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).
A typical glass works boy, night shift. Said he was 16 years old, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A.D.T. Messenger Boy. 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
American battleships entering Sydney Heads
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Cascade d'Enfer, Luchon [environs], vallée du Lys, 18 août 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
bibliothequedetoulouse
Cascade de Coeur, Luchon [environs], vallée du Lys, 18 août 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
bibliothequedetoulouse
Cascade de la (Malibierre ?], Cascade d'Enfer, Luchon [environs], 18 août 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
bibliothequedetoulouse
Cigar factory. Boys in foreground. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Greel's Shoe-Shining Parlor. Said he was 15 years old. Works some nights until 11 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Night shift, A.D.T. Messengers, 10 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour at cotton mill. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour, Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
On the deck of US battleship CONNECTICUT
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Postcard of USS NEW JERSEY to commemorate the visit of the Great White Fleet to Australia
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Putting bottles into the Annealing Oven. 1 A.M. Indianapolis, Ind, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Radishes! Penny a bunch! Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M., August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Spectators watching the arrival of the US Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Stereoscope card of a procession in Sydney to commemorate the visit of the Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
The Great White Fleet in Sydney Harbour 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
These checks cost at the rate of one-half the selling price of the newspaper and are exchanged at another window for the number of papers they call for, August 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Two vessels of the Great White Fleet in Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Visit of the Great White Fleet to Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Watching the arrival of the Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Watching the arrival of the Great White Fleet in Sydney
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Etablissement [thermal], statue d'Etigny, Luchon, 14 août 1908
Taken 14 Aug 1908
bibliothequedetoulouse
Govenor Hughes making the ascent of Mount Marcy, highest peak of the Adirondacks (LOC)
Taken 16 Aug 1908
The Library of Congress
"Radishes! Penny a bunch!" Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M. Cincinnati, OH, 08/22/1908
Taken 22 Aug 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Visit of American Fleet to Sydney : public schools display, Sydney Cricket Ground, 26th Aug, 1908 / photographer G.A. Hills
Taken 26 Aug 1908
State Library of New South Wales collection
Politics and the fatal "R" begin this week their deadly work upon the oyster (LOC)
Taken 30 Aug 1908
The Library of Congress
Boy running trip rope at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 years old. Works 10 hours a day, September 1908
Taken some time in Sep 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A basket factory. Girls making melon baskets. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Boys in packing room, Brown Mfg. Co. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Carrying-in-boy- at the Lehr (15 years old). Has worked for several years. Works nine hours. Day shift one week, night shift next week. Gets $1.25 per day, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Glass blower and mold boy. Boy has 4 1/2 hours of this at a stretch; then an hour's rest and 4 1/2 more: cramped position. Day shift one week: night shift next, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Girls at weaving machines; warpers. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Teaching the young idea. The boss (who began at 10 years of age, and has been at it for 30 years) showing a beginner (who is apparently 9 or 10), October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Union Stopper Co. Plenty of small boys here. The one boy by the machine is a catching-up-boy. He seemed about 10 yeas old, October 1908
Taken some time in Oct 1908
The U.S. National Archives
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
A doffer in Lincolnton Mill. Lincolnton, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A few of the workers in Cherryville Mfg. Co. Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
A moments glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Boy from Loray Mill. "Been at it right smart two years." Gastonia, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Boy with coat in hand is 11 years old. Been there 9 months, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Cherryville Graded School. These are the children in the town who attend school, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Father said, the little one is a cracker-jack on spinnin', at least so the boss says. She ain't satisfied unless in the mill. The oldest one isn't so good at it, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Golla Chambers, 12 years old, been in mill 3 years, spinning 2 years, weave 1 year. Other sisters spinners. Gastonia, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Group of boys working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. Smallest boy in middle said he has been in the mill off and on for 5 years, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
One of the doffers in Vivian Cotton Mills. Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in 10 years? Cherryville, N.C, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
Springstein Mill. John Lewis (boy with hat), 12 years old, 1 year in mill, November 1908
Taken some time in Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives
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
Rhodes Mfg. Co. Spinner. A moments glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 11 years old. Been working over a year. Lincolnton, N.C., 11/11/1908
Taken 11 Nov 1908
The U.S. National Archives