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).
Young girls competing at the Royal Academy of Dancing (London) exams held in Brisbane and Toowoomba, 1938
Taken some time in 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Aborigines day of mourning, Sydney, 26 January 1938
Taken 26 Jan 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Spectators of the Australian Sesquicentenary parade stand on trams for a better view, George Street, Sydney, 26 January 1938 / photographer Donald Charles Boulton Maclurcan
Taken 26 Jan 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Decima Norman, Jean Coleman and Eileen Wearne win gold, silver and bronze medals for Australia in the 220 yard sprint, Empire Games, Sydney, 11 February 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
High jumper Metcalfe, Empire Games in Sydney for Sesquicentenary, 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Manavadar State Men's Hockey Team, Sydney, June 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Pageant of Nations, Town Hall. February 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Pole vaulter Du Plessis, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Showground physical education display, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Howard Smith Wharf, New Farm, March 1938
Taken some time in Mar 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
MV NEPTUNIAN unloading oil drums for H C Sleigh at Johnstons Bay in Sydney
Taken some time in Mar 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
MV NEPTUNIAN unloading oil drums for H C Sleigh at Johnstons Bay in Sydney
Taken some time in Mar 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
MV NEPTUNIAN with workmen unloading oil drums for H C Sleigh at Johnstons Bay in Sydney
Taken some time in Mar 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Roof and bell tower of the Holy Trinity Church, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, March 1938
Taken some time in Mar 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Young women at a military ball, March 1938
Taken some time in Mar 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Chocolate Wheel at the Ambulance stall, Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Nurses voting on Election Day, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Royal Easter Show, April 1938, Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Royal Easter Show, April 1938, Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Voting at the Queensland State Election of 1938
Taken some time in Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
[Fort Worth & Denver City, Locomotive No. 553]
Taken some time in Apr 1938
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Voting at the Queensland State Election of 1938
Taken 2 Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Canadian Corps veterans on Vimy Day in Edmonton, 9 April 1938
Taken 9 Apr 1938
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Canadian Corps veterans on Vimy Day in Edmonton, 9 April 1938
Taken 9 Apr 1938
Provincial Archives of Alberta
H.A. Dyde, President of the Canadian Corps, at the Edmonton War Memorial on Vimy Day, 9 April 1938
Taken 9 Apr 1938
Provincial Archives of Alberta
H.A. Dyde, President of the Canadian Corps, laying a wreath at the Edmonton War Memorial on Vimy Day, 9 April 1938
Taken 9 Apr 1938
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Nurses voting on Election Day, Brisbane, 12 April 1938
Taken 12 Apr 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Meter Co., Kilgore - New London
Taken some time in May 1938
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Boatswain Karl Muller smoking a pipe and hosing the deck of SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Boatswain Karl Muller smoking a pipe and hosing the deck of SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Cook, Hohn Winter, on board SEETEUFEL with a civilian man
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Cook, Hohn Winter, on board SEETEUFEL with a civilian man
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf and Countess Ingeborg von Luckner, at the Man O' War Steps in Sydney
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner at the wheel of SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner holding a life belt on SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner smoking a pipe at a table with unidentified individuals
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner smoking a pipe at a table with unidentified individuals
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner smoking a pipe next to an unidentified man
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner standing in centre in profile at a dinner
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner, right, and an unidentified man squeezing coins on SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix von Luckner, centre with wife Ingeborg von Luckner, at the Man O' War Steps in Sydney
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
First Officer Paul Kause on board the SEETEUFEL.
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
First Officer Paul Kause, Count Felix Graf von Luckner and unidentified man on board SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German seaman Frederich Thiele on board SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Rugby Union match between Queensland and New South Wales, May 1938
Taken 1 May 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
The Alamo memorial, San Antonio, Texas., 05/1938.
Taken some time in May 1938
The U.S. National Archives
Two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL anchored in Neutral Bay near Kirribilli, Sydney
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL in Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner with wife Countess Ingeborg von Luckner on board SEETEUFEL
Taken 20 May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Photograph of a View of the National Archives from Constitution Avenue
Taken 23 May 1938
The U.S. National Archives
Count Felix Graf von Luckner visiting the Royal Military College of Duntroon, Canberra
Taken 4 Jun 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner with Brigadier-General C G N Miles at the Royal Military College in Duntroon, Canberra
Taken 4 Jun 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, June 15, 1938
Taken 15 Jun 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Wichita Falls, Texas, welcomes President Roosevelt
Taken 11 Jul 1938
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Captains A.S. Wilcockson and D.C.T. Bennett
Taken 20 Jul 1938
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Dodgem cars lined up at the RNA showground, Brisbane, 1938
Taken some time in Aug 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Old man shows how the Kikuyu tribeused to fight with the Masais 1938.
Taken some time in Aug 1938
National Museum of Denmark
Studying the Cabbage Tree palms in Carnarvon Gorge August 1938
Taken some time in Aug 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Safety device for children crossing the road, Newtown Public School, 5 August 1938, by Sam Hood
Taken 5 Aug 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Opening night, "Hollywood Hotel Revue" (taken for Fuller's Theatres Ltd), Theatre Royal, Sydney, 23 September 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 23 Sep 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Air hostess, Dorothy Webster, boarding a plane
Taken some time in Oct 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Helena Rubinstein and her husband Prince Gurielli-Tchkonia in Sydney, Australia, 31 October 1938 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 31 Oct 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Climax-Molybdenum Co., W-K-M slip running casing
Taken some time in Nov 1938
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Schlumberger Well Surveying, Fairbanks Field, Texas
Taken 1 Nov 1938
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Climax-Molybdenum Co., Iowa Colony, Texas, rough neck and fish tail bit on drill collar
Taken 2 Nov 1938
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, Sydney, 11 November 1938 / photograph by Sam Hood
Taken 11 Nov 1938
State Library of New South Wales collection
Arrival of the Orange Blossom Special train: Plant City, Florida
Taken some time in Dec 1938
State Library and Archives of Florida
Christmas Card from Superior Paul C. O'Connor, Society of Jesus of St. Mary's Mission at Akulurak, Alaska to Assistant Director Charles G. Burdick of the Civilian Conservation Corps' Alaska Region, ca
Taken 20 Dec 1938
The U.S. National Archives
Grace Riordan makes an attractive beach study, 1938
Taken 21 Dec 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia