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).
Plea to the Jurisdiction of Cinque and Others, 08/21/1839 - 08/21/1839
Taken 21 Aug 1839
The U.S. National Archives
Notary Form with Seal for John Karl, 08/10/1857 (Reverse)
Taken 10 Aug 1857
The U.S. National Archives
Abstract of Disbursements for New Custom House at New Orleans, 08/1860
Taken some time in Aug 1860
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Sidney J. Norton to Ciran Barney, New York Collector of Customs, 08/09/1862 (Page 1)
Taken 9 Aug 1862
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Sidney J. Norton to Ciran Barney, New York Collector of Customs, 08/09/1862 (Page 1)
Taken 9 Aug 1862
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Sidney J. Norton to Ciran Barney, New York Collector of Customs, 08/09/1862 (Page 2)
Taken 9 Aug 1862
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Sidney J. Norton to Ciran Barney, New York Collector of Customs, 08/09/1862 (Page 2)
Taken 9 Aug 1862
The U.S. National Archives
President Ulysses S. Grant's Commutation of Oscar Snow's Death Sentence - Page 4
Taken 10 Aug 1875
The U.S. National Archives
Drawing for a Kinetographic Camera, 08/31/1897 - 08/31/1897
Taken 31 Aug 1897
The U.S. National Archives
Anadarko Townsite, August 8, 1901. Auction in progress in lumber company booth. Temporary bank buildings and the beginnings of a lodging house nearby
Taken 8 Aug 1901
The U.S. National Archives
A typical glass works boy, night shift. Said he was 16 years old, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A.D.T. Messenger Boy. 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Cigar factory. Boys in foreground. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Greel's Shoe-Shining Parlor. Said he was 15 years old. Works some nights until 11 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Night shift, A.D.T. Messengers, 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at cotton mill. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour, Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Putting bottles into the Annealing Oven. 1 A.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Radishes! Penny a bunch! Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M., August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
These checks cost at the rate of one-half the selling price of the newspaper and are exchanged at another window for the number of papers they call for, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
"Radishes! Penny a bunch!" Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M. Cincinnati, OH, 08/22/1908
Taken 22 Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Young doffer in North Pownal Mill. North Pownal, Vt, August 1910
Taken some time in Aug 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Youngster making bands, cotton mill. Clarence Noel, 11 years old. North Pownal, Vt, August 1910
Taken some time in Aug 1910
The U.S. National Archives
5 year old Preston, a young cartoner, August 1911
Taken some time in Aug 1911
The U.S. National Archives
All these boys are cutters in a Canning Co, August 1911
Taken some time in Aug 1911
The U.S. National Archives
All work in the Butler Mills. New Bedford, Mass, August 1911
Taken some time in Aug 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Group of workers in the Sagamore Mfg. Co. Fall River, Mass, August 1911
Taken some time in Aug 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Group of young cartoners in Seacoast Canning Co. Not the youngest. Eastport, Me, August 1911
Taken some time in Aug 1911
The U.S. National Archives
One of the small cutters at work. Eastport, Me, August 1911
Taken some time in Aug 1911
The U.S. National Archives
While I was photographing these workers, the watchman dragged out the smallest boy, saying, "Here photograph Pewee," August 1911
Taken some time in Aug 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Langley (CV1), formerly the Jupiter. Aerial, bow on, plane on deck, 08/03/1923
Taken 3 Aug 1923
The U.S. National Archives
First-nighters posing for the camera outside the Warners' Theater before the premiere of "Don Juan" with John Barrymore, Washington DC, 08/06/1926.
Taken 6 Aug 1926
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the National Archives Building Being Constructed, 08/01/1933
Taken 1 Aug 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Almost Complete Construction of the Exterior of the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Taken 1 Aug 1934
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the 9th Street Side of the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Taken 2 Aug 1935
The U.S. National Archives
Nitrate Film Stored in a Brick Vault Located between the Fifth and Sixth Wings of the Navy Department, August 9, 1935
Taken 9 Aug 1935
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Laminating Press in the Repair and Preservation Division, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Mrs. Adelaide Minogue Checking Humidity Recorder in Stacks, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of Rehabilitation of Records in Repair and Preservation Division, 1942
Taken 12 Aug 1942
The U.S. National Archives
Inspection of personnel aboard a U.S. submarine at New London submarine base, Connecticut, 08/1943
Taken some time in Aug 1943
The U.S. National Archives
Action Report of the Loss of the USS PT-109 on August 1-2, 1943., Page 11/15
Taken 2 Aug 1943
The U.S. National Archives
Action Report of the Loss of the USS PT-109 on August 1-2, 1943., Page 13/15
Taken 2 Aug 1943
The U.S. National Archives
Action Report of the Loss of the USS PT-109 on August 1-2, 1943., Page 4/15
Taken 2 Aug 1943
The U.S. National Archives
The U.S. Marines salute the U.S. Coast Guard after the fury of battle had subsided and the Japanese on Guam had been defeated. "They (the Coast Guard) Put Us Here and We Intend to Stay" is the way the
Taken some time in Aug 1944
The U.S. National Archives
"Nurses of a field hospital who arrived in France via England and Egypt after three years service.", 08/12/1944
Taken 12 Aug 1944
The U.S. National Archives
Request from Jack "Jackie" R. Robinson to the Adjutant General for Retirement from Active Duty, 08/25/1944
Taken 25 Aug 1944
The U.S. National Archives
New York City celebrating the surrender of Japan. They threw anything and kissed anybody in Times Square., 08/14/1945
Taken 14 Aug 1945
The U.S. National Archives
V-J Day in New York City. Crowds gather in Times Square to celebrate the surrender of Japan., 08/15/1945
Taken 15 Aug 1945
The U.S. National Archives
Home of George Hoskins, his wife and ten children. Bell County, Kentucky, 08/31/1946
Taken 31 Aug 1946
The U.S. National Archives
Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 08/31/1951 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 31 Aug 1951
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominating T. Keith Glennan of Ohio to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 08/08/1958
Taken 8 Aug 1958
The U.S. National Archives
Letter to the State Superintendent of School Filed in the Case William Wittkamper, et. al. v. James Harvey, et. al. and the School Board of Americus Georgia, 08/30/1960
Taken 30 Aug 1960
The U.S. National Archives
Colombian Group with White House Staff and Police Officers
Taken 3 Aug 1961
The U.S. National Archives
White House Staff Members Accept Gifts from Colombian Group
Taken 3 Aug 1961
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President John F. Kennedy transmitting a treaty signed at Moscow on August 5, 1963, 08/08/1963
Taken 8 Aug 1963
The U.S. National Archives
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking.], 08/28/1963.
Taken 28 Aug 1963
The U.S. National Archives
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Leaders of the march posing in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial.], 08/28/1963
Taken 28 Aug 1963
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of a Young Woman at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. with a Banner, 08/28/1963
Taken 28 Aug 1963
The U.S. National Archives
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, as Introduced, S.J. Res. 189, 08/04/1964 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 4 Aug 1964
The U.S. National Archives
8/65. Seldovia - Cemetery that is to be moved because of urban renewal project. Bishop Ambrosia will supervise the removal. (Russian Orthodox)
Taken some time in Aug 1965
The U.S. National Archives