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).
Captain Cecil John Talbot Rhys Wingfield. Unit: 4th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 29 April 1915 Died of wounds in hospital in Boulogne. Wounded 24 April 1915 near Ypres Western Front
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Francis Brice Pearse. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 29 April 1915 Western Front
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Alexander Kerr. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles), Royal Scots. Death: 29 April 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Alfred Clive Le Mesurier. Unit: 12th Battalion, Indian Cavalry, Reserve of Officers. Death: 29 April 1915
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Basil Trevor Davey. Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 29 April 1915 Wounded 26 April 1915 died on board the hospital ship “Ionian†Gallipoli
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant David McNeil Heugh. Unit: 2nd Battalion (New South Wales), Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 29 April 1915, wounded on 28 April 1915, died on board the Hospital Ship “Derflingerâ€, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Francis Edward Cadge. Unit: 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 29 April 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Lionel Calvert Booth. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 29 April 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lancelot Neville Aveling MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Death: 29 April 1915 Western Front
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Napier Arnott Jessop. Unit: 7th Battalion (British Colombia Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 29 April 1915 Western Front.
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Macclesfield Heptinstall Anderson. Unit: 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry, Indian Army. Death: 29 April 1915 Karkeh River Mesopotamia
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Staff Nurse Phyllis Pearse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty in France 29 April 1915.
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Staff Nurse Phyllis Pearse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty in France 29 April 1915.
Died 29 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Edmund James Widdrington Byrne. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, 87th Brigade, 29th Division. Death: 29 April 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 29 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Roy Evans Bullen. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 29 April 1916 Western Front
Died 29 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Miller Major Gilliland. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 29 April 1916, Krithia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 29 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal J E Parker 24887. Unit: A Company, 1st Platoon, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 29 April 1917 Western front
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Grand Festival de Musique Populaire et Moderne Russe [Grand Festival of Russian Popular and Modern Music]
29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert John Mouzer 19435. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 29 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Thomas Collins G/61630. Unit: 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 29 April 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Edgar William Sugden 40740. Unit: 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 29 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Ben Holt Mills. Unit: 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 29 April 1917 Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Francis St. Vincent Morris. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, attached to 3rd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 29 April 1917 Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harry Menzies. Unit: 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 29 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant J E Davies. Unit: London Regiment, attached to Royal Flying Corps. Death: 29 April 1917 Missing in action
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Jamieson DCM. Unit: Cameron Highlanders, attached to 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusilliers. Death: 29 April 1917 Western Front.
Died 29 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
REST AND RECREATION IN THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
29 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
REST AND RECREATION IN THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
29 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
REST AND RECREATION IN THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
29 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
REST AND RECREATION IN THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
29 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
REST AND RECREATION IN THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
29 April 1918
Imperial War Museum