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).
The great Dam across the Nile at Assuan - the most gigantic masonry of modern times - Egypt.
Taken some time in 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
The silent City of Death, entombing 30,000 Victims of Mt. Pelee's eruption - St. Pierre (looking south), Martinique.
Taken some time in 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Wilson Building Construction, Intersection of North Ervay and Elm Street]
Taken some time in 1902
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
'The path of national greatness never is easy or smooth' - President Roosevelt, Nahant, Mass.
Taken 25 Aug 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt Delivering a Speech in Bellows Falls, Vermont]
Taken 1 Sep 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt in Ashville, North Carolina]
Taken 9 Sep 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Easter Procession of the Greek Patriarch. Jerusalem
Taken some time in 1903
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Mosque of Sultan Hassan, The Finest Existing Example of Byzantine-Arabian Architecture, Cairo, Egypt.
Taken some time in 1903
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Sacred Lake of Ruined Temple of Karnak, Egypt
Taken some time in 1903
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
The President with Mr. Burroughs and Secretary Loeb, just before entering Yellowstone National Park
Taken some time in Apr 1903
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt in Louisiana, Missouri]
Taken 29 Apr 1903
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
[Senator Francis Warren Presenting Spurs to President Theodore Roosevelt]
Taken 1 Jun 1903
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Mountain Locomotive on Mexican-Vera Cruz Ry.
Taken some time in 1904
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Queretaro Chapel at place of Maximilians execution.
Taken some time in 1904
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
The temple of Sethos I - view of S.W. to its dismantled front - Abydos, Egypt.
Taken some time in 1904
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
President Roosevelt stopping at Taylor, Texas, on his way to the "Rough Rider" reunion.
Taken some time in Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Crowds Listening to Speech by President Theodore Roosevelt in Sherman, Texas]
Taken 5 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt Speaking from a Railroad Observation Car]
Taken 5 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt Speaking in Muskogee, Indian Territory]
Taken 5 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Doing honor to President Roosevelt at the Capital of the "Lone Star" State - Austin, Texas.
Taken 6 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Gov. Lanham delivering the introductory address, Pres. Roosevelt's visit, Austin, Tex.
Taken 6 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
President Roosevelt speaking to the "people of Central Texas" at Waco, Texas.
Taken 6 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
President Roosevelt and General Sumner at Military Review, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.
Taken 7 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Presidential Staff and Reception Committee arriving at the Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Tex.
Taken 7 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
"May American manhood be sturdy as the oak" - President Roosevelt planting a tree, Fort Worth, Texas.
Taken 8 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
President Roosevelt meeting his fellow Americans - speaking at Fort Worth, Texas.
Taken 8 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt Day in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]
Taken 20 Aug 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt in Richmond Virginia]
Taken 18 Oct 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in Montgomery, Alabama]
Taken 24 Oct 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Packing cotton in cylindric bales after gin has separated and cleaned fibre, Texas.
Taken some time in 1907
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Five Female Swimmers Wearing Bathing Caps, Houston Heights Natatorium]
Taken some time in 1907
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt Approaching Memphis, Tennessee on the USS Mississippi]
Taken 4 Oct 1907
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[President Theodore Roosevelt at Memphis, Tennessee]
Taken 4 Oct 1907
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Texas & Pacific Railway Butting Collision at Baird, Texas]
Taken 26 Oct 1907
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
A View on Ross Avenue, showing Residential Portion, Dallas, Texas
Taken some time in 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Rock Island Track Looking North from T. P. Crossing, Dallas
Taken some time in 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections