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).
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
Glimpses of some of the beautiful scenery in the proposed Appalachian National Forest (LOC)
Taken 5 Jan 1908
The Library of Congress
City Park Houston Tex. Jan. 19, 1908 Unveiling the Monument Spirit of Confederacy
Taken 19 Jan 1908
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Old heads on young shoulder in the highest financial circles of America (LOC)
Taken 19 Jan 1908
The Library of Congress
A little spinner in a Georgia Cotton Mill, January 1909
Taken some time in Jan 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Unusual number of centenary celebrations of great men this year (LOC)
Taken 3 Jan 1909
The Library of Congress
Garment workers. Katrina De Cato, 6 years old, Franco Brezoo, 11 years old, Maria Attreo, 12 years old, Mattie Attreo, 5 years old. 4 P.M. New York City, January 1910
Taken some time in Jan 1910
The U.S. National Archives
Hamilton, 1910 Jan. First to Fly at San Diego
Taken some time in Jan 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Curtiss Pusher, Coronado Country Club, San Diego]
Taken some time in Jan 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
A triumph in railroading which H. H. Rogers would have dearly liked to witness (LOC)
Taken 9 Jan 1910
The Library of Congress
Louis Paulhan in Flight. Los Angeles. Jan 12, 1910.
Taken 12 Jan 1910
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Floodwaters up to steps of Post Office - Narrabri, NSW, 17 January 1910
Taken 17 Jan 1910
State Library of New South Wales collection
Passenger liner MARATHON acting as a flagship for the Anniversary Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour
Taken 26 Jan 1910
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Resting with load at the head of the slope. Small boy is Jo Puma, a nipper, January 1911
Taken some time in Jan 1911
The U.S. National Archives
Grotto in an iceberg, photographed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911
Taken 5 Jan 1911
National Library NZ on The Commons
White rock Res. & Dam. General view of borrow pit where dynamite accident occurred
Taken 21 Jan 1911
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Interior of Wamsutta Mill, New Bedford, Mass. Wilfred, youngest boy, appears thirteen years, January 1912
Taken some time in Jan 1912
The U.S. National Archives
Katie, 13 years old, and Angeline, 11 years old, making cuffs, January 1912
Taken some time in Jan 1912
The U.S. National Archives
Motor boat QUEENSLAND at the 1912 Motor Boat Championship, Sydney Harbour
Taken 13 Jan 1912
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Butter works and paddles in dairy lab of the agricultural experiment station
Taken 9 Jan 1913
State Library and Archives of Florida
Milk separator in dairy lab of the University of Florida agricultural college
Taken 9 Jan 1913
State Library and Archives of Florida
First Mennonite Settlers. Loading Cars at Hillsboro, Kansas, Jan, 1914. Shipping to Littlefield, Texas.
Taken some time in Jan 1914
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Refugees at the border - awaiting admission to the U. S., U. S. Troops on the Rio Grande watching the Mexican Side.
Taken some time in Jan 1914
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
"Cavalry and infantry in the battle of the hunt" is neither....
Taken 30 Jan 1914
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Original staff No.9 Australian General Hospital 01 Jan 1915
Taken some time in Jan 1915
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons
North Coasters being sworn in at Port Macquarie Show Ground. World War I recruiting march - Port Macquarie, NSW, January 1916
Taken some time in Jan 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
North Coasters World War I recruiting march - Bellinger River, NSW, January 1916, by JH Howarth
Taken some time in Jan 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
Letter from Operatives of Cherokee Falls Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill in Opposition to Keating-Owen Child Labor Bill, 01/18/1916
Taken 18 Jan 1916
The U.S. National Archives
Parade of "Boomerangs" [recruitment marches, 1915-1916] up Clarinda Street on way to Sydney - Parkes, NSW, 18 January 1916 by CA Watson
Taken 18 Jan 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
Photograph of a Plan for a Mechanically Refrigerated Display Counter for Retail Public Markets, 01/1917
Taken some time in Jan 1917
The U.S. National Archives
A row of spherical barrage balloons used for suspending aerial nets
Taken 1 Jan 1918
Australian War Memorial collection
Best Decorated Car in the Patriotic Parade in Sandgate, Brisbane, 1918
Taken some time in Jan 1918
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Two-masted schooner SYDNEY moored alongside a three-masted fully rigged ship, Sydney Harbour
Taken 7 Jan 1918
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
A group of 7th Field Company of Australian Engineers at the entrance to the Catacombs, a system of tunnels built in Hill 63, Messines
Taken 22 Jan 1918
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons
Lone Star Immigration Company's Excursion at El Jardin, Jan. 15th, 1920
Taken 15 Jan 1920
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Warren G. Harding playing golf: Miami Beach, Florida
Taken 29 Jan 1921
State Library and Archives of Florida