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).
A close-up of Gaines McGlothin with his two mules. McGlothin has two cows and sells milk and butter. He also raises hogs and chickens and cattle for beef, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
A close-up of one of the men in the shop of the Woodcrafters and Carvers, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
A view of a group of applicants at the High School building, Clinton, Tennessee, ready to take the examination for skilled and unskilled laborers on TVA projects, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Alice McCarter, weaving a baby blanket at the Pi Beta Phi School, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of Aunt Lizzie Reagan weaving old-fashioned jean at the Pi Beta Phi school, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of Gaines McGlothin, R. F. D. #2, Kingsport, Tennessee, on his farm. Note the steep hillside, characteristic of the topography of the region, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury, seated before a spinning wheel in her home. The creel in the background is used for measuring yarn by the hank, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of Mrs. James Watson at her spinning wheel in her mountain cabin near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of Mrs. Wallace on farm near Norris townsite recently purchased by the TVA for experimental purposes, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of Ruby Hilton. The Hiltons live in the suburbs of Kingsport, Tennessee, and have a garden and raise chickens, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of S. J. Barley, at his outdoor forge. Barley says: `I've just got to have a job. First I'm a blacksmith, next I'm a carpenter, or I'll do anything.', November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of the interior of the home of Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury, Loyston, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of the issuing of equipment to the new arrivals at CCC Camp, TVA #23, between Walker's Ford and Lone Mountain, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of Walter Hensley, head kiln fireman at Southern Potteries, Elroy, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Another view of Walter Hensley, head kiln fireman at Southern Potteries, Elroy, Tennesseee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Applicants for skilled and unskilled laboring positions with the TVA being examined at High School building, Clinton, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Aunt Lizzie Reagan, at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, weaving old-fashioned jean, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Beula Ogle preparing warp for weaving at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She is a new weaver at the school and lives on a mountain farm, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Captain Welsh talking to the newly-arrived replacements from New York at CCC Camp, TVA #22, near Esco, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Charles Templeton, Old Kingsport, Kingsport, Tennessee. His job, rounding and backing, at the Kingsport Press, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
E. H. Elam, interviewer for the TVA, making personal interviews at Stiner's Store, Lead Mine Bend, Tennessee, with applicants for work on Norris Dam, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
E. H. Elam, interviewer from the Personnel Division, TVA, conferring with residents of the neighborhood at Stiner's store, Union County, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
E. H. Elam, interviewer, making personal interviews at Stiner's Store, Lead Mine Bend, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Gaines McGlothin on his farm, R. F. D. #2, Kingsport, Tenn. Like many of the Kingsport Press workers, McGlothin is a farmer as well as an industrial worker, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
General view of CCC Camp, TVA #19, located between the Clinch and Powell Rivers, near New Tazewell, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Getting ready for the mixer to pour the first batch of concrete at Norris Dam site. This was used on the foundations of the heavy duty bridge over the Clinch River just below the dam, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
H. R. Johnston, Assistant Engineer, and B. T. Clark at Norris Dam site, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Hiram Hughes, 659 Branch Street, Kingsport, Tennessee. Hughes is shown here at work at the Kingsport Press building up a case, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Home of one of the workmen employed by Southern Potteries, at Elroy, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Informal group of Assistant Superintendents and Formen at the Norris Dam site, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Interior of the home of Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury. This homestead is in the region which will be inundated by the waters of the Norris Dam reservoir, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Issuing cots and blankets to new replacements just arrived from New York at CCC Camp, TVA #23, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Ivor Steadman, Litz Manor, Kingsport, Tennessee. Steadman is shown here finishing and patching, an operation requiring a master craftsman, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
J. C. Nicely, P. O. at Goin, Tennessee. He is 70 years old, was born and reared in Union County, Tennessee. He is of English ancestry, via Virgina to Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
James White, a kiln placer at Southern Potteries, Elroy, Tennessee. White, like others employed at the Potteries, was reared on a mountain farm, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Lunch time at CCC Camp, TVA #22, near Esco, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Lunchtime at CCC Camp, TVA #22, located on the hill above Fall Creek, south of the Clinch River, near Esco, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mallard Hilton, a kiln placer in Southern Potteries, Elroy, Tennessee. Hilton came to work with the Potteries from a mountain farm, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Marie Clabo, a mountain girl, making cotton bags at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mr. Jones is shown here gilding, or laying gold, at the Kingsport Press. This is a most delicate and exacting operation, requiring a very skillful operator, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury in her home at Loyston, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury, Loyston, Tennessee, at her spinning wheel, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs. James Watson in her mountain cabin near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs. Wallace dipping water from spring on farm near Norris townsite recently purchased by the TVA for experimental purposes, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Noon meal at the cafeteria at Norris townsite, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
One of the draws on the land purchased by the TVA near Norris townsite for agricultural experimental purposes, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Oscar Cloud and family, living in the Norris townsite area. Cloud has been a quarryman and farmer. His oldest son is with the CCC, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Partial view of CCC Camp, TVA #23, between Walker's Ford and Lone Mountain, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Partial view of CCC Camp, TVA #24, located north of Clinch River and Big Sycamore Creek, east of Lone Mountain, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Pauline Minga, 146 Wanda Street, Kingsport, Tennessee, casing in and inspecting at the Kingsport Press, another operation requiring considerable skill, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Pouring the first batch of concrete for Crib #1 on the heavy duty construction bridge at Norris Dam site, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Robert Smith, Lynn Gardens, Kingsport, Tennessee. Smith is a glue-off operator at the Kingsport Press. This man is largely of rural antecedents, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Robert Wilhelm, R.F.D., #2, Kingsport, Tennessee. Wilhelm is a glue-off operator at the Kingsport Press. He lives on a farm three miles out of town, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Ruby Hilton, Lynn Gardens, Kingsport, Tennessee. Another view of the super-finish operation calling for the spraying of gold with an air gun, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
S. J. Barley, Rural Route #2, LaFollette, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Sallie Collins, Surgoinsville, Tennessee. She is a super- finish operator at the Kingsport Press, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Setting up a sleeping tent at CCC Camp, TVA #22, near Esco, Tennessee, to accommodate replacements who arrived from New York, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Shop of the Woodcrafters and Carvers, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Shop of the Woodcrafters and Carvers, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Besides making fine furniture, these two craftsmen turn out interesting souvenirs, etc, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Store and postoffice at Goin, Tennessee. Mr. J. C. Nicely has been a storekeeper here for 30 years, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Teams plowing in one of the fields on the TVA demonstration farm near Norris townsite, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Temporary kitchen serving cafeteria at Norris townsite, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
The house of a workman employed by Southern Potteries, Elroy, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
This `Counter Restaurant' is at CCC Camp, TVA #22, near Esco, Tennessee, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
View from the north of the poultry and gardening center of the TVA at Norris, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
View of engineers' building and girls' dormitory at Norris townsite. This picture was taken from the roof of one of the men's dormitories, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
View of more farm land purchased by the TVA. This land will be used as a poultry and gardening demonstration center, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Walter Hensley, head kiln fireman at Southern Potteries, Elroy, Tennessee. Hensley came to the Potteries from a mountain farm, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Workers returning from construction on the new bridge at Norris Dam site at noon hour, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives
`Pine table' in use at CCC Camp. The lumber on which these boys are having their noon meal will be used to build the barracks which they will occupy this winter, November 1933
Taken some time in Nov 1933
The U.S. National Archives