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).
176. Esplanade, Lakes Entrance looking East, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
18. Canberra from Red Hill, ACT, 1948 (1)
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
28. Burrinjuck Dam, Near Yass, NSW, c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
42. Botanical Gardens, Albury, NSW, c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
43. Bridge Over the Murray, Albury, NSW, c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
50. The Ovens River and Bridge, Wangaratta, Vic., c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
51. Woodland Grove, Wodonga, Victoria, c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
57. Torrumbarry Weir, Near Echuca, Vic. c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
59. Taken on the Bridge at Swan Hill into the Setting Sun
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
62. The Baths & Park, Swan Hill, Victoria, c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
88. Murray Views No. 1, Barmera Hotel, Barmera, S.A., c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
89. Barmera News No. 5, Yachting on Lake Bonney, Barmera, S.A., c.1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
9. On War Memorial Steps, Goulburn, 1948
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
Repairing locomotives at the Scotswood Works
Taken some time in Apr 1948
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Ruby Jumper Billie holding her infant Billie L. Cypress
Taken some time in Apr 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
20. King George V Memorial. Canberra, ACT, 1948 (2)
Taken 11 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
63. Murray River at Boundary Bend, Victoria , 1948 (1)
Taken 14 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
65. Murray River at Boundary Bend between Swan Hill and Mildura, Victoria, 1948
Taken 14 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
84. Barmera Hotel Gardens and Lake Bonney from Balcony, 1948
Taken 14 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
72. Murray River, No. 11 Lock, North End, Mildura, Victoria, 1948
Taken 15 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
74. No. 11 Weir, Murray River, Mildura, Victoria, 1948 (1)
Taken 15 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
85. Barmera Hotel Gardens from Balcony Lake Bonney in Background, 1948
Taken 15 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
81. Lake Bonney & Memorial to discoverer, Barmera, South Australia, 1948
Taken 16 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
92. Crossing the Murray River on punt at Kingston, South Australia, 1948
Taken 16 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
97. Murray :River Looking North from Punt Crossing River, Blanchetown, South Australia, 1948
Taken 16 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
106. Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia, 1948 2
Taken 17 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
107. Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia, 1948 3
Taken 17 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
123. Largs From Pier, Adelaide, South Australia, 1948
Taken 17 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
125. "Get out and Walk", Bridge Over Noarlunga River, Adelaide, South Australia, 1948
Taken 18 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
128. Diamond Park Bandstand, Murray Bridge, South Australia, 1948
Taken 19 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
129. Pioneer's on Bandstand, Diamond Park, Murray Bridge, South Australia, 1948
Taken 19 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
137. Lookout Above the Broken Falls, Grampians, Victoria, 1948
Taken 20 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
All American Girls Professional Baseball League members looking at a magazine: Opa-locka, Florida
Taken 22 Apr 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
All American Girls Professional Baseball League members performing calisthenics: Opa-locka, Florida
Taken 22 Apr 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
All American Girls Professional Baseball League player Marg Callaghan sliding into home plate as umpire Norris Ward watches: Opa-locka, Florida
Taken 22 Apr 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
Dick Bass with members of the Fort Wayne Daisies baseball team: Opa-locka, Florida
Taken 22 Apr 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
Fort Wayne Daisies player, Marie Wegman, of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League arguing with umpire Norris Ward: Opa-locka, Florida
Taken 22 Apr 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
177. Gippsland Lakes Looking North, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, 1948
Taken 23 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
178. Gippsland, Lakes Entrance (East), Taken from Road Lookout, Victoria, 1948
Taken 23 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
194. Twofold Bay from 'Fairmont', Eden, NSW, 1948
Taken 23 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
206. Bateman's Bay from Punt Crossing River, NSW, 1948
Taken 25 Apr 1948
Royal Australian Historical Society
Bus at the border between Luxembourg and France in 1948
Taken some time in May 1948
Stockholm Transport Museum Commons
Göteborg (Gothenburg), Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in May 1948
Swedish National Heritage Board
Göteborg (Gothenburg), Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in May 1948
Swedish National Heritage Board
Göteborg (Gothenburg), Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in May 1948
Swedish National Heritage Board
Göteborg (Gothenburg), Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in May 1948
Swedish National Heritage Board
Easter Sunday service, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Smoky Lake, Alberta
Taken 2 May 1948
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Janie Irvine gives water to "Patches" from surf: Pass-a-Grille Beach, Florida
Taken 5 May 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
Barbara Hughes cutting a back flip with beach ball (black ballet fashion): Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida
Taken 9 May 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
Photograph of Second Archivist of the United States Solon Buck and Wayne Grover, 1948
Taken some time in Jun 1948
The U.S. National Archives
Sir Laurence and Lady Olivier disembarking from the plane at Archerfield aerodrome June 1948
Taken some time in Jun 1948
State Library of Queensland, Australia
The House of the Estates in Kruununhaka
Taken some time in Jun 1948
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
[Aerial View, Pin Oaks Stables, Pin Oak Charity Horse Show]
Taken some time in Jun 1948
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
[Contestant 27 in Starting Position, Pleasure Driving Event, Pin Oak Charity Horse Show]
Taken some time in Jun 1948
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Photograph of Archivist of the United States Dr. Wayne C. Grover being Sworn in by Justice H. Stephens
Taken 4 Jun 1948
The U.S. National Archives
Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh arriving at Archerfield airport, 1948
Taken 20 Jun 1948
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Lieutenant Edwards climbs out of a P-51 Mustang: Jacksonville, Florida
Taken 25 Jun 1948
State Library and Archives of Florida
Kjølingefjell mountain, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Taken some time in Jul 1948
Swedish National Heritage Board