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).
Drawing of the Investigator tree on Sweers Island, 1857
Taken some time in 1857
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Wickham Terrace, Brisbane from the Observatory in 1863
Taken some time in 1863
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Concrete pylons being erected for the first permanent Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, ca. 1869
Taken some time in 1869
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified man, 1870-1880
Taken some time in 1870
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Brighton Family Boarding House at Cleveland, 1871
Taken some time in 1871
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Investigator Tree, Sweers Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, 1871
Taken some time in 1871
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Major A. J. Boyd's sugar cane crushing mill at Ormeau Plantation, Pimpama Creek, 1871
Taken some time in 1871
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dickson family, Toorak House, Brisbane 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Family on the veranda of their home on the outskirts of Brisbane, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Family standing outside their homestead in the Albert and Logan district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
German immigrant family on their farm, probably in the Bethania area, Logan district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Horse being ridden by Eliza Veivers at Boobigan near Nerang, 1871
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Maryland Street Stanthorpe, featuring Crook's Hotel on the left and the Roll-up Tree on the right, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Offices of the New Banca Tin Mining Company Stanthorpe, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Selector's house, probably near Logan in the Beenleigh district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Tin miners and their dogs in the Stanthorpe district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Travelling outfitters wagon on the road between Brisbane and Nerang, near Hanlon's Ferry at Yatala
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Unidentified building, Stanthorpe, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View of Maryland Street, Stanthorpe, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Wedding at Stanthorpe's Presbyterian Church, December 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Woman feeding geese in the Albert River district, 1872
Taken some time in 1872
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Chinese translation of the Gold Fields Regulations and Gold Fields Act, 1873
Taken 1 May 1873
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Crossing the first permanent Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, ca. 1874
Taken some time in 1874
State Library of Queensland, Australia
B12 Steam locomotive No. 14 made by Dubs on the Central Line, 1878
Taken some time in 1878
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Herbert River residence, 'Hamleigh House', Ingham
Taken some time in 1881
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Queensland Rugby Union Team who played New South Wales in an Intercolonial Match, August 1883
Taken some time in Aug 1883
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Perry brothers camping at Stradbroke Island, Christmas, 1885
Taken some time in Dec 1885
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Advertisement for Browns patent dermathistic corset appearing in the Queensland Figaro, 1889
Taken 25 May 1889
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Engine 281 in the locomotive sheds at Ipswich, ca. 1890
Taken some time in 1890
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Verandah at 'Fairseal', the residence of W.C. Hume at Torwood, Brisbane, 1890
Taken some time in 1890
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Albert Sports Ground during the Brisbane floods of March, 1890
Taken some time in Mar 1890
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ready for the wedding reception to begin, Merthyr, 1894
Taken some time in Nov 1894
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Balancing rock in the large group of rocks called the Tower of London
Taken 1 Jan 1895
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Settlement at the Dee River crossing, Mount Morgan district, ca.1895
Taken some time in 1895
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Entrance to the Cairns Joss House, 1896
Taken some time in 1896
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Colonial bungalow of the Magistrate of Daru Island, Torres Strait
Taken some time in 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Interior of Rev. Ernest Gribble's church at the Yarrabah Mission, North Queensland, 1899
Taken some time in 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Woolloongabba Cricket Ground, 21 January, 1899
Taken 21 Jan 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Battle-stained Queensland Rugby Union Team, photographed after the match in July 1899
Taken 1 Jul 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Church building at the Mapoon Mission far north Queensland
Taken some time in Jul 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Queensland plays Mullineux's English Team at Rugby Union in Brisbane
Taken 1 Jul 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Rugby Union international football match, Brisbane, 1899
Taken 1 Jul 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Large crowd attends opening day at St. Joseph's Catholic Cathedral, Rockhampton, 1899
Taken 15 Oct 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Real estate map of Richter Estate, Annerley, 1889
Taken 23 Nov 1899
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Fern-filled Conservatory at Bowen Park, Brisbane, ca. 1890
Taken some time in 1900
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Wallaroo Football Club, Senior Premiers in 1900
Taken some time in 1900
State Library of Queensland, Australia
French journalist Henri Gilbert, Barcaldine, April 1900
Taken some time in Apr 1900
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australian Mutual Provident Society Building Brisbane 1889
Taken some time in Sep 1900
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Loading timber onto trucks, Landsborough railway yard, 1900
Taken some time in Sep 1900
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bush house at Folkestone, December 1885
Taken some time in Dec 1900
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Commonwealth Procession outside the Treasury building in Queen Street
Taken 1 Jan 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Interior of St. Albans church at Yarrabah, ca. 1901
Taken some time in 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Schooner on the river with sails down and signal flags flying
Taken some time in 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Soldiers preparing to fire the cannons at a military display in the Domain
Taken 1 Jan 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Decorated arch over George street for the royal visit, Brisbane
Taken 24 May 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Inside the workshop at the Brisbane Electrical Co., 1902
Taken some time in 1902
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Circus strongman supporting ten people on a plank Brisbane 1903
Taken some time in 1903
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Kit inspections at the new female division of the Boggo Road Gaol, Brisbane, 1903
Taken some time in 1903
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View along the Strand from the Harbour Board Office Townsville, ca. 1903
Taken some time in 1903
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View of extensive gardens at Carlton House, a Mount Morgan residence
Taken some time in 1903
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Opening of the Chelmer golf season Brisbane May 1903
Taken 1 May 1903
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Aborigines on the Batavia River demonstrating the use of the Woomera, Mapoon, 1904
Taken some time in 1904
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Brownie the goat and his human friend, Billy Sheppard - 1904
Taken some time in 1904
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Father and son in a horsedrawn buggy, Hervey Bay, Queensland, 1904
Taken some time in 1904
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Railway gates, Charters Towers, ca. 1905
Taken some time in 1905
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Taking tea in the garden at the Station Master's home, Nerang, 1905
Taken some time in 1905
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Border Fence at Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Taken some time in 1906
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Police searching the luggage of Australian South Sea Islanders before their deportation from Cairns, Queensland, 1906
Taken some time in 1906
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Second permanent Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, ca. 1906
Taken some time in 1906
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Miss Kemp wearing a lace top and long pants tucked into knee-high boots
Taken 3 Feb 1906
State Library of Queensland, Australia