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).
A Perspective view of ye Harbour, Castles & Town of Porto Bello... Vice Admiral Vernon... took the same on 22nd of November 1739... (with key). Print
21 Apr 1740
National Maritime Museum
Longboat Number 1 (1796). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the inboard profile, and upper deck for Longboat Number 1 (1796), a single-masted forty-two foot longboat (service vessel) for Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by Thomas Mitchell [Master Shipwright, Shee
21 April 1796
National Maritime Museum
Victor (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Victor (1798), an 18 gun flush-decked Ship Sloop (later Sixth Rate Corvette) building at Lynn by Messrs Brindley.
Signed John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule
21 April 1797
National Maritime Museum
Victor (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Victor (1798), an 18 gun flush-decked Ship Sloop (later Sixth Rate Corvette) building at Lynn by Messrs Brindley.
Signed John Henslow [Surveyor o
21 April 1797
National Maritime Museum
The Sovereign of the Seas built 1637. From an Original Picture by Vandevelde. Print
The Royal Navy ship 'Sovereign of the Seas' (1637). This magnificent 102-gun ship was designed and built in 1637 at the insistence of Charles I. She was one of
21 Apr 1802
National Maritime Museum
34 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 14-oared 34 ft Cutter of the late Sir Home Popham. Signed H. Canham [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
Dated: 21 April 1813
National Maritime Museum
Grasshopper (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the cabins, bins and rooms as fitted between the decks for Grasshopper (1813), an 18-gun Brig Sloop.
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1802-1823].
21 April 1817
National Maritime Museum
Portraits of the Vessels on the Polar Expedition of 1818 Alexander Isabella Dorothea Trent. Hand-coloured.; Plate 20.
21 Apr 1818
National Maritime Museum
Portraits of the vessels on the Polar Expedition of 1818. Alexander Isabella Dorothea Trent. This coloured line engraving portrays the vessels Alexander, Isabella, Dorothea, and Trent, which formed part of the Polar Expedition of 1818. Above each portrait
21 Apr 1818
National Maritime Museum
John Hearle's Fire and Wash Engine Pump as fitted to Caledonia (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing a section though the Caledonia (1808), a 102 gun First Rate, Three Decker, illustrating the use of John Hearle's Fire and Wash deck Engine Pump as
21 April 1831
National Maritime Museum
Gosport - From the (?) Tavern in Portsmouth Harbour 21st April 1836. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist.
21 Apr 1856
National Maritime Museum
Alexandra (1875). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the poop, battery deck and forecastle as fitted of Alexandra (1875) (ex-Superb), a central-battery ironclad.
21 April 1877
National Maritime Museum
Alexandra (1875). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the profile as fitted of Alexandra (1875) (ex-Superb), a central-battery ironclad.
21 April 1877
National Maritime Museum
Alexandra (1875). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck as fitted of Alexandra (1875) (ex-Superb), a central-battery ironclad.
21 April 1877
National Maritime Museum
Acting Lt. Governor of Texas, Barnett Gibbs's Proclamation for the Apprehension of John Middleton
Taken 21 Apr 1885
The U.S. National Archives
Jupiter, prises entre 10h16m et 11h8m, le 21 Avril 1886, et montrant le mouvement de rotation de la tache rouge
21 April 1886
Rijksmuseum
Koningin Emma met prinses Wilhelmina bij een militaire oefening op de Kempenbergerheide, 1893
21 April 1893
Rijksmuseum
At the national arbitration and peace congress last week. (LOC)
Taken 21 Apr 1907
The Library of Congress
The 'Aquitania' (1914) after leaving the ways. The launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing the ‘Aquitania’ afloat on t
21 April 1913
National Maritime Museum
The 'Aquitania' (1914) moving down the ways. The launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing an oblique view of the port side of the &
21 April 1913
National Maritime Museum
The 'Aquitania' (1914) taken in charge by tugs after launching. The launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing the ‘Aquitania&r
21 April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Dudley Leycester Summerhays , 9th London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 21 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Alexander Findlater Todd. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, The Norfold Regiment. Death: 21 April 1915 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 21 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Gilbert Basil Jocelyn Fazakerley-Westby , 9th London Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 21 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Edgar Stanley Carpenter 1494, London Regiment
Died 21 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant (Temproary) Ernest Stratford MRCS LRCP. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 21 April 1915 Died of blood poisoning after being wounded at Neuve Chapelle on the 17 March 1915. Western Front
Died 21 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Boyer Webb. Unit: 5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 21 April 1915 Killed in Action on Hill 60 near Ypres Western Front
Died 21 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Walter Herbert Paterson. Unit: 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 21 April 1915 Western Front
Died 21 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Thomas Prior Lees , 9th London Regiment Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 21 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Major Thomas prior Lees. Unit: 1st/9th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles). Death: 21 April 1915 Hill 60 Western Front
Died 21 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Maxwell Green 2168. Unit: No. 1 Company, Honourable Artillery Company. Death: 21 April 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 21 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman George Harold Clegg C/234, Kings Royal Rifles Corps
Died 21 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Ronald Marmaduke Dawnay Harvey. Unit: 4th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, attached to the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 21 April 1915, killed in action by a shell during attack on Hill 60, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 21 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
[Colonel President Theodore Roosevelt Supporting Liberty Bonds]
Taken 21 Apr 1915
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Corporal John Coxall 7682, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 21 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Driver Charles Rupert Lewis Skinner 101947, Royal Field Artillery
Died 21 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Küchen im Barackenlager Za Otoke, aufgenommen am 21.IV.1916
21 April 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Kote 806, Unterstände mit den Küchen und Reserveunterkünften, aufgenommen am 21. April 1916
21 April 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Lieutenant Charles Piper Hazard. Unit: 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry. Death: 21 April 1916, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 21 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Leslie Evans , KIng's Liverpool Regiment
Died 21 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Lockwood 18606, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 21 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Horton 18196, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 21 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Abell 173. Unit: 9th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 21 April 1916 Western Front
Died 21 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Edward Thompson 1234, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 21 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John A Hill 23065, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 21 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Percival Wood 22853, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 21 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Ruth Holden , Millicent Garrett Fawcett Maternity Unit
Died 21 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Able Seaman Christopher Frank Samways J24972, HMS Broke
Died 21 April 1917
Lives of the First World War