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
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