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).
Perry brothers camping at Stradbroke Island, Christmas, 1885
Taken some time in Dec 1885
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bush house at Folkestone, December 1885
Taken some time in Dec 1900
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Christmas camp at Bulwer, Moreton Island, 1907
Taken some time in Dec 1907
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander December 2 1911
Taken some time in Dec 1911
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australian Light Horse soldiers celebrating Christmas in Palestine during WWI
Taken some time in Dec 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Female sawyers at work on Mapoon Mission Queensland 1916
Taken 16 Dec 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Mapoon workers displaying handmade crafts and a presentation set of lace d'oyleys, 1916
Taken 16 Dec 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, December 1, 1917
Taken some time in Dec 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australian Light Horse soldiers celebrating Christmas in Palestine during WWI, 1917
Taken 25 Dec 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Minnie Kriesel of Prairie in her wedding dress, 1919
Taken 10 Dec 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Page 21 of the Queenslander Pictorial supplement to The Queenslander, 13 December, 1919
Taken 13 Dec 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Arcadia Wharf on Magnetic Island off Townsville, 1924
Taken some time in Dec 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nellie Bay on Magnetic Island off Townsville, Queensland, 1924
Taken some time in Dec 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Boarders at St Faith's Anglican Girls' School, Yeppoon, 1925
Taken some time in Dec 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Linning and Allison Quartet practising around the piano, Baroona, 1913
Taken 25 Dec 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, 22 December 1927
Taken 22 Dec 1927
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australian test cricket team in Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in Dec 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ernest Baynes Stand at the Exhibition Grounds in Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in Dec 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, December 20, 1928
Taken some time in Dec 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated advertisement from The Christmas Queenslander, December 6, 1928, p. [69]
Taken 6 Dec 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, 13 December 1928
Taken 13 Dec 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, December 24, 1931
Taken some time in Dec 1931
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Esplanade at Burleigh, Queensland, Christmas 1932
Taken some time in Dec 1932
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Wearing a matching hat and dress, Miss J. Norris attended the Ascot Races, Brisbane, 1933
Taken some time in Dec 1933
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, receiving guests at a State reception at Parliament House, Brisbane in December 1934
Taken 4 Dec 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander December 27 1934
Taken 27 Dec 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Grace Riordan makes an attractive beach study, 1938
Taken 21 Dec 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Marie McKenna and Gladys Cooling at Southport, Gold Coast, December 1938
Taken 21 Dec 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Family caravan and camping holiday, Queensland, December 1938
Taken 23 Dec 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Mr and Mrs J. Bell and family enjoying the beach at Burleigh Heads 1938
Taken 25 Dec 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Crowds gather to watch the Air Force Parade in Queen Street Brisbane, December 1940
Taken 8 Dec 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Goodwill visit to Brisbane by the U.S. Navy, December 1941
Taken some time in Dec 1941
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Colonel Blackween with actor John Wayne
Taken some time in Dec 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Cheering for the team at the Valley baths, Brisbane, December 1943
Taken 13 Dec 1943
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Head and shoulders portrait of Ken Wayne 1947
Taken some time in Dec 1947
State Library of Queensland, Australia