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 Squall", Theatre Royal (photo call), Sydney, 1944 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of New South Wales collection
"The Squall", Theatre Royal (photo call), Sydney, 1944 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of New South Wales collection
A Coast Guardsman stands in silent reverence beside the resting place of a comrade., 1944
Taken some time in 1944
The U.S. National Archives
Aerial view of Drouin town centre, Victoria, during World War II [1]
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [1]
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [2]
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
After Sunday morning mass at St Ita's, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Afternoon tea with the Hamley family and visitor June Wellwood, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
American soldier charged with assault in Brisbane, 1944
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Arthur Holmes for the War Agricultural Committee enrolling Helen Dickson into the Women's Land Army, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Book Depot float, Red Cross Procession, Brisbane, 1944
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Chairman of the Council, Edward Porter gives instructions to Bill Pertzel, Council worker, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Cheeses for Allied servicemen at Drouin's co-operative milk factory, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Customers in the hardware section of Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Doctor Edward Hamp with his family of Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Drouin Railway Station interior during world War II, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Drouin schoolboys playing cricket, Drouin, Victoria [1]
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Drysllwyn homestead now known as Raymont Lodge, Auchenflower, 1944
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Emanuel Cohen Girl Scout Troop 140
Taken some time in 1944
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Ethel McDonald ( famer's wife) ties her horse in Main Street, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Four unidentified men discussing a large pile of wood, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Four unidentified men grouped around a table, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Göteborg (Gothenburg), Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in Jan 1944
Swedish National Heritage Board
John Curtin and Mrs Curtin with Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, examining Book of Remembrance in Memorial Chamber, Peace Tower, in Parliament House, Ottawa, 1944
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Judge Sealy, Barristers and Solicitors outside courthouse
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Land Army girls employed at the Drouin flax mill, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Market at the Town Hall, Lidköping, Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1944
Swedish National Heritage Board
Miss Jean Lilburne with her class in the Grade One room at Drouin State School, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Mrs Josephine Smith, Arthur Robert Maxfield and butcher William in Connolly Colquhoun's butcher shop, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
On the way home from school, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Rev. William McSpedden, vicar of Christ Church, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of John Dickers, Royal Australian Air Force
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of John Jeanes, retired farmer, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Leah Notman, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Sergeant Ernest Brough of Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of William J. Young of Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Private Wallace Tratford arrives home on leave, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Private Wallace Tratford of Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Quartz Creek Bridge - Wolf Crek Highway - Portland to Coast 207
Taken some time in 1944
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons
Queen of Riverview entrants pictured at the Leave Centre, Brisbane
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Rev. William McSpedden standing between two unidentified men playing lawn bowls, Drouin,Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Rune stone, Nöbbeleholm, Nävelsjö, Småland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1944
Swedish National Heritage Board
Sapper Ernest Sharman of the Royal Australian Engineers
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Servicemen playing gridiron football in Brisbane
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Sinclair Refining laboratory... at Corpus Christi
Taken some time in 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Station Master Joseph Sullivan in his office, Drouin Railway Station, Victoria, ca. 1944
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Teacher, Lorraine Lapthorne conducts her class in the Grade Two room at the Drouin State School, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
The circus comes to town, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
The Station Master's office, Drouin Railway Station, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
The Sullivan family having a meal, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Three men at the Warragul cattle sales, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Three unidentified women washing and wiping the dishes, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
William Pettit and Ken McPhan of the Gippsland Independent and Express newspaper, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
William Russell putting the four gallon monthly ration of petrol into a customer's car, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Window display to promote Red Cross Week at the John Hicks Book Depot, Brisbane, 1944
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Woman and child buying shoes in the shoe section of Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Woman war worker, 1944 / Rob Hillier
Taken some time in 1944
State Library of New South Wales collection
Women shopping with coupons during world War II in Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Women volunteer grinding a billet of armour piercing steel at a munitions factory, Australia, 1944.
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Robert Winship Woodruff, President of the Coca-Cola Company
Taken some time in Feb 1944
State Library and Archives of Florida
First scheduled service between Miami and Key West by National Airlines
Taken 10 Feb 1944
State Library and Archives of Florida
Veto message of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the House of Representatives returning H.R. 3687, 02/22/1944
Taken 22 Feb 1944
The U.S. National Archives
Lava flow from Vesuvius with erupting material in background, March 1944
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Mount Vesuvius and Children from Covered Homes
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Mt. Vesuvius eruption, San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, 1944
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Unidentified couple watching Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Spring 1944
Taken some time in Mar 1944
SMU Libraries Digital Collections