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).
Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Shown here is a young miss, dressed in her Sunday best . . ., 10/06/1945
Taken 6 Oct 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Buzz Wares, coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, prepares for game (MSA)
Taken some time in Oct 1946
MissouriStateArchives
Helsinki 4.10.1946, residential area
Taken 4 Oct 1946
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
Nat Dobson's fish store displays Florida mullet filets, calling them "Truman Turkey": Jacksonville, Florida
Taken some time in Oct 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Unloading sugarcane on field truck at field loading station - Clewiston
Taken 12 Oct 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Florida A&M vs. Morris Brown football game: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken 18 Oct 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Football captains from Florida State University and Stetson University meet on the football field: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken 18 Oct 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Dainer's [I.e.Daner's] Gap camp, October 1948, Snowy Mountains, NSW
Taken some time in Oct 1948
National Library of Australia Commons
Photograph of National Archives Personnel Working on Installation of Documents on the Freedom Train
Taken 5 Oct 1948
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of National Archives Personnel Working on Installation of Documents on the Freedom Train
Taken 5 Oct 1948
The U.S. National Archives
National Guard pilots posing together for a group portrait: Jacksonville, Florida
Taken 24 Oct 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
For Hudson Engineering Corp. At Carthage
Taken some time in Oct 1949
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Teresa Sudol and JoAnn Croak playing a game of Gobi: Lido Beach, Florida
Taken 3 Oct 1949
State Library and Archives of Florida
Concert inside the City Hall Brisbane, Queensland, 1949
Taken 25 Oct 1949
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Forrest Davis Jr. with a dog and puppies: Quincy, Florida
Taken some time in Oct 1950
State Library and Archives of Florida
Dedication game at Doak Campbell Stadium: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken 7 Oct 1950
State Library and Archives of Florida
Group of young women standing hear a bus, apparently before migrating to Australia
Taken 8 Oct 1950
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Lake Macquarie Shire mobile library, 20 October 1950, by Sam Hood
Taken 20 Oct 1950
State Library of New South Wales collection
Mobile library, Hood Collection, 20 October 1950
Taken 20 Oct 1950
State Library of New South Wales collection
Abandoned launch on the beach at Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 1950
Taken 22 Oct 1950
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Eddie Frank at Naples' swamp buggy races: Naples, Florida
Taken 28 Oct 1950
State Library and Archives of Florida
Queen Ilene Clemens and Leon McCormick in the swamp buggy parade: Naples, Florida
Taken 28 Oct 1950
State Library and Archives of Florida
Photograph of Dr. Wayne C. Grover, Dr. Waldo Gifford Leland, and Dr. Solon J. Buck at the Unveiling of the Portrait of Dr. Robert D. W. Connor, First Archivist of the United States
Taken 10 Oct 1952
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Solon Buck Delivering Address at Unveiling Ceremonies for R. D. W. Connor Portrait, with Wayne Grover and Mr. and Mrs. Nash
Taken 10 Oct 1952
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs. Red Taylor with desk full of phones - Tallahassee
Taken 14 Oct 1952
State Library and Archives of Florida
Photograph of Robert Digges Wimberly Connor, First Archivist of the United States, Copy of the Oil Painting
Taken 21 Oct 1952
The U.S. National Archives
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
Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson feeding emus at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens 1954
Taken some time in Oct 1954
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
A phosphate miner working at Noralyn Mine: Bartow, Florida
Taken some time in Oct 1957
State Library and Archives of Florida
Claire had not yet been on the Health & Safety course
Taken some time in Oct 1958
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Elk hunters, Lakavattnet, Jämtland, Sweden
Taken some time in Oct 1958
Swedish National Heritage Board
Hay-drying racks, Hökvattnet, Jämtland, Sweden
Taken some time in Oct 1958
Swedish National Heritage Board
Mrs Sara Persson fishing at lake Hökvattnet, Jämtland, Sweden
Taken some time in Oct 1958
Swedish National Heritage Board
Margaret Seymour, Royal Ballet, dressed for Swan Lake in her dressing room at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 29 October 1958 / photographer Norm Danvers
Taken 29 Oct 1958
State Library of New South Wales collection
[Texas & Pacific, Diesel Electric Road Switcher No. 1139]
Taken 10 Oct 1959
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Governor and Mrs. LeRoy Collins and friends enjoying barbecue at mansion during National Seafood Week: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken some time in Oct 1960
State Library and Archives of Florida
[Texas and New Orleans, Southern Pacific, Diesel Electric Road Switchers Nos. 451 and 435]
Taken 1 Oct 1960
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas and New Orleans, Southern Pacific, Box Car No. 62814]
Taken 8 Oct 1960
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Fort Worth & Denver City, Dining Car 263, Right Side]
Taken 10 Oct 1960
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Richard and Pat Nixon during a campaign parade: St. Petersburg, Florida
Taken 18 Oct 1960
State Library and Archives of Florida
[Texas and Pacific Railway Passenger Station, Cisco, Texas]
Taken 18 Oct 1960
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas and Pacific Railway Passenger Station, Eastland, Texas]
Taken 18 Oct 1960
SMU Libraries Digital Collections