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).
Four Prints representing the different situations of the Essex..... Plate 1. The 'Essex', 799 tons, was the fourth Indiaman of the name, built by John Perry at Blackwall and launched in 1780. This incident of her dismasting in a violent storm b
4 May 1785
National Maritime Museum
The Essex East Indiaman in the Afternoon of the same Day, taken in Tow by the Byrangore Frigate and carried into Bombay. Plate 3. The 'Essex', 799 tons, was the fourth Indiaman of the name, built by John Perry at Blackwall and launched in 1780.
4 May 1785
National Maritime Museum
The Essex East Indiaman in the Morning after the storm with her Signal of Distress to a ship in sight. Plate 2. The 'Essex', 799 tons, was the fourth Indiaman of the name, built by John Perry at Blackwall and launched in 1780. This print is one
4 May 1785
National Maritime Museum
The Essex East Indiaman Refitted, and at Anchor in Bombay Harbour. Plate IV. The 'Essex', 799 tons, was the fourth Indiaman of the name, built by John Perry at Blackwall and launched in 1780. This print is one of a series of four (PAH0509-0512)
4 May 1785
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour, May 4th 1818. No. 2 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed in the upper right 'Mouth of Portsmouth/Harbour May 4th 1818', and in the lower right 'D------/June 1825.'
The viewpoint is lo
June 1825
National Maritime Museum
Skylark (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Skylark (1821), a 10-gun Cutter to be built at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by He
4 May 1818
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Le Follet Courier des Salons' 1835-05-04
4 May 1835
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
HB Sketches No.537. A Black North-East-er and a Heavy Swell, on the Atlantic. A situation in which human titles & dignitaries do not appear to the best advantage (caricature). Print
4 May 1838
National Maritime Museum
The 'Argus' Towing The First Russian Prize into Portsmouth Harbour. Print, looking towards old Portsmouth, with the Round Tower on the right and the naval steam sloop 'Argus' towing a Russian merchant vessel in. The latter has what is
4 May 1854
National Maritime Museum
Zuilen van de Tempel van Jupiter en de tempel van Bacchus op de achtergrond te Baalbek
4 May 1862
Rijksmuseum
Grupporträtt av kasernvakten från volontärskolan vid Västgöta regemente I 6 den 4 maj 1894.
4 May 1894
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Tyska Kyrkan."
Plats: Göteborg
Datum: 4 Maj 1895
Tid: Kl 12 m.
Ljus: Solsken
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Hastighet Nr. 2 !/2
Framkallning: Hydrochion, Eikonogen
4 May 1895
Bohusläns museum
The Moros of the Jolo Islands, in spite of present appearances, are likely to remain peaceful (LOC)
Taken 4 May 1902
The Library of Congress
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 190911915: "Johansson, Berndt Korsgård Std".
4 May 1909
Bohusläns museum
Deux vendeurs de graines, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 872
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Groupe de paysannes, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 880
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Groupe de portefaix tziganes assis devant d\'autres habitants et soldats, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 871
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Habitants et soldats serbes dans une rue bordée d\'échoppes, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 870
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La Mosquée et la Tour de l\'Horloge, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 879
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maisons turques de part et d\'autre de ruisseau Viljusa, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 875
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Quatre petites Juives et Turques [sous le regard de Jean Brunhes], Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 878
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Tziganes vendant des vêtements, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 873 S
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Tziganes vendant des vêtements, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 874 S
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un attelage avec une femme assise, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 881
4 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Robert James Bannatyne Heard. Unit: 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 4 May 1915 in Egypt of wounds received on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 4 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Corporal George Bertram (Bob) Wilkinson 2322, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Keith Watson 207. Unit: A Company, 15th Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 May 1915 Died of wounds on board the battleship H.M.S. “Londonâ€. Buried at sea the following day. Gallipoli
Died 4 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Clive Neilson Reynolds Huntley. Unit: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 4 May 1915, missing in action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Died 4 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Ronald William Poulton Palmer , Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Died 4 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant William Eric Brymer Schreiber. Unit: Mechanical Transport, 1st Canadian Ammunition Park, 1st Canadian Contingent, Canadian Army Service Corps. Death: 4 May 1915, wounded by shrapnel, died from wounds, Western Front.
Died 4 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Hall Sheard Salthouse 1995, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 4 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Seaman Joseph H Benoit 2188/X, Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve
Died 4 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Ernest Edward Glossop. Unit: 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 4 May 1915, Western Front.
Died 4 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Russell Benham. Unit: 100th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 04 May 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 4 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Leslie Howard Elliott Wells. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 04 May 1915 Died at Boulogne after having been gassed at Ypres on 1 May 1915 Western Front
Died 4 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Vivian Bruford Llewelyn-Jones. Unit: 3rd Reserve Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, attached 1st Battalion, The Welsh Regiment. Death: 04 May 1915 At St Julien near Ypres Western Front
Died 4 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
William Arthur Oliver 18784, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Died 4 May 1916
Lives of the First World War
Ausblick von der Mannschaftsküche in der grossen Naboisscharte, aufgenommen am 4. Mai 1916
4 May 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Korpsbäckerei, Backküche. Aufgenommen am 4.V.1916. NIZNIOW.
4 May 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Alexander Archer S/8966, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 4 May 1916
Lives of the First World War