Sono Osato in costume for Union Pacific, Ballets Russes / Maurice Seymour, Chicago
Taken some time in 1930
National Library of Australia Commons
President Kyösti Kallio speaking on the radio, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Puukooli omanik Jüri Tõnisson / Plant nursery owner Jüri Tõnisson
Taken some time in 1930
National Archives of Estonia
Radio announcer Ebba Jakobson-Lilius in a continuity unit, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Radio reporter Alexis af Enehjelm interviewing a man fixing a car, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Radio reporter Alexis af Enehjelm, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Removal of stump at archaeological excavation in Nälsta, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
Reporter and announcer Alexis af Enehjelm, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Runic inscription at Kiholm, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
Runic inscription at Kiholm, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
School tunnel ball, Sydney University, ca.1930, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection
Small hardware store in " the Latin school", Ystad, Skåne, Sweden
Taken some time in 1930
Swedish National Heritage Board
Squatipew, Cree, Star Blanket Band, Fort Qu'Appelle, South Saskatchewan
Taken some time in 1930
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, 1930, with two aeroplanes, Charles Ulm's "Southern Sun" & a Gypsy Moth / photomontage by Edward Searl
Taken some time in 1930
State Library of New South Wales collection
Temple Israel "Rigadoo" Fundraising Committee chairs, Minneapolis
Taken some time in 1930
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erkki Linko in the studio, 1930s.
Taken 1 Jan 1930
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
The Jewish Sheltering Home, North Minneapolis
Taken some time in 1930
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest