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).
Group of CCC boys from Idaho just arrived in camp near Andersonville, Tennessee, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Home of a renter on a small farm in Sevier County, Tennessee. Note the attempt to beautify the place with potted plants, ferns, etc, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Howard Withers, 114 East Sevier Street, Kingsport, Tenn. Withers works for the Kingsport Press and is shown here burnishing gilding, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Interior of the home of Harriet Hankins at the site of the planned community near Norris Dam. Harriet Hankins is 73 years old, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Interior view of Oakdale School near Loyston, Tennessee. From 30 to 40 pupils usually attend, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Interior view of Sharps Station M.E. Church near Loyston, Tennessee. Reverend Lovelace and some children from an orphanage conduct the Sunday afternoon service, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Lonely farm home near Bulls Gap, Tennessee, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Making the dirt fly at Norris Dam site. A power shovel working on the roadway at the Dam, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Man in overcoat and souwester [at South Head?]
Taken some time in Oct 1933
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Mr. J. W. Melton and his wife by the fireplace getting ready for supper, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs. Sarah J. In addition to daily work around the home, she finds time to raise some cotton, carding and spinning it herself. She also does some hand-weaving, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson has lived ninety-one years on a farm near Bulls Gap, Tennessee. She is still very active and resourceful, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson, Bulls Gap, Tennessee. The chair on which she is sitting is an example of the furniture made in the mountain region, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Part of the family of Hugh Noe, a renter on a farm near Andersonville, Tennessee, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Power shovel making roadway at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Power shovel on roadway on hillside at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Rear view of the Glandon home at Bridges Chapel near Loyston, Tennessee. The children have shown considerable ingenuity in building a playground in the backyard, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Rear view of the McHaffie homestead at Powell Station, Route #1, Knox County, Tennessee, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Rock-driller and helper drilling in rock under water at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Rock-drillers working in lateral shaft at base of Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Sam Mynatt and Arthur Roberts drilling in lateral test shaft at base of Norris Dam, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Sam Mynatt, shaftman on test drilling for examination of substrata at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Sevier County, Tennessee. This view reveals the rolling landscape. Many farms have a little level land and much of hills and steep grades, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Shaftmen at the mouth of the vertical test shaft for examination of substrata at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Shaftmen coming out of test shaft at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Shaftmen coming out of the test shaft at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Shovel at work on the roadway at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Squatter's home on Andersonville Road, Tennessee. The house is a made-over houseboat, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Straining the sorghum on the farm of J. W. Stooksberry, Anderson County, Tennessee. This is the primitive way of making molasses, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
The home of Harriet Hankins in the area of the proposed town at Norris Dam, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
The Stooksberry homestead near Andersonville, Tennessee. This land will be submerged by the Norris Dam Reservoir, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
TVA shovel at work on roadway at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
TVA shovel working on temporary roadway at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Up-to-date method of making molasses on the farm of Fred Hatmaker. This farm will be under water when the Norris Dam reservoir fills, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
View of the barnyard of the McHaffie homestead at Powell Station, Route #1, Knox County, Tennessee. Note the handhewn clapboard shingling, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Washday at the Stooksberry homestead near Andersonville, Tennessee, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
William L. Carden, of Anderson County, Tennessee, acetylene burner at Norris Dam site, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
William L. Carden, of Anderson County, Tennessee, acetylene burner, cutting pipe at Norris Dam site. The helper is C.L. Hatmaker, of Campbell County, October 1933
Taken some time in Oct 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Mr C.J.Melrose at Mildenhall Aerodrome at the start of the Centenary Air Race, 1934; this is one of the first three photographs digitally transmitted by radio, in the world
Taken some time in Oct 1934
State Library of New South Wales collection
Mrs. Jenkins with two boys and a flag - Jacksonville
Taken 1 Oct 1934
State Library and Archives of Florida
Pilot Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller at Charleville 1934
Taken some time in Oct 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Roscoe Turner checking his plane engine at Charleville 1934
Taken some time in Oct 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Photograph of the National Archives Building Entrance Doors on Constitution Avenue, 10/23/1935
Taken 23 Oct 1935
The U.S. National Archives
Debutantes at the Debutante Ball in Tully, 1936
Taken some time in Oct 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Judging of the Sirens of the Surf competition, Gold Coast
Taken some time in Oct 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Yacht SIRIUS moored off Funchal, Madeira Island
Taken some time in Oct 1936
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Photograph of the Division of Motion Pictures Auditorium and Stage, 10/13/1936
Taken 13 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Division of Motion Pictures Auditorium and Stage, 10/13/1936
Taken 13 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, October 22, 1936
Taken 22 Oct 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Photograph of Colonel Oliver H. Spaulding Signing the Search Room Register, 10/22/1936
Taken 22 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Key to Personages Featured in the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Right Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Right Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Right Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Right Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Actress Billy Worth dressed for tennis, 6/10/1937, Sydney, NSW., Sam Hood
Taken 7 Oct 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
George Gee and son (taken for J.C. Williamson), 23 October 1937, by Sam Hood
Taken 23 Oct 1937
State Library of New South Wales collection
Air hostess, Dorothy Webster, boarding a plane
Taken some time in Oct 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Helena Rubinstein and her husband Prince Gurielli-Tchkonia in Sydney, Australia, 31 October 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 31 Oct 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Construction is almost completed, Story Bridge, Brisbane, October 1939
Taken some time in Oct 1939
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Looking east on the completed Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the only concrete pontoon bridge in the world, Mercer Island, Washington
Taken 2 Oct 1940
UW Digital Collections
Two unidentified sailors from HMAS Sydney in the garden of the Dowse family home.
Taken some time in Oct 1941
Australian War Memorial collection
Cricketers take refreshment under (late) summer skies
Taken 2 Oct 1941
Australian War Memorial collection
Tommy Jay and cat (taken for J.C. Williamson), 30 October 1941
Taken 30 Oct 1941
State Library of New South Wales collection
Eleanor Roosevelt, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth in London, England, 10/23/1942
Taken 23 Oct 1942
The U.S. National Archives