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!
Aeroplane accident on Kingsford Smith Drive, Brisbane
Taken some time in 1945
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children playing in front of trolleybus in Stockholm 1945
Taken some time in 1945
Stockholm Transport Museum Commons
Christmas at Rosebud Indian Hospital. Rosebud Res., South Dakota, 1945
Taken some time in 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Christmas drinks at the front, New Guinea
Taken some time in 1945
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Clive and Frederick Beale with unidentified family members
Taken some time in 1945
Australian War Memorial collection
Duguid family camping on the way to Ernabella, 1945? [transparency].
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Firestone Victory Garden Window Display
Taken some time in 1945
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons
George Kaplan Hebrew Seminary Pre-School class
Taken some time in 1945
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Graduating pre-School class at the George Kaplan Hebrew Seminary.
Taken some time in 1945
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Graduation class of the St. Paul Hebrew Institute
Taken some time in 1945
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Gulfstream Polo Club member Gerald Dempsey - Delray Beach
Taken some time in 1945
State Library and Archives of Florida
Joyce Oglansky playing in the snow, Minneapolis
Taken some time in 1945
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Men on a steamer, Lake Vättern, Småland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1945
Swedish National Heritage Board
Mother and baby attending the Drouin Infant Welfare Centre, Victoria
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Mothers and babies at the Drouin Infant Welfare Centre, Victoria
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Sam Ziff in front of a generator to be sent to a kibbutz, St. Paul
Taken some time in 1945
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Slussen area in Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1945
Swedish National Heritage Board
The police on their way to Sweden, returning from concentration camp in Germany. 1945
Taken some time in 1945
National Museum of Denmark
The Syncro-Clock time keeper, Yleisradio's driving clock and a kind of radio that received the time signal from the German hydrological institute's chronometer. A radio set which controlled several
Taken 1 Jan 1945
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Wartime parting of a family, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Women standing outside the Sarasota Army Air Field Exchange
Taken some time in 1945
State Library and Archives of Florida
Xenophon Castrisos, aerial photographer with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II
Taken some time in Jan 1945
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Young members of first class at Torah Academy, Minneapolis
Taken some time in 1945
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
American Soldiers Man a Dug-In Mortar Emplacement near St. Vith, Belgium
Taken 24 Jan 1945
The U.S. National Archives
M-4 Sherman Tanks Lined up in a Snow Covered Field, near St. Vith, Belgium
Taken 24 Jan 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Reverse Side of: Snowsuited Soldiers Walk through the Snow Covered Streets of St. Vith, Belgium (16730733)
Taken 24 Jan 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Reverse Side of: Yanks Trudge through Snow from Humpange, Belgium to St. Vith (16730736)
Taken 24 Jan 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Snowsuited Soldiers Walk through the Snow Covered Streets of St. Vith, Belgium
Taken 24 Jan 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Yanks Trudge through Snow from Humpange, Belgium to St. Vith
Taken 24 Jan 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Film star Sabu's 21st birthday, Roosevelt Nightclub, Kings Cross, Sydney, 25 January 1945 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 25 Jan 1945
State Library of New South Wales collection
Detailed statement of Sergeant Elmer C. Brawley describing how on January 26, 1945, Second Lieutenant Audie L. Murphy...(Page 1 of 3)
Taken 1 Mar 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Musicians in the streets of Vesterbro, Copenhagen, March 1945
Taken some time in Mar 1945
National Museum of Denmark
Jeanne d’Arc School on fire. Maglekildevej at Frederiksberg. 21st March 1945.
Taken 21 Mar 1945
National Museum of Denmark
The mistakenly bombed French School and the surrounding neighborhoods. Henrik Ibsens Vej 18-22.
Taken 21 Mar 1945
National Museum of Denmark
The mistakenly bombed French School and the surrounding neighborhoods. The ruins of the school is viewed from Frederiksberg Alle.
Taken 21 Mar 1945
National Museum of Denmark
U.S. Convoy which operates between Chen-Yi and Kweiyang, China, is ascending the famous twenty-one curves at Annan, China., 03/26/1945
Taken 26 Mar 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Sabotage. People looking at Langebro (bridge) in Copenhagen. 27th March 1945.
Taken 27 Mar 1945
National Museum of Denmark
Flags at the central square in Copenhagen. After 5th May 1945.
Taken some time in May 1945
National Museum of Denmark
Woman selling flags at Langelinje, Copenhagen. May 1945
Taken some time in May 1945
National Museum of Denmark
Woman. Freedom fighter with rifle at the Carlsberg Breweries. May 1945
Taken some time in May 1945
National Museum of Denmark
Books and papers from the German book shop at Frederiksberggade in Copenhagen. 5th May 1945.
Taken 5 May 1945
National Museum of Denmark
Dannebrog (the Danish flag) at Danas Plads in Copenhagen. 5th May 1945.
Taken 5 May 1945
National Museum of Denmark
Freedom fighters inspecting cars at Nørrebrogade in Copenhagen. 5th May 1945
Taken 5 May 1945
National Museum of Denmark