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!
"Aborigines playing tunes on gum leaves" Deniliquin, 1934
Taken some time in 1934
National Library of Australia Commons
Bridge over Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
Charleville Motors with floodwaters up to the entrance doors, Charleville, 1934
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Confrontation between a policeman wielding a night stick and a striker during the San Francisco General Strike, 1934
Taken some time in 1934
The U.S. National Archives
First prize won by the Mackay - Charters Towers District Exhibit, Royal National Association Exhibition in Brisbane, 1934
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Furniture for H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester built by Ed. Rosenstengel, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 1934
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Identified! [Testing airplane lenses used in map making at the U.S. Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1934
The Library of Congress
Identified! [Two women, probably at a sports/golf club (golf balls are on the table), with one woman holding a carrying case with bottles] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1934
The Library of Congress
Illustrated advertisement from The Queenslander annual November 6 1934 p. 21. 21
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Kromme Nieuwegracht 47 in Utrecht, the Netherlands
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
Male competitors on the bowling green, Brisbane
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Man and woman [Eric Sheldon and wife?] on ship deck
Taken some time in 1934
Powerhouse Museum Collection
May Bradford welding part of the all Australian monoplane for the England-Australia air race, 1934 / photographed by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of New South Wales collection
Mixed bowling at the opening day of the Kedron Ladies Bowls Club
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Montelbaanstoren tower in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
New York Yankees' spring training camp at St. Petersburg
Taken some time in 1934
State Library and Archives of Florida
Olga Spessiva, ballerina, Central Station, Sydney, 1934 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of New South Wales collection
Patrons reading newspapers in the State Library of Queensland, 1934
Taken some time in 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Radio House in Fabianinkatu, control room of Studio 2, 1934.
Taken some time in 1934
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Row of men at the New York City docks out of work during the depression, 1934
Taken some time in 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Royal Indian Navy officers on the deck of HMIS HINDUSTAN in Sydney
Taken some time in 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Rune stone at farmstead in Törnby, Skå, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
Runic bolder "Jarlabanke's stone", Södra Sätra, Sollentuna, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
Runic inscription, Säby, Järfälla, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
St. Peter's Church in Utrecht, the Netherlands
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
Street life and St. Jacob's Church, Lübeck, Germany
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
The building "Kleine Sikkel" in Ghent, Belgium
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
Tiny Bradshaw with saxophone players from his band
Taken some time in 1934
State Library and Archives of Florida
Tram at Saint Michael's Church, Ghent, Belgium
Taken some time in 1934
Swedish National Heritage Board
Two women racegoers at Warwick Farm racecourse
Taken some time in Jan 1934
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Two women racegoers at Warwick Farm racecourse
Taken some time in Jan 1934
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Two women racegoers at Warwick Farm racecourse
Taken some time in Jan 1934
Powerhouse Museum Collection
U. S. Post Office and Court House, Texarkana, Ark., Texas, Man in Arkansas and His Ass in Texas.
Taken some time in 1934
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Woman sitting on bumper bar of a car at Warwick Farm racecourse
Taken some time in Jan 1934
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Faith in Australia on the beach at Murawai [Muriwai] ready for take-off with First Official Airmail from N.Z. to Australia, 17 Feb 1934
Taken 17 Feb 1934
State Library of New South Wales collection
CATHAY propellor being worked upon, March 1934, Sutherland Dock, Cockatoo Island
Taken some time in Mar 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Basil Grant on board the SS 'Monowai' in Sydney, New South Wales
Taken 2 Mar 1934
Powerhouse Museum Collection
FRANCONIA at No 4 West Circular Quay
Taken 3 Mar 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Discharge Petition #14 Filed by Oscar De Priest, 01/24/1934 - 03/05/1934 (page 1 of 4)
Taken 5 Mar 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Discharge Petition #14 Filed by Oscar De Priest, 01/24/1934 - 03/05/1934 (page 2 of 4)
Taken 5 Mar 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Discharge Petition #14 Filed by Oscar De Priest, 01/24/1934 - 03/05/1934 (page 3 of 4)
Taken 5 Mar 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Discharge Petition #14 Filed by Oscar De Priest, 01/24/1934 - 03/05/1934 (page 4 of 4)
Taken 5 Mar 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from Baltimore City to Senator Millard Tydings Opposing Stock Exchange Regulation, 03/29/1934
Taken 29 Mar 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Famous aviatrix Jean Batten following her flight from England to Australia, 1934
Taken some time in May 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
May Bradford and designer Jack Jones work on tailplane of a monoplane for the England-Australia air race, May 1934, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in May 1934
State Library of New South Wales collection
Photograph of the Almost Complete Construction of the Exterior of the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Taken 1 May 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, 17 May 1934
Taken 17 May 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander May 31, 1934
Taken 31 May 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Aviatrix Jean Batten being interviewed after her flight from England to Australia, 1934.
Taken some time in Jun 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Man with various ship's models, 23 June 1934
Taken some time in Jun 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Mr H J Lamble and the Hon F A Chaffey inspecting a snow plough near the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 25 June 1934
Taken some time in Jun 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Mr H J Lamble inspecting a snow plough near the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 25 June 1934
Taken some time in Jun 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons