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).
Japanese recouping the costs of their war by building up trade in Asia (LOC)
Taken 24 Sep 1905
The Library of Congress
A novelty in sculpture for the College of the City of New-York (LOC)
Taken 15 Oct 1905
The Library of Congress
Up-to-date luxury and the most primitive inconveniences contrast sharply in the Czar's domain (LOC)
Taken 5 Nov 1905
The Library of Congress
The turkey is a great eater---this week he makes great eating (LOC)
Taken 26 Nov 1905
The Library of Congress
At a public bath in Tiflis-with the real thing in massage-nothing just like it in the world (LOC)
Taken 17 Dec 1905
The Library of Congress
An hour before the Christmas dinner. Problem: Can he wait? (LOC)
Taken 24 Dec 1905
The Library of Congress
Military manoeuvres above the clouds are a specialty of the Swiss army (LOC)
Taken 14 Jan 1906
The Library of Congress
Booker T. Washington in Carnegie Hall last week; Devil dancing before the Prince and Princess of Wales (LOC)
Taken 28 Jan 1906
The Library of Congress
Germany's emperor celebrates next week the twenty-fifth anniversary of his wedding (LOC)
Taken 18 Feb 1906
The Library of Congress
Military men will display their skill and agility at Madison Square Garden this week (LOC)
Taken 22 Apr 1906
The Library of Congress
Some graphic illustrations of dreadful havoc wrought by the recent earthquake and conflagration in San Francisco (LOC)
Taken 6 May 1906
The Library of Congress
Scenes at the Chicago stockyards and packing houses, now under general suspicion by the people of America (LOC)
Taken 3 Jun 1906
The Library of Congress
Fun and hard work go turn and turn about at the Peekskill Military State Camp (LOC)
Taken 10 Jun 1906
The Library of Congress
Scenes at Asbury Park, where they are preparing for their Annual Baby Parade this month (LOC)
Taken 19 Aug 1906
The Library of Congress
Scenes at the Big Rifle Tournament now on at Sea Girt, N. J. (LOC)
Taken 2 Sep 1906
The Library of Congress
Scenes at the Horse Show which took place at Newport last week (LOC)
Taken 9 Sep 1906
The Library of Congress
Miss Knickerbocker transfers her attention from the horse to the turkey this week (LOC)
Taken 25 Nov 1906
The Library of Congress
Medicine and miracle are still mixed picturesquely in Brittany (LOC)
Taken 9 Dec 1906
The Library of Congress
President Roosevelt gathering information at first hand about the Panama Canal (LOC)
Taken 16 Dec 1906
The Library of Congress
Another railroad from ocean to ocean greets the new year (LOC)
Taken 30 Dec 1906
The Library of Congress
[Frank Chance, Chicago NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1907
The Library of Congress
Colossal bar of masonry nearing completion in a recent haunt of the savage Apache. (LOC)
Taken 17 Mar 1907
The Library of Congress
At the national arbitration and peace congress last week. (LOC)
Taken 21 Apr 1907
The Library of Congress
Colorado Springs to have a big park with much rugged mountain scenery. (LOC)
Taken 2 Jun 1907
The Library of Congress
Photographs of William H. Taft, Secretary of War, at different stages in his career. (LOC)
Taken 7 Jul 1907
The Library of Congress
Three million acres in Alaska soon to be open to settlers. (LOC)
Taken 21 Jul 1907
The Library of Congress
Some of the yachts seen in New York waters and their owners. (LOC)
Taken 28 Jul 1907
The Library of Congress
Some of the summer "cottages" which have made Newport, R. I. famous the world over. (LOC)
Taken 1 Sep 1907
The Library of Congress
Next week Oklahoma becomes the forty-sixth state in the union (LOC)
Taken 10 Nov 1907
The Library of Congress
Comfort and luxury may be had with comparative cheapness in a motor boat. (LOC)
Taken 8 Dec 1907
The Library of Congress
Vanishing relics of one of the four great races of men. (LOC)
Taken 15 Dec 1907
The Library of Congress
A toast to the new year: may 1908 bring good luck to all good Americans. (LOC)
Taken 29 Dec 1907
The Library of Congress
Glimpses of some of the beautiful scenery in the proposed Appalachian National Forest (LOC)
Taken 5 Jan 1908
The Library of Congress
Old heads on young shoulder in the highest financial circles of America (LOC)
Taken 19 Jan 1908
The Library of Congress
Sharks, rattlesnakes, fighting cocks and gamblers await our navy at Magdalena Bay (LOC)
Taken 1 Mar 1908
The Library of Congress
Congo huts which somewhat resemble the wigwams of our North American Indians (LOC)
Taken 29 Mar 1908
The Library of Congress
Now spring unlocks the leaves and grass to paint the sombre fields (LOC)
Taken 5 Apr 1908
The Library of Congress
Woman's altruism shown by the growing custom of dining in public on Easter Sunday (LOC)
Taken 19 Apr 1908
The Library of Congress
Surviving veterans of the Civil War who rose to the rank of Major General, or higher (LOC)
Taken 24 May 1908
The Library of Congress
Latest photographs of Mrs. William Howard Taft and her three children (LOC)
Taken 28 Jun 1908
The Library of Congress
Govenor Hughes making the ascent of Mount Marcy, highest peak of the Adirondacks (LOC)
Taken 16 Aug 1908
The Library of Congress
Politics and the fatal "R" begin this week their deadly work upon the oyster (LOC)
Taken 30 Aug 1908
The Library of Congress
Here is one candidate who is not worrying about his success at the polls next month (LOC)
Taken 25 Oct 1908
The Library of Congress
Rival horse shows will open this week in Madison Square Garden and the American Museum of Natural History (LOC)
Taken 8 Nov 1908
The Library of Congress
How thick is Gotham? One answer is: ten hundred and ninety feet (LOC)
Taken 29 Nov 1908
The Library of Congress
Uncle Sam's Secret Service seems to have a powerful attraction for young men (LOC)
Taken 20 Dec 1908
The Library of Congress
Unusual number of centenary celebrations of great men this year (LOC)
Taken 3 Jan 1909
The Library of Congress
John Burroughs, guided by John Muir, sees in reality the dream of forty years (LOC)
Taken 11 Apr 1909
The Library of Congress
From the Atlantic to the Pacific anglers are stirring in response to springtime's call (LOC)
Taken 9 May 1909
The Library of Congress
A few of those whom Illinois has contributed to New York's company of influential men (LOC)
Taken 16 May 1909
The Library of Congress
Memorial day this year finds sixteen veterans of the Civil War still on the active list of U.S. Army officers (LOC)
Taken 30 May 1909
The Library of Congress
Yale and Harvard will row in their annual contest at New London this week (LOC)
Taken 27 Jun 1909
The Library of Congress
The growing inclination toward a saner method of celebrating the Fourth of July (LOC)
Taken 4 Jul 1909
The Library of Congress
Camping out in sight of Manhattan by grace of the Palisades Inter-State Park Commission (LOC)
Taken 18 Jul 1909
The Library of Congress
Turning a river into the heart of a mountain and out the other side (LOC)
Taken 25 Jul 1909
The Library of Congress
Some of E.H. Harriman's greatest feats in railroad construction (LOC)
Taken 29 Aug 1909
The Library of Congress
Summer sightseers in the Arctic regions lose no time through darkness (LOC)
Taken 12 Sep 1909
The Library of Congress
Men who shared the perils and hardships of Peary's trip to the pole, but little of the glory (LOC)
Taken 19 Sep 1909
The Library of Congress
Making and preserving the Thanksgiving proclamations of our Presidents (LOC)
Taken 21 Nov 1909
The Library of Congress
Untying Otto after 45 yd. swim - hands and feet tied (LOC)
Taken some time in 1910
The Library of Congress
A triumph in railroading which H. H. Rogers would have dearly liked to witness (LOC)
Taken 9 Jan 1910
The Library of Congress
If General George Washington were our president to-day (LOC)
Taken 20 Feb 1910
The Library of Congress
Unappreciated portraits of departed Speakers of the House of Representatives (LOC)
Taken 20 Mar 1910
The Library of Congress
Uncle Sam's newest dreadnought, The Florida, which will be launched next month (LOC)
Taken 24 Apr 1910
The Library of Congress
Uncle Sam's newest dreadnought, The Florida, as she will look when cleared for action (LOC)
Taken 8 May 1910
The Library of Congress
Great cathedral of St. John the Divine just beginning to reveal its inner beauty (LOC)
Taken 12 Jun 1910
The Library of Congress
Sunday laws are enforced in Gotham with variation enough to suit all tastes (LOC)
Taken 19 Jun 1910
The Library of Congress
A West Pointer's costly education no longer considered complete until he can master the Army mule (LOC)
Taken 17 Jul 1910
The Library of Congress
When the swift aerial houseboat succeeds its sluggish brother to-day (LOC)
Taken 24 Jul 1910
The Library of Congress
Here is the reason why this part of the year is called "good old summer time." (LOC)
Taken 31 Jul 1910
The Library of Congress
Picturesque interior quadrangle of the new home of Union Theological Seminary, to be opened next month (LOC)
Taken 21 Aug 1910
The Library of Congress
Pure joy is no respecter of purses at the seashore in the summer time (LOC)
Taken 28 Aug 1910
The Library of Congress
When burglars learn to handle the aeroplane with precision and silence (LOC)
Taken 11 Sep 1910
The Library of Congress
One of the latest products of man's astonishing ingenuity is the walking wharf (LOC)
Taken 25 Sep 1910
The Library of Congress
Peaceful scenes on a former famous battleground. Can you say where it is? (LOC)
Taken 16 Oct 1910
The Library of Congress