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 young girl poses with the "easter bunny"
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Children performing a play at the Enoggera Immigration Holding Centre, Queensland, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children playing in the sand at Lido Beach: Sarasota, Florida
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Family looks at map outside of Marianna Florida Welcome Center.
Taken some time in Jan 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
FAMU football coach Jake Gaither talking to one of his football players - Tallahassee
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
FSU freshmen with an unidentified faculty member - Tallahassee
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
House & Senate Joint Session, Missouri General Assembly (MSA)
Taken some time in 1953
MissouriStateArchives
Jill Glindermann, winner of the Sun Girl Quest at Suttons Beach, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Latvian folk group dancing, Brisbane, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Lesley Fuller and cattle, Rosewood Station, Northern Territory, August 1953 / Frank Johnston
Taken some time in 1953
National Library of Australia Commons
Members of the Queensland women's hockey team, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Movie theater advertisments - Jacksonville
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
NACA Aircraft in Hangar - Clockwise from front center: YF-84A, D-558-1, D-558-2, B-47, X-1 ship
Taken some time in 1953
NASA on The Commons
NACA Research Aircraft-Bell X-1A, D-558-1, XF-92A, X-5, D-558-2, X-4, and X-3
Taken some time in 1953
NASA on The Commons
National Theatre Ballet performance of Aurora's Wedding starring Eve King, 1953 / Walter Stringer
Taken some time in 1953
National Library of Australia Commons
Opal miner, George Lowe chips away at the face of his opal mine, Lightning Ridge, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
National Library of Australia Commons
Oyster shucker at work in Apalachicola, Florida
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Performance of Swan Lake at Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Residents at the pool at the Belle Haven Trailer Park: Miami, Florida
Taken some time in Jan 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Residents by the pool: Miami, Florida
Taken some time in Jan 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Seven swans a' swimming (lead swan and a chorus of cygnets)
Taken some time in 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Sun Girl Quest place getters posing at Suttons Beach, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Talmud Torah Children's Choir and Cantor
Taken some time in 1953
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Tin Can Tourists convention: Arcadia, Florida
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Underwater New Year’s at Rainbow Springs: Rainbow Springs, Florida
Taken 1 Jan 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Unidentified African-American football players in Tallahassee, Florida
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Unidentified Australian seeing America: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Unidentified women sunbath at the Hollywood Beach Trailer Park: Hollywood, Florida
Taken some time in Jan 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
University of Washington's swim coach Jack Torney, All-American swimmer Merrill Hodges, and diving coach Bob Buckley
Taken some time in 1953
UW Digital Collections
View of Hollywood Beach Trailer Park: Hollywood, Florida
Taken some time in Jan 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Woman on horseback in the Gasparilla festival parade - Tampa
Taken some time in 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Message of President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominating Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 01/21/1953
Taken 21 Jan 1953
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominating his cabinet, 01/30/1953
Taken 30 Jan 1953
The U.S. National Archives
Women on a float at the Gasparilla parade - Tampa
Taken 9 Feb 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Men preparing ribs for the Mathews Bridge barbecue: Jacksonville, Florida
Taken some time in Mar 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Easter Service at the Daytona Beach Bandshell
Taken some time in Apr 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
North West Industries airplane manufacturing
Taken some time in May 1953
Provincial Archives of Alberta
North West Industries airplane manufacturing
Taken some time in May 1953
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Girls from Australia sleeping out in The Mall before the coronation
Taken 31 May 1953
National Science and Media Museum
Migrant children planting trees at Ballymore Park in Herston Queensland 1953
Taken some time in Jul 1953
State Library of Queensland, Australia
German migrants embarking on FAIRSEA, Columbus Quay, Bremerhaven
Taken 6 Aug 1953
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Harriet Smart posing in front of a large beach umbrella
Taken some time in Oct 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Harriet Smart posing with beach ball - Florida
Taken some time in Oct 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Underwater Thanksgiving: Rainbow Springs, Florida
Taken some time in Oct 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Atlantic Refining Co., Atreco, Texas, Aerial
Taken some time in Nov 1953
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Magnolia Petroleum Company Preparation of Railroad Tracks (AC604-A07-011)
Taken some time in Nov 1953
tyrrellhistoricallibrary
Magnolia Petroleum Company Smokestack and Man (AC604-A07-005)
Taken some time in Nov 1953
tyrrellhistoricallibrary
Magnolia Petroleum Company Smokestack Installation (AC604-A07-015)
Taken some time in Nov 1953
tyrrellhistoricallibrary
Magnolia Petroleum Company Smokestack Transportation Preparation (AC604-A07-004)
Taken some time in Nov 1953
tyrrellhistoricallibrary
Magnolia Petroleum Company Smokestack Transportation Preparation (AC604-A07-006)
Taken some time in Nov 1953
tyrrellhistoricallibrary
Magnolia Petroleum Company Smokestack Transportation Preparation (AC604-A07-007)
Taken some time in Nov 1953
tyrrellhistoricallibrary
Magnolia Petroleum Company Smokestack Transportation Preparation (AC604-A07-008)
Taken some time in Nov 1953
tyrrellhistoricallibrary
Magnolia Petroleum Company Smokestack Transportation Preparation (AC604-A07-009)
Taken some time in Nov 1953
tyrrellhistoricallibrary
Close up view of the dedication at Canaveral Harbor - Cape Canaveral
Taken 3 Nov 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Young ladies in grove during the Key Lime Festival - Key Largo
Taken 13 Nov 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
NACA pilot A. Scott Crossfield next to the D-558-2 after first Mach 2 flight
Taken 20 Nov 1953
NASA on The Commons
Swimming exams at Newcastle Ocean Baths, 11/12/1953, by Sam Hood
Taken 11 Dec 1953
State Library of New South Wales collection