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).
Yachts entered for the ocean race for a cup presented by the Kaiser (LOC)
Taken 14 May 1905
The Library of Congress
Missouri State University leads in students who work their own way through college (LOC)
Taken 21 May 1905
The Library of Congress
French three-masted barque VINCENNES aground on Manly Beach Sydney, May or June 1906
Taken some time in May 1906
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Some graphic illustrations of dreadful havoc wrought by the recent earthquake and conflagration in San Francisco (LOC)
Taken 6 May 1906
The Library of Congress
Florence Watson, domestic servant, arrested for stealing
Taken 19 May 1906
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Voters outside a polling place, Brisbane, Queensland, 1907
Taken some time in May 1907
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Frank Reitoold, fireman, arrested for indecent behaviour
Taken 2 May 1907
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Women at the first state election comparing notes, Brisbane, 1907
Taken 25 May 1907
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Letter from Godfrey Cabot Regarding Child Labor, 05/13/1908
Taken 13 May 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Surviving veterans of the Civil War who rose to the rank of Major General, or higher (LOC)
Taken 24 May 1908
The Library of Congress
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
Caroline et Marguerite sur le parvis de l'église Sainte-Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Caroline et Marguerite sur le parvis de l'église Sainte-Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Entrée du port, vue de ma fenêtre, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Entrée du port, vue de ma fenêtre, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Going to work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Marguerite D. descendant l'escalier, près de l'église Sainte- Dévote, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Mule spinning room in Chace Cotton Mill. Left hand - Leopold Daigneau, Arsene Lussier, Back roping boys. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at the Queen City Mill. About a dozen small boys like the smallest here. Names of small ones are Dorio Charptier, Arthur Tessier. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Only a few young girls work in the Chace Cotton Mill. In front row are Anna Grenier, 2 years in the mill, Agnes Fountain. Burlington, Vt, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Small girls working in Great Falls Mfg. Co. Many others there, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Some of the girls who work in Amoskeag Mills. Manchester, N.H., May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
The smallest boy does not work in the mill. The rest do, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Vue du musée océanographique surplombant la mer, Monaco, mai 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
bibliothequedetoulouse
Young girls going to work after noon hour, in Great Falls Mfg. Co. I saw a number smaller and younger than these, May 1909
Taken some time in May 1909
The U.S. National Archives
From the Atlantic to the Pacific anglers are stirring in response to springtime's call (LOC)
Taken 9 May 1909
The Library of Congress
A few of those whom Illinois has contributed to New York's company of influential men (LOC)
Taken 16 May 1909
The Library of Congress
Memorial day this year finds sixteen veterans of the Civil War still on the active list of U.S. Army officers (LOC)
Taken 30 May 1909
The Library of Congress
11:00 A.M. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch. They were all smoking. St. Louis, MO, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
3 year old and 2 boys hulling berries at Johnson's Canning Camp. Seaford, Del, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
5 year old Helen and her stepsisters hulling strawberries, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
A branch office in a coal shed. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Alberta Mc Nadd on Chester Truitt's Farm, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Bjørnsons båre fraktes med panserskipet "Norge" fra København til Kristiania.
Taken 1 May 1910
National Library of Norway
Francis Lance, 5 years old, 41 inches high. He jumps on and off moving cars at risk of life. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Francis Lance, 5 years old, 41 inches high. Sells regularly. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
General view of the hulling station of A.J. Johnson. Seaford, Del, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Johnston's Branch adjoining Saloon. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Joseph Severio, peanut vender, 11 years of age. Been pushing cart 2 years, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Messrs A.H. Poole, 34 The Mall, Waterford City. Photographic exhibits on railings
Taken some time in May 1910
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Michael Mero, Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one year of own volution. Don't smoke. Out after 11 P.M. on May 21. Ordinarily works 6 hours per day, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at Obear-Nestor Glass Co. All these boys are working at the glass works. East St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Richard Pierce, Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 2. 14 years of age. 9 months in service, works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Smokes and visits houses of prostitution, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Small newsie down-town. Saturday afternoon. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Teaching the young rider how to start. A common scene in Pool Room Branch. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Truants selling. Saturday Evening Post. 10:30 A.M. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Truants, Red St. Clair, and chum shooting craps in front of Murphy's Branch at 11:00 A.M. a school day, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Where the money goes to. Each Branch Office usually has a candy counter. St. Louis, Mo, May 1910
Taken some time in May 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Uncle Sam's newest dreadnought, The Florida, as she will look when cleared for action (LOC)
Taken 8 May 1910
The Library of Congress
[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
A young spinner in Yazoo City Yarn Mills. Said she was 13, but doubtful, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Family of L. W. Money. Father daughter and two boys work in spinning room of Washington Cotton Mills, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Force working in West Point Cotton Mills. West Point, Miss, May 1911
Taken some time in May 1911
The U.S. National Archives