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!
Closeup of research pilot Neil Armstrong operating the Iron Cross Attitude Simulator reaction contro
Taken some time in Jan 1956
NASA on The Commons
Governor LeRoy Collins monitoring Democratic primary election results in Tallahassee, Florida
Taken some time in 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Kerr Trophy for Best & Fairest Australian Player in the Australia - England Rugby League Tests
Taken some time in 1956
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Miss New Smyrna Beach Margarethe Sawyer - New Smyrna Beach
Taken some time in 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Portrait of African American couple at Lincoln High School senior prom
Taken some time in 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
St Paul Talmud Torah graduation ceremony
Taken some time in 1956
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Turkey Exhibit State Fair, circa 1956
Taken some time in 1956
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons
Branford String Band performing at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival: White Springs, Florida
Taken some time in May 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Hamilton County school boys caning a chair: White Springs, Florida
Taken some time in May 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Plaintiff's Exhibit filed in Dorothy E. Davis, et al. versus County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, Civil Action No. 1333., 05/1956 (page 1 of 4)
Taken some time in May 1956
The U.S. National Archives
Stephen Foster Memorial park superintendent and curator Foster L. Barnes operating audio equipment at the Folk Festival: White Springs, Florida
Taken some time in May 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
May Day king and queen with court and child attendants - Tallahassee
Taken 2 May 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Storyteller Annie Tomlin: White Springs, Florida
Taken 5 May 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Teens Against Polio (TAP) selling peanuts for donations - Tallahassee
Taken 10 May 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Alexander McGriff carrying shade-grown tobacco to be dried: Havana, Florida
Taken some time in Jun 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Station opening: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Taken some time in Jun 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Excavation of dinosaur bones in Steveville Provincial Park (now called Dinosaur Provincial Park), Alberta
Taken some time in Jul 1956
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Gulf Oil Corp., Spindle top [sic] oil well in Texas
Taken 15 Jul 1956
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
RCA television transmitter in The Finnish Broadcasting Company
Taken 19 Jul 1956
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Rugby Union match at Exhibition Oval, Brisbane, 1956
Taken 15 Sep 1956
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Park ranger on air boat - Everglades
Taken some time in Oct 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Roy H. Martin displays the reason he holds 19 world fishing records at the Destin Rodeo: Destin, Florida
Taken some time in Oct 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Waratah Festival float, 1956 / Government Printing Office
Taken 12 Oct 1956
State Library of New South Wales collection
Shinny on Jackfish Lake, west of Stony Plain, Alberta
Taken some time in Nov 1956
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Gov. Donnelly signing legislation for Civil Defense Agency (MSA)
Taken 20 Nov 1956
MissouriStateArchives
Santa Claus at Panama City Beach, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Santa Claus at Panama City Beach, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Santa Claus at Panama City Beach, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Santa Claus in front of a welcome sign: Jennings, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Santa Claus sleeping at the beach: Panama City Beach, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Santa Claus with reindeer at the beach: Panama City Beach, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida
Gulf Oil Corporation, Waddell Gasoline Plant, West Texas
Taken 3 Dec 1956
SMU Libraries Digital Collections