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).
Sawmillers at work in the shed at Cairns Timber Ltd.
Taken some time in 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Anzac Day procession through the streets of Brisbane, 1916
Taken 25 Apr 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
John Hicks and Co, patriotic float, Brisbane, 1916
Taken some time in Aug 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bush house in the children's playground at Mapoon Mission, September, 1916
Taken some time in Sep 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nicholas and Minnie Hey, missionaries at the Mapoon Presbyterian Mission in north Queensland
Taken some time in Sep 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Settlers house on Mapoon Presbyterian Mission 1916
Taken some time in Sep 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Village on Mapoon Presbyterian Mission, September 1916
Taken some time in Sep 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Crowd bidding farewell in the rain on Pinkenba Wharf, Brisbane
Taken 17 Nov 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australian Light Horse soldiers celebrating Christmas in Palestine during WWI
Taken some time in Dec 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Female sawyers at work on Mapoon Mission Queensland 1916
Taken 16 Dec 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Mapoon workers displaying handmade crafts and a presentation set of lace d'oyleys, 1916
Taken 16 Dec 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Althea Atherton Cook daughter of A. A. Cook as a small child 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Beach tug of war at Southport, Gold Coast
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Beside the sea at Redcliffe Beach Queensland ca. 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Curtis Falls at Mount Tamborine Queensland ca. 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Human pyramid building by the boys gymnastic group, Clifton Church of England, Queensland
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Last parade of troops at Fraser's Camp, Enoggera, 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Portrait of Aboriginal serviceman Private Thomas Blackmann, 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres, Belgium
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
School girls from Glennie College Toowoomba Queensland 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Swimming pool at Paddington Brisbane ca. 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Women of the Hooker family enjoying the cool water at the Canungra Weir
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Beside the sea at Redcliffe Beach, Queensland, ca. 1917
Taken 15 Apr 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Page 21 of the Queenslander Pictorial supplement to The Queenslander, 5 May 1917
Taken 5 May 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Battle of Messines. Anzac Field Dressing Station, 7 June 1917
Taken 7 Jun 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Honouring fallen heroes of the Stephens Shire
Taken some time in Sep 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, December 1, 1917
Taken some time in Dec 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australian Light Horse soldiers celebrating Christmas in Palestine during WWI, 1917
Taken 25 Dec 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Best Decorated Car in the Patriotic Parade in Sandgate, Brisbane, 1918
Taken some time in Jan 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
McLucas sisters in costume after the Peace Procession in Wondai, 1918
Taken some time in 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Floodwaters surround the Crown Hotel at Home Hill 1918
Taken some time in Feb 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Beatties Hall after cyclone damage Babinda 1918 research
Taken some time in Mar 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Peace Celebration Day float in Brisbane 1918
Taken some time in Nov 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Armistice Day celebations on the Town Beach in Bowen
Taken 11 Nov 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Armistice Day, Nov. 1918 at Canungra, Queensland
Taken 11 Nov 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
One of the floats in the Armistice Procession in Brisbane, 1918
Taken 29 Nov 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Garowie residence and summer house, 1919
Taken some time in 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Two women on the steps of the General Post Office, Brisbane, 1919
Taken some time in 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
First Anzac Day parade on Queen Street in Brisbane
Taken 25 Apr 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
First Anzac parade on Queen Street, Brisbane, 1919
Taken 25 Apr 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ithaca influenza epidemic workers (July 1919)
Taken some time in Jul 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Girls dormitory at Mapoon Presbyterian Mission north Queensland 1919
Taken 22 Nov 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Queenslander Pictorial supplement to The Queenslander, 22 November, 1919
Taken 22 Nov 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Minnie Kriesel of Prairie in her wedding dress, 1919
Taken 10 Dec 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Page 21 of the Queenslander Pictorial supplement to The Queenslander, 13 December, 1919
Taken 13 Dec 1919
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Prince of Wales on a race horse at Ascot, Brisbane
Taken some time in 1920
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Aileen Bell with Edward Prince of Wales
Taken some time in Aug 1920
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Cattle taking part in the Grand Parade at the Exhibition, Brisbane, 1921
Taken some time in 1921
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Cricket players and supporters arrive in Boulia, 1921
Taken some time in 1921
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Prickly pear over 20 feet high in the Gogango Range Central Queensland 1921
Taken 19 Feb 1921
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Charmian Bernays dressed in a rabbit costume
Taken some time in 1922
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View of an old gas light alongside an electric street light in Townsville, June, 1922
Taken some time in Jun 1922
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Paddington kindergarten in Brisbane in 1922
Taken some time in Jul 1922
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ipswich rugby league team set to play England in an International Rugby League match in Ipswich, 1932
Taken 2 Jul 1922
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children and their carers at the Paddington Kindergarten
Taken some time in Sep 1922
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated page from The Queenslander, December 2, 1922
Taken 21 Sep 1922
State Library of Queensland, Australia
For self-protection vote Labour, the party with a sane, vigorous, and progressive society
Taken some time in 1923
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Relaxed group on the Manly Jetty, on New Year's Day, 1923
Taken some time in Jan 1923
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Decorated boat at the Henley on Brisbane, 1923
Taken 13 Oct 1923
State Library of Queensland, Australia
All Souls school rugby team, Charters Towers, 1924
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Beautiful garden at Thylungra Station, Western Queensland, 1924
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Glennie School netball team, Toowoomba, Queensland, 1924
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Members of the South Brisbane Sailing Club on Moreton Bay during Easter, 1924
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Moothandella Station homestead home of Charles and Lillian Cartwright, 1924
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
SS Porpoise at the jetty at Bongaree, Bribie Island, Queensland, 1924
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Studebaker roadster back from an endurance run, Brisbane to Burketown and return, 1924
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Unbeaten Queensland Rugby League Representative Team, 1924
Taken some time in 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Boys on bikes at Barramornie Station, August 1924
Taken some time in Aug 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Gathering wildflowers on Russell Island, Queensland, 1924
Taken 23 Aug 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Arcadia Wharf on Magnetic Island off Townsville, 1924
Taken some time in Dec 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nellie Bay on Magnetic Island off Townsville, Queensland, 1924
Taken some time in Dec 1924
State Library of Queensland, Australia
1925 Gray tourer with passengers, Brisbane.
Taken some time in 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Car parked outside Alan home, Toowoomba, 1925
Taken some time in 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Chevrolet Tourer, Charters Towers, 1925
Taken some time in 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Christmas celebrations at Diamantina Hospital
Taken some time in 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Christmas greeting card from Brisbane City Council 1925
Taken some time in 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Enoggera plays Ithaca Creek in the semifinals of the school competition, Exhibition Grounds, 1925
Taken some time in 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia