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).
[Portrait of Jerry Wald, Gordon MacRae, Mel Tormé, Marion Hutton, and Jerry Jerome, Saturday Teentimers Show, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jimmy Jones and Joe Thomas(?), Pied Piper, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Joan Brooks and Duke Niles, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Joe Helbock, Charlie's Tavern, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Joe Mooney, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Andy Fitzgerald, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Joe Sullivan, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of John Chance, Paul Kashian, Nick Travis, Chuck Genduso, Joe Ferrante, and Curly Broyles, Hotel Commodore, Century Room, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of John Hardee, Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of John Hardee, Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jonah Jones and Cab Calloway, Columbia studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jose Mangual, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Josephine Premice, Village Vanguard, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, and Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, and Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Larry Clinton and Betty George, Copacabana(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Lennie Tristano, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Leo Parker, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Machito and Graciella Grillo, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Machito, Jose Mangual, and Carlos Vidal(?), Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Machito, Jose Mangual, Carlos Vidal(?), Mario Bouza, Ubaldo Nieto, and Graciella Grillo, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Mario Bouza, Jose Mangual, Carlos Vidal(?), and Ubaldo Nieto, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Mary Lou Williams, CBS studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Melvin G. Powell and Martha Scott in their home, Connecticut, ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Micky Folus, Danny Polo, Billy Exiner, Vahe (Tak) Takvorian, and Al Langstaff, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Mildred Bailey, Carnegie Hall(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Milt Orent, Mary Lou Williams, Hank Jones, and Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams' apartment, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Nat King Cole, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Noro Morales and Humberto López Morales, Glen Island Casino(?), New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Noro Morales, Ismael Morales, and Humberto López Morales, Glen Island Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Paul Kashian, Mundell Lowe, Ray McKinley, Chris Adams, and Teddy Norman, Hotel Commodore, Century Room, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ray Anthony, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ray Anthony, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ray Anthony, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ray McKinley, (Robert) Dean Kincaide, Bill Ainsworth, Ray Beller, and Peanuts Hucko, Hotel Commodore, Century Room, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ray McKinley, Hotel Commodore, Century Room, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ray McKinley, Paul Kashian, Mundell Lowe, Chris Adams, and Teddy Norman, Hotel Commodore, Century Room, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Red Norvo, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Red Norvo, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Rudi Blesh and Baby Dodds, Riverboat on the Hudson, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Micky Folus, Joe Shulman, Billy Exiner, Mario Rullo, Danny Polo, Lee Konitz, and Bill Bushing, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll,
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Serge Chaloff, Georgie Auld, Red Rodney, and Tiny Kahn, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Shelly Manne, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Shelly Manne, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Shelly Manne, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Shorty Warren, Rosalie Allen, Ernest Tubb, Cy Sweat, Dave Miller, Radio Dot, Smokey Warren, Dick Richards, Minnie Pearl, Bob McCoy, and Smokey Swan, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., Sept. 1
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Shorty Warren, Rosalie Allen, Ernest Tubb, Cy Sweat, Dave Miller, Radio Dot, Smokey Warren, Dick Richards, Minnie Pearl, Bob McCoy, and Smokey Swan, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., Sept. 1
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sidney Bechet, Freddie Moore, and Lloyd Phillips, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Skitch Henderson and Andy Russell, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Skitch Henderson, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sol (Solomon) Yaged, Joe Thomas, and Rex William Stewart, Pied Piper, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Stan Kenton, Harry Forbes, and Pete Rugolo, Capitol studio, ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Stan Kenton, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Stan Kenton, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sylvia Syms, Little Casino(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sylvia Syms, Little Casino(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sylvia Syms, Little Casino(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ted Kelly, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville, (Scoville) Toby Browne, and Buck Clayton, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Terry Gibbs, Harry Biss, and Bill (Buddy) De Arango, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tex Beneke, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tex Beneke, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tex Beneke, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tiny Grimes, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tommy Dorsey and Beryl Davis, WMCA, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tommy Dorsey, Beryl Davis, Georgie Auld, Ray McKinley, Johnny Desmond, Vic Damone, Mel Tormé, Mary Lou Williams, and Josh White, WMCA, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tyree Glenn, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Vaughn Monroe, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Vernon Brown, Spots Esposito, and Bobby Hackett, Museum of Modern Music program, ABC studio, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Vernon Friley, Irv Dinkin, Jim Harwood, John Chance, Paul Kashian, Nick Travis, Chuck Genduso, and Joe Ferrante, Hotel Commodore, Century Room, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Vincent Nola and Elojean Swanson, Nola's, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Wilbur De Paris and Sidney De Paris, Onyx, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Willie Smith in his apartment, Manhattan, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Willie Smith in his apartment, Manhattan, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
Message of President Harry Truman nominating George C. Marshall to be Secretary of State, 01/08/1947
Taken 8 Jan 1947
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial commemorating Lincoln's Birthday, attended by a large group of African-American children., 02/12/1947
Taken 12 Feb 1947
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial commemorating Lincoln's birthday, with troops and spectators gathered on the steps of the Memorial., 02/12/1947
Taken 12 Feb 1947
The U.S. National Archives
Opening Petersham Odeon, 15 February 1947, by Sam Hood
Taken 15 Feb 1947
State Library of New South Wales collection
Laying of foundation stone for St.Theodore's Greek Orthodox Church, 1947
Taken 16 Mar 1947
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ringling Circus clown Emmett Kelly: Sarasota, Florida
Taken 21 Mar 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
A mill worker watches over the loading of powder fine phosphate: Mulberry, Florida
Taken some time in Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Bird's-eye view showing phosphate being shipped by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad to the International Minerals Corporation
Taken some time in Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Epitaphios being carried during a Good Friday service at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tarpon Springs, Florida
Taken some time in Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Mabel Ringling (later Anderson) in riding clothes: Sarasota, Florida
Taken 2 Apr 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida