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).
Manskap uppställt på strandklippa. Två motorbarkasser i bakgrunden.
1 January 1936
Sjöhistoriska museet
Mary Maguire being interviewed on Radio 4BH in Brisbane, ca. 1936
Taken some time in 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Melbourne from Shrine of Remembrance 1, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
Royal Australian Historical Society
Men and women fence at Swords Club, 1936 / photogapher Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1936
State Library of New South Wales collection
Moderate priced houses near Stehli silk mill - rental $25.00 to $30.00 per month, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Moderately priced homes in Lancaster City housing silk, linoleum and closure workers - rental about $22.50 per month, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Cylinder machine (making matchboard), 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Cylinder machine (making matchboard), 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Finley Cutter, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Pressing, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Rag sorting (French), 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Rag sorting (Irish), 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Rewinding paper from reel, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Rewinding paper from reel, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Super-calender - putting on roll, starting operation, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. William Skinner and Sons. Large duplex cutter, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Building rubber doll moulds, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Hand, doll clothes, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Pressing rubber bodies (French), 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Setting eyes in sleeping dolls (Jewish) A plus, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Spraying face, hands, and arms (Jewish) A plus, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Tubing - cutting rubber and feeding (Polish) - unskilled, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. Old Button Shop, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. Plants of the pristine industries of the River-side, now housing textile and paper converting and accessories, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. Saint Brigid's Cemetary - French and Polish graves, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. The Canal: the best tradition of a home industry, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. The City Hall - Norman French - Charles Atwood, Architect, 1874, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. The master corporation of Holyoke and the change from water to hydro-electric power. Holyoke Water Power Company, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. Town Hall, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. West Boylston Manufacturing Company from St. Brigid's Cemetary, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Doffing, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Doubling, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. From spool creel to warper, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Putting skein on swift to wind on bobbin (Polish), 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Quilling crepe, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Rayon warping - cone creel, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Twisting in with a twisting-in machine, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Winding raw silk from skein to bobbin, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Winding raw silk from skein to bobbin, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Multiple carver machine automatically worked - 18 spindles on the machine - not all visible to camera-man - general view, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Numerous bottles in foreground and bottles on a conveyor belt, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Nya Ångfartyget "Gotland", Visby. Äkta Fotografi. Förlag: W. Sandberg, Visby. Nr 11340.
1 January 1936
Sjöhistoriska museet
On Way to Brisbane - Australian Scenery from the Train, 1936 2
Taken some time in 1936
Royal Australian Historical Society
One of the oldest mills (begun as horse blankets), original site and building, railway track; sold at auction, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Other homes on edge of mill-village owned by Highland Yarn Mills - High Point, North Carolina, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Panoramic view of Sydney Cricket Ground, 1936/37 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of Australia
Taken some time in 1936
National Library of Australia Commons
Photograph of Aerial View of Capitol and Federal Triangle, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of State Department Records Being Received at Archives
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the National Archives Building Entrance on Constitution Avenue, 01/01/1936
Taken 1 Jan 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the National Archives Building with the United States Capitol in the Background, 01/01/1936
Taken 1 Jan 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Porträtt av Carl-Oscar Rangnitt, officer vid Wendes artilleriregemente A 3 och Intendenturkåren.
1 January 1936
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Frans Sven August Ryman, överstelöjtnant vid Hälsinge regemente I 14.
1 January 1936
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Gustaf Birger Waldemar Emanuel Svedenborg, officer vid Livregementets husarer K 3 och Intendenturkåren.
1 January 1936
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Tage Georg Gustaf Reinhold Thuresson, kapten vid Intendenturkåren.
1 January 1936
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Posing with a boat in the water at Maroochydore, 1936
Taken some time in Jan 1936
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Prinsen har motorvård på sin bil A 13. Prinsen elev vid kav.off.asp.skolan 1935/36.
1 January 1936
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
Quilling. The thread is wound from the cones, seen in an upright position on the table of the machine, on to the quills soon at the position of the operator's hands, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Radio. RCA Victor. Final Inspector - testing radio frequency alignment and making final test of chassis, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. A modern blacksmith's furnace (or forge) in the in the [sic] smith's shop. Blacksmith and helper, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Moulder takes a small pot of metal from tapped furnace to use on a small job, 1936
Taken some time in 1936
The U.S. National Archives