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).
Concert at Australia House [showing] Mr and Mrs Stanley Bruce
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Dimitri Rostoff as Malatesta and Lubov Tchernicheva in Francesca da Rimini as Francesca, [1].
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Oleg Tupine, Original Ballet Russe, 1939-1940 / E.A. Rowell
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn, Facade / Anthony
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Tamara Grigorieva and Irina Zarova in Pavane, with Georges Skibine and Nicolas Ivangin, Original Ballet Russe Australian tour, 1940.
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
Wild flowers, South Australia : a lantern slide used in lectures on all Australian Inland Mission activities, 1940- / [John Flynn?]
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
[Portrait of Gracie Fields with flowers in her hair, 194-?]
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons
From bedroom window, Edinburgh, March 1941
Taken some time in Mar 1941
National Library of Australia Commons
Dawn of El Alamein Battle, tanks waiting to advance
Taken some time in 1942
National Library of Australia Commons
People dancing at the first night at the Dugout, a dancehall in Melbourne, ca. 1942
Taken some time in 1942
National Library of Australia Commons
Aerial view of Drouin town centre, Victoria, during World War II [1]
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [1]
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [2]
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
After Sunday morning mass at St Ita's, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Afternoon tea with the Hamley family and visitor June Wellwood, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Arthur Holmes for the War Agricultural Committee enrolling Helen Dickson into the Women's Land Army, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Chairman of the Council, Edward Porter gives instructions to Bill Pertzel, Council worker, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Cheeses for Allied servicemen at Drouin's co-operative milk factory, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Customers in the hardware section of Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Doctor Edward Hamp with his family of Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Drouin Railway Station interior during world War II, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Drouin schoolboys playing cricket, Drouin, Victoria [1]
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Ethel McDonald ( famer's wife) ties her horse in Main Street, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Four unidentified men discussing a large pile of wood, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Four unidentified men grouped around a table, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
John Curtin and Mrs Curtin with Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, examining Book of Remembrance in Memorial Chamber, Peace Tower, in Parliament House, Ottawa, 1944
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Land Army girls employed at the Drouin flax mill, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Miss Jean Lilburne with her class in the Grade One room at Drouin State School, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Mrs Josephine Smith, Arthur Robert Maxfield and butcher William in Connolly Colquhoun's butcher shop, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
On the way home from school, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Rev. William McSpedden, vicar of Christ Church, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of John Dickers, Royal Australian Air Force
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of John Jeanes, retired farmer, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Leah Notman, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of Sergeant Ernest Brough of Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Portrait of William J. Young of Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Private Wallace Tratford arrives home on leave, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Private Wallace Tratford of Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Rev. William McSpedden standing between two unidentified men playing lawn bowls, Drouin,Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Sapper Ernest Sharman of the Royal Australian Engineers
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Station Master Joseph Sullivan in his office, Drouin Railway Station, Victoria, ca. 1944
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Teacher, Lorraine Lapthorne conducts her class in the Grade Two room at the Drouin State School, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
The circus comes to town, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
The Station Master's office, Drouin Railway Station, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
The Sullivan family having a meal, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Three men at the Warragul cattle sales, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Three unidentified women washing and wiping the dishes, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
William Pettit and Ken McPhan of the Gippsland Independent and Express newspaper, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
William Russell putting the four gallon monthly ration of petrol into a customer's car, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Woman and child buying shoes in the shoe section of Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Women shopping with coupons during world War II in Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Women volunteer grinding a billet of armour piercing steel at a munitions factory, Australia, 1944.
Taken some time in 1944
National Library of Australia Commons
Duguid family camping on the way to Ernabella, 1945? [transparency].
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Mother and baby attending the Drouin Infant Welfare Centre, Victoria
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Mothers and babies at the Drouin Infant Welfare Centre, Victoria
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Wartime parting of a family, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Victory celebrations in Martin Place, Sydney, 15 August 1945
Taken 15 Aug 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
A resident of Alice Springs displays four pet moloch horridus lizards, [Northern Territory] Arthur Groom
Taken some time in 1946
National Library of Australia Commons
Prince William and Will playing cricket, Devonport, Tasmania, January 1946 / Alfred Amos
Taken some time in Jan 1946
National Library of Australia Commons
Prince William, Prince Richard and their nanny on board HMS King George V, 1946
Taken some time in 1946
National Library of Australia Commons
Lindsay Park house and gardens, Angaston, South Australia, September 1946 / Alfred Amos
Taken some time in Sep 1946
National Library of Australia Commons
John Charles Thomas shows his American golf shoes to Mr George Sutherland of Melbourne, [1947?]
Taken some time in 1947
National Library of Australia Commons
Tommy Burns sparring with ex-welterweight champion, Hockey Bennell, at Dunleavy's gymnasium for his coming contest with Benny Evans
Taken some time in 1947
National Library of Australia Commons
Captain Frank Hurley with the president of the Australian Book Society, Mr. J. Tickell looking at "Shackleton's Agronauts"
Taken some time in 1948
National Library of Australia Commons
Sub-Antarctic ski run on the slopes of Mt. Drygalski, Heard Island, Antarctica, 1948
Taken some time in 1948
National Library of Australia Commons
Narragin cutting David Johnson's hair, Yirrkala, Northern Territory, 6 August 1948 / Robert Miller
Taken 6 Aug 1948
National Library of Australia Commons
Dainer's [I.e.Daner's] Gap camp, October 1948, Snowy Mountains, NSW
Taken some time in Oct 1948
National Library of Australia Commons
"House of Tomorrow" exhibition at Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1949 [sitting-room] Wolfgang Sievers
Taken some time in 1949
National Library of Australia Commons
Creek in flood at Ernabella, South Australia, 1949 [transparency] /
Taken some time in 1949
National Library of Australia Commons
Dry creek bed at Ernabella, South Australia, 1949 [transparency] /
Taken some time in 1949
National Library of Australia Commons
The kitchen in the "House of Tomorrow" exhibition at Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1949 / Wolfgang Sievers
Taken some time in 1949
National Library of Australia Commons
Construction workers making concrete bricks during the construction of the new administration office, Birkenhead depot, August, 1950
Taken some time in 1950
National Library of Australia Commons
Man feeding rainbow lorikeets, Currumbin, Queensland, approximately 1950.
Taken some time in 1950
National Library of Australia Commons
Helen White arranges potted shrubs in front of the homestead with gardener Joe at Burren Burren Station, near Collarenebri, New South Wales, 1951 / Francis Reiss
Taken some time in 1951
National Library of Australia Commons
Couple square dancing in a championship grand final, Prahran, Victoria, ca. 1952
Taken some time in 1952
National Library of Australia Commons
Hospital sisters picnic beside the Katherine River, Northern Territory / Arthur Groom
Taken some time in 1952
National Library of Australia Commons
Lionel Cox competing at the Helsinki Olympic Games, 1952
Taken some time in 1952
National Library of Australia Commons
Australian Women Pilots' Association scholarship entrant Margaret Pines (left) is shown flight controls in the cockpit of an Auster J/4 Archer monoplane by pilot Jacqueline Smith at an airfield, New S
Taken some time in Nov 1952
National Library of Australia Commons
Lesley Fuller and cattle, Rosewood Station, Northern Territory, August 1953 / Frank Johnston
Taken some time in 1953
National Library of Australia Commons
National Theatre Ballet performance of Aurora's Wedding starring Eve King, 1953 / Walter Stringer
Taken some time in 1953
National Library of Australia Commons
Opal miner, George Lowe chips away at the face of his opal mine, Lightning Ridge, 1953
Taken some time in 1953
National Library of Australia Commons
Queen Elizabeth the Second alighting the Royal Barge in Sydney Harbour 1954]
Taken some time in 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Royal tour decorations, statue of Queen Elizabeth II on horseback, Sydney, 1954 [transparency] /
Taken some time in 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Snowy Mountains Scheme T-2 tunnel work, 1957, Dept. of Overseas Trade, Melbourne / Wolfgang Sievers
Taken some time in 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
The Lord Mayor of Hobart, Sir Richard Harris, receives the Queen after she leaves her car in front of Hobart Town Hall, Tasmania, 1954.
Taken some time in Feb 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Her Majesty arrives at Parliament House, Canberra ... escorted by the Prime Minister, Mr. R.G. Menzies ... to open the third session of the 20th Federal Parliament on February 15 [1954]
Taken 15 Feb 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
H.M. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive at the Cocos Islands, April 1954
Taken some time in Apr 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Prince Philip waves goodbye as he and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by John Clunies Ross, return to their ship from Home Island, Cocos Islands, 1954
Taken some time in Apr 1954
National Library of Australia Commons