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).
Republic of Texas $50.00 (fifty dollars) ''redback'' note
Taken 22 May 1839
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
A Christmas Dinner on the Heights Before Sebastopol.
Taken 22 May 1855
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Excavated Church in the Caverns at Inkermann. Looking West.
Taken 22 May 1855
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Sebastopol from Old Chersonese, and Ancient Church of St. Vladimir.
Taken 28 May 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Wagon Train Crossing the Rappahannock River.
Taken some time in May 1864
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Souvenir 12 Annual Reunion, United Confederate Veterans. April 22 to 25, 1902. Dallas Texas.
Taken some time in May 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
El Ministro de la Guerra, su Estado Mayor y los Senores agregados militares a las legaciones extranjeras.
Taken 5 May 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt Posing in the Cab of His Locomotive, While Campaigning for Re-election]
Taken some time in May 1903
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
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
[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
[President Theodore Roosevelt Delivering a Speech]
Taken 27 May 1916
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Nach der Beschiessung u. Einnahme v. Rostow
Taken some time in May 1918
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
American Meter Co., Kilgore - New London
Taken some time in May 1938
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Jones & Laughlin Inc., near Corpus Christi, Tubing a Plymouth Oil Co. well
Taken some time in May 1939
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Roughneck connecting drilling pipe, Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.]
Taken some time in May 1939
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Employee with slide rule, Hercules Powder Co. Experiment Station, Wilmington, DE]
Taken 19 May 1947
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Refinery and processing plant, Magnolia Petroleum Co., Beaumont, TX]
Taken some time in May 1949
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Seatrain Louisiana, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Freight Car, Texas City]
Taken 5 May 1952
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Southern Pacific, Diesel Electric Switcher No. 1518]
Taken 1 May 1961
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Missouri Pacific, Diesel Electric Switcher No. 9156]
Taken 7 May 1961
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, Diesel Electric Freight Locomotive No. 184]
Taken some time in May 1962
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, Diesel Electric Passenger Locomotive No. 11, Left Rear]
Taken some time in May 1964
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas and New Orleans, Southern Pacific Freight Station, Denison, Texas]
Taken 30 May 1966
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas and Pacific Railway Station, Sherman, Texas]
Taken 30 May 1966
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, Diesel Electric Road Switcher Locomotive No. 2288]
Taken some time in May 1968
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Missouri Pacific, Diesel Electric Passenger Locomotive No. 42]
Taken some time in May 1968
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Southern Pacific, Business Car No. 132, 'Houston']
Taken some time in May 1968
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas & Pacific, Pullman Sleeping Car No. 674, 'Eagle City']
Taken some time in May 1968
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Southern Pacific, Diesel Electric Switcher No. 1745]
Taken 31 May 1968
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas & Pacific, Maintenance of Way Water Car No. X-1069]
Taken some time in May 1969
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas & Pacific, Maintenance of Way Water Car No. X-1069]
Taken some time in May 1969
SMU Libraries Digital Collections