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).
H.M. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive at the Cocos Islands, April 1954
Taken some time in Apr 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Prince Philip waves goodbye as he and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by John Clunies Ross, return to their ship from Home Island, Cocos Islands, 1954
Taken some time in Apr 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
SS Orsova in Sydney Harbour. Sydney Harbour Bridge in background
Taken some time in Apr 1954
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Outback Anzac Day ceremonies, Boulia, Qld, 1954.
Taken 25 Apr 1954
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Soldier's son wearing his father's medals on Anzac Day, Brisbane, 1954
Taken 25 Apr 1954
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Descendents of James Campbell and Sons at the 100th Birthday
Taken some time in May 1954
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Queue for Rugby League Test tickets, 1954
Taken some time in May 1954
State Library of Queensland, Australia
School girls with puppies at the municipal girl's school in Söderhamn, Hälsingland, Sweden
Taken some time in May 1954
Swedish National Heritage Board
'North Cornwall' ready for launch at Bartrams shipyard
Taken 18 May 1954
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Helen Kiekhaefer (later Wimberly) with a large snook in Boca Grande
Taken some time in Jun 1954
State Library and Archives of Florida
Helen Kiekhaefer near fishing nets - Boca Grande
Taken some time in Jun 1954
State Library and Archives of Florida
"Clergy" sign, St. Columcille's Well, Ballycullen, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin
Taken 13 Jun 1954
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Boat race, Dodder River, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin
Taken 13 Jun 1954
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Einar Erici in St. Nicolai Church, Altenbruch, Germany
Taken some time in Jul 1954
Swedish National Heritage Board
Photograph of Archivist Wayne Grover with Mrs. Marion Tinling and Philip M. Hamer of the National Historical Publications Commission. They are viewing Thomas Lloyd's shorthand notes of the First Congr
Taken 27 Jul 1954
The U.S. National Archives
Welding a bedplate at the Doxford Engine Works
Taken some time in Aug 1954
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Marie Richardson and Grace Cavanagh next to an Auster monoplane at Bankstown Aerodrome during the second Australian Women Pilots' Association Reliability Trials, Sydney, September 1954
Taken some time in Sep 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Ring leader of 1954 prison riot being escorted into Circuit Court
Taken some time in Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Ring leaders of 1954 prison riot at Missouri State Penitentiary
Taken some time in Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Aerial photos of Missouri State Penitentiary after prison riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Burned shell of Vocational Building near the two towers at Missouri State Penitentiary Prison Riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Fires inside Missouri State Penitentiary grounds during prison riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Gov. Phil M. Donnelly and Col. Hugh Waggoner, Superintendent of Missouri State Highway Patrol in front of Administration Building of Missouri State Penitentiary after prison riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Gov. Phil M. Donnelly in lobby of Missouri State Penitentiary on night of prison riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Law officers on scene at Missouri State Penitentiary Prison Riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Missouri State Highway Patrol and Corrections officers inside Missouri State Penitentiary after prison riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
National Guard and Missouri State Highway Patrol gather outside Administration Building at Penitentiary prison riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Tower 3 and burned buildings at Missouri State Penitentiary after prison riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
View of Education building at Missouri State Penitentiary prison riot
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Wounded inmate being carried off Main Yard after prison riot at Missouri State Penitentiary
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Wounded inmate taken to hospital after prison riots at Missouri State Penitentiary
Taken 22 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Damaged buildings at Missouri State Penitentiary after prison riot
Taken 23 Sep 1954
MissouriStateArchives
Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson feeding emus at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens 1954
Taken some time in Oct 1954
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Photograph of Mr. Lee Jameson, Son of J. Franklin Jameson, and His Sister, Mrs. John Jack, Viewing the Plaque in Tribute to Their Father, 1954
Taken some time in Dec 1954
The U.S. National Archives