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).
[The English engage the Spanish fleet near Plymouth on 31 July 1588]. Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:250,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the co
1590
National Maritime Museum
[The Spanish and English fleets near Plymouth on 30 - 31 July 1588]. Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:200,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the coa
1590
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Scheveningen 31 July 1653: the last pass in the battle. The battle of Scheveningen was the last engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War. The death of the Dutch commander-in-chief, Marten Tromp, early in the battle, led to confusion in the Du
1653
National Maritime Museum
The Rt Honble Earl Howe. Engraved for the Register of the Timus. Print
31 Jul 1794
National Maritime Museum
King Canute. The Dane Canute invaded England in 1015 and took control of virtually the whole country, except for the city of London. At the death of Æthelred II, in 1016, the Londoners chose Edmund II as their king, but the Witan (Anglo-Saxon parlia
31 Jul 1802
National Maritime Museum
Right Honble Lord Keith K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron. Print
31 Jul 1803
National Maritime Museum
Captain John Shortland, 1769-1810. This print is based on a miniature of the sitter also in the Museum (MNT0089), this copy being presented with it by the same donor in 1978. It originally accompanied a memoir of Shortland published in the 'Naval Chr
31 July 1810
National Maritime Museum
John Westley Wright Esqr Commander R.N. Engraved by T. Blood from an original Portrait printed at Malta by Gaelano Galleja. Print
31 Jul 1813
National Maritime Museum
The Honble Capt Courtenay Boyle R.N. Commissioner of the Transport Board. Print
31 Jul 1813
National Maritime Museum
'Princess Charlotte' (1825); 'Royal Adelaide' (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern framing, sheer lines with stern quarter framing, and longitudinal half-breadth showing the circular stern for Princess Charlotte
31 July 1818
National Maritime Museum
'Princess Charlotte' (1825). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, with alterations dated May 1822, for Princess Charlotte (1825), a 100-110 gun, First Rate, three-decker.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and
31 July 1821
National Maritime Museum
A pair of warping capstan drums on the pier at Newhaven, July 31 1829. Mounted with PAE5448.
31 Jul 1829
National Maritime Museum
Dolby's sketches in the Baltic 'Yah soe! Ist das den Russiker Balt?' 'Is it possible! Is that the Russian Ball?' Exhibition des desbris d'un obus eclate a bord, pendant l'attaque contre Eckness. Showing the Lions on boar
31 Jul 1854
National Maritime Museum
Dolby's sketches in the Baltic. M Lucas, Aspirant de Marine, jetant par dessus le pont, un obus pres d'eclater a bord du vaisseau l' Hecla, pendant l'attaque contre Bommersund. Mr Lucas throwing the burning shell off the deck of the He
31 Jul 1854
National Maritime Museum
Searching for fault after recovery of the cable from the bed of the Atlantic - July 31st. On 29 July 1865, with 634 miles (1020 km) of cable laid, another break in the electrical signal was recorded on the instruments. On examination, another sliver of wi
1865
National Maritime Museum
Battering Ram "Back with them, away with them"
Taken 31 Jul 1888
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Drott och Sörvikssnipan."
Plats: Uddevalla, Kasenbugten
Datum: 31 Juli 1895
Tid: Kl 2.30 e.m.
Ljus: Solsken
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Hastighet No 3
Framkallning: Hydrochinon,
31 July 1895
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Grupp vid utsigtsstenen."
Plats: Sörviksbärget
Datum: 31 Juli 1898
Tid: Kl 6.15 em.
Ljus: Solsken
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Hastighet No. 3
Framkallning: Hydrochinon, Eiko
31 July 1898
Bohusläns museum
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "En norsk modern lustjakt tagen från ångbåtsbryggan. Lysekil 31/7 1899"
31 July 1899
Bohusläns museum
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Mary" f.d. Warmarksbåt tagen fr. ångbåtsbryggan 31/7 1899".
31 July 1899
Bohusläns museum
Twee mannen en vier vrouwen staand voor een huis, Jaegerthal (Bas-Rhin), Frankrijk
31 July 1902
Rijksmuseum
A general view of Line B with the battleships at anchor during the Naval Review or King's Review of the Fleet at Spithead.. A general view looking down Line B during the Naval Review or the King's Review of the Fleet at Spithead. The battleships
June - July 1909
National Maritime Museum
A starboard bow view of HMS 'Dominion' (1903) with 'Hibernia' (1905) in the distance.. A view just off the starboard bow of the battleship Dominion' (1903) at anchor in Line B of either the Naval Review, or the King's Review
June - July 1909
National Maritime Museum
Here is the reason why this part of the year is called "good old summer time." (LOC)
Taken 31 Jul 1910
The Library of Congress
Vitrail de l\'église Saint-Sauveur, Caen, Calvados, Normandie, France, A 6 528 S
31 juillet 1912
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Richard Selby Durnford , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 31 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Hubert Jennings Imrie Harris , 5th Light Horse
Died 31 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Mrs Octavie L H Ashworth, Independent. Died of typhoid fever contracted on duty in Alexandria 01 July 1915to 30 July 1915 .
Died 31 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant J Fellows Lambert. Unit: 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles, 14th Division. Death: 31 July 1915 Missing at Hooghe Western Front
Died 31 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Leonard Henry Frampton 24/756, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Eric Stuart Ellis MC. Unit: Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: Not known.
Captain Ellis served with the Adjutant Service Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment from 31 July 1916 until February 1919.
Died 31 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Ernte und Verkauf von Getreide - Kundmachung - Laibach - In slowenischer Sprache
31 July 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Lance Corporal Alexander McGREGOR Bayne 1740, Royal Highlanders
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Cecil Stanley Oliver. Unit: 2nd Company, Australian Machine Gun Corps, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 July 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 31 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Abraham Townsend 5467, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Bernard Thomas Padley , Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Mason Spooner 2663. Unit: 60th Battalion, late 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 July 1916
Died 31 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Edward T Dyce 4098, British West Indies Regiment
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Edmund Bull 30505, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Morgan 12932, The Kings Own Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private James Didcote 23854. Unit: 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 30 July to 31 July 1916, missing in action in Delville Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 31 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Joseph Robert Kendall 3861. Unit: "C" Company, 22nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 July 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 31 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Louis Lawrent D'Abadie 2276, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment)
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Edward Dann 30504, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter R Sanders 456, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Wilfred Kirk 13/555, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 31 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Robert Haldane Kilpatrick 588. Unit: Machine Gun Section, 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 July 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 31 July 1916
Imperial War Museum