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).
Tommy Burns sparring with ex-welterweight champion, Hockey Bennell, at Dunleavy's gymnasium for his coming contest with Benny Evans
Taken some time in 1947
National Library of Australia Commons
Two women weighing and sorting cabbages at the Beach & Parker Farm: Elkton, Florida
Taken some time in 1947
State Library and Archives of Florida
Young peoples gathering in Stillwater
Taken some time in 1947
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
[American Federation of Musicians, ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Dancers, Nola's, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Metropolitan Vocational High School, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Metropolitan Vocational High School, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Allen Eager, Arcadia Ballroom, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Allen Eager, Art Mardigan, and Curley Russell, Club 18, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ann Hathaway, Washington Square, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Art Drelinger, Billy Butterfield, Bunny Shawker, Stan Freeman, Toots Mondello, and Bob Haggart, Columbia studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Art Hodes, Kaiser Marshall, Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Sandy Williams, and Cecil (Xavier) Scott, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Baby Dodds, Marty Marsala, Bunty Pendelton, and Albert Nicholas, Riverboat on the Hudson, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ben Webster, Eddie (Emmanuel) Barefield, Buck Clayton, Benny Morton, Joe Marsala, and Cozy Cole, Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bernie Benjamin and George (George David) Weiss in their office, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bill (Buddy) De Arango, Terry Gibbs, and Harry Biss, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bill Cogliano, Joseph Kowalewski, Carl Ottobrino, Stanley Kraft, Dick Motzlinski, Manny Thaler, Sol Libero, Mack Pierce, Stanley M. Aronson, Vincent Carbone, and Tex Beneke, New York, N.Y
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bill Harris and Charlie Ventura, William P. Gottlieb's home (table tennis room), N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bill Harris, William P. Gottlieb's home (table tennis room), N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Billie Holiday, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bob Haggart, Morey Feld, and Mack Shopnick, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bob Haggart, Morey Feld, and Mack Shopnick, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bob McCoy and Ernest Tubb, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., Sept. 18-19, 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bob McCoy and Ernest Tubb, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., Sept. 18-19, 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bob Wilber, Freddie Moore, Sidney Bechet, and Lloyd Phillips, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Brick Fleagle and Sandy Williams, Nola's, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Buddy Morrow, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Buddy Rich, Arcadia Ballroom, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Cab Calloway, Columbia studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Cab Calloway, Columbia studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Carl Kress, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Charlie Parker, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Charlie Parker, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Charlie Ventura, Dave Tough, Bill Harris, and Ralph Burns, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Chubby Jackson, Esquire Club, Valley Stream, Long Island, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Micky Folus, Joe Shulman, Mario Rullo, Danny Polo, Lee Konitz, and Bill Bushing, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Do
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Micky Folus, Mario Rullo, Danny Polo, Lee Konitz, Bill Bushing, and Joe Shulman, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Do
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Willie Wechsler, Micky Folus, and Joe Shulman, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Cliff Edwards, Betty Brewer, and Frank Raye, Ukelele Lady (yacht), Hudson River, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Cliff Edwards, Betty Brewer, and Frank Raye, Ukelele Lady (yacht), Hudson River, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dave Lambert, Jerry Duane, Wayne Howard, Jerry Packer, and Margaret Dale, New York, N.Y., ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dave Lambert, John Simmons, Chubby Jackson, George Handy, and Dizzy Gillespie, William P. Gottlieb's office, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dave Lambert, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Denzil Best, Billy Bauer, and Chubby Jackson, Pied Piper, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Deryk Sampson, Lynn Carver, Justin Arndt, and Clair Dorward, Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams, Tadd Dameron, Hank Jones, Milt Orent, Dixie Bailey, and Jack Teagarden, Mary Lou Williams' apartment, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron, Mary Lou Williams, and Jack Teagarden, Mary Lou Williams' apartment, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Eddie Heywood, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Eddie Heywood, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Eddie Safranski, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Johnny Richards, Eddie Sauter, Ralph Burns, and Neal Hefti, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Enric Madriguera and Patricia Gilmore on their farm, Connecticut, ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Enric Madriguera, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Enric Madriguera, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ernest Tubb, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., Sept. 18-19, 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ernest Tubb, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., Sept. 18-19, 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Flip Phillips, Denzil Best, and Billy Bauer, Pied Piper, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Frank Sinatra, Liederkrantz Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Frank Sinatra, Liederkrantz Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Georgie Auld, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Georgie Auld, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Gordon MacRae, Jerry Wald, Mel Tormé, Jerry Jerome, and Marion Hutton, Saturday Teentimers Show, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Hank D'Amico, Spots Esposito, Bobby Hackett, Walter Mercurio, Vernon Brown, Herman Yorks, Joseph Small, Sidney Stoneburn, Arthur Rollini, George Wettling, Felix Giobbe, and Tony Colucci,
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Harry Gibson, Diamond studio, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Helen Carr, Sammy Herman, Joe Bianco, and Donn Trenner, Nola's, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, Sandy Williams, Art Hodes, and Kaiser Marshall, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Hot Lips Page, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Howard McGhee and Miles Davis, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Howard McGhee, Brick Fleagle, and Miles Davis, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Humberto López Morales, Glen Island Casino(?), New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Illinois Jacquet, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Illinois Jacquet, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Illinois Jacquet, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Imogene Coca, Café Society (Downtown)(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jack Teagarden, Dick Carey, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Hackett, Peanuts Hucko, Bob Haggart, and Sid Catlett, Town Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jack Teagarden, Jack Lesberg, and Max Kaminsky, Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jack Teagarden, Peanuts Hucko, Jack Lesberg, and Max Kaminsky, Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jack Teagarden, Victor studio(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jack Teagarden, Victor studio, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of James P. (James Price) Johnson, Marty Marsala, Albert Nicholas, Johnny Windhurst, Sandy Williams, and Danny Alvin, Webster Hall, New York, N.Y., May 9, 1947] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1947
The Library of Congress