This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). 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
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
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 website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
East bank of River, North of Commerce Street Bridge. Taken from center of Bridge. - Dallas, May 25, '08.
Taken 26 May 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Katy engine moving freight cars from flood in Katy Yards. - Dallas, May 25, '08.
Taken 26 May 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
South side of Commerce St. Bridge. Taken from East bank of River. - Dallas, May 25, '08
Taken 26 May 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Crowd Witnessing Trinity River Flood at the Ewing Avenue and First Street Intersection]
Taken 26 May 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Washout of M. K & T. Right of Way at Red River - May 29-08
Taken 30 May 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[William Jennings Bryan with Group of Men and Women at Waxahachie Railroad Station, Waxahachie, Texas]
Taken some time in 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Lateral work on east side of main arroyo near head.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Looking down Culebra-Eastdale Ditch from point on rock cliff just below diversion.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Triangular tower for operating gates at Eastdale Dam No. 2.
Taken 10 Apr 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Sea Shore [sic] Residences, Texas City, Tex, from Hotel
Taken 20 Oct 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
George H. Clark in the Jackson, equipped with Remy Magneto, beating off a mile in 57 seconds in his great race at Dallas, Texas, October 30th.
Taken 30 Oct 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
U. S. Torpedo Boats at Beaumont, Texas, Nov. 7 - 8, 1909.
Taken 7 Nov 1909
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Aerial Swing, San Jacinto Park, Houston. Texas
Taken some time in 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Hamilton, 1910 Jan. First to Fly at San Diego
Taken some time in Jan 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Curtiss Pusher, Coronado Country Club, San Diego]
Taken some time in Jan 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Louis Paulhan in Flight. Los Angeles. Jan 12, 1910.
Taken 12 Jan 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[L. A. Wilson Land Loan Investment Company, Gaston Building, Commerce Street]
Taken 20 Apr 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Former President Theodore Roosevelt at Cambridge University]
Taken 26 May 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
White Rock Creek Reservoir. Galoline [sic] pumps in creek when water was [illegible]
Taken 29 May 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
White Rock Res. Cableway Tower Ready to be Raised.
Taken 29 May 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
18 Foot Penetration in Clay Soil 400 Blows #1 Vulcan Hammer
Taken 1 Jun 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Former President Theodore Roosevelt Riding in a Carriage along Fifth Ave, in New York City.]
Taken some time in Jun 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Sluice Reinforcement in place with concrete just poured.
Taken 15 Jun 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
White rock Res. Concrete Machine in operation on spillway
Taken 22 Jun 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
White Rock Reservoir. South end of Sluice box after forms had been removed.
Taken 24 Jun 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
White Rock Res. Rock elevator and Teams working on spillway
Taken 1 Oct 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
White Rock Reservoir. Cableway bucket & Carriage Bucket dumping - Tail tower of #2 on the left.
Taken 26 Dec 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Lincoln Beachey and machine in which he performed his first loop.
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Curtiss Pusher in Flight, North Island, San Diego]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Curtiss Pusher in Flight, North Island, San Diego]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Curtiss Seaplane in Flight over Hotel del Coronado]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Man Sitting in Ely-Curtiss Model D Headed Pusher]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Men with Buick Model 10 Automobile near the Busy Bee Cafe and Grocery Store on North Ervay Street]
Taken some time in 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
White rock Res. & Dam. General view of borrow pit where dynamite accident occurred
Taken 21 Jan 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
White rock Res. 25 H.P. Case Engine rolling embankment
Taken 5 Mar 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Rebels Marching to U.S. Camp, Tia Juana [sic], Mex[ico], After Surrendering Arms to Capt. Wilcox, U.S. A[rmy]
Taken 22 Jun 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Interior of The Marvin Schrodt Drug Store. Dallas.
Taken 28 Dec 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Eine Vierzylinder-Verbund-Reibungs-und Zahnradlokomotive
Taken some time in 1912
SMU Libraries Digital Collections