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).
Boy 1st Class Walter Muddle J/26479, H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal George Frederick Fuggles CH/14856, Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Sidney George Betenson M/1295, HMS Formidable
Died 1 January 1915
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Leading Stoker John William Pells K/516, H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Ordinary Seaman Herbert Charles Freeman SS/4916(CH), H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
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Ordinary Signalman Walter Ernest Melluish J/15440, H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
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Private George William Whiteing 8443, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 1 January 1915
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Private Henry William Weston 13788, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Died 1 January 1915
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Private John Morris Price 10420, South Wales Borderers
Died 1 January 1915
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Private Lewis Thomas Arnold CH/17910, Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Bennett CH/17875, Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Cecil Martin 1980, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Died 1 January 1915
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Second Lieutenant Rodolph Algernon Persse , Rifle Brigade attached 2nd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Senior Reserve Attendant Henri Villiers Russell M/10984, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
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Senior Reserve Attendant John Villiers Russell M/10985, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Loxdale 2363, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 January 1916
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Private Edwin Charles Garton 472, 4th Regt. South African Infantry
Died 1 January 1916
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Private William Arthur Chambers 3675, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 January 1916
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Second Lieutenant Frederick Harold Butler , London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 1 January 1916
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Farrier Serjeant Edward James Crack 26558, Royal Field Artillery
Died 1 January 1917
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Sapper Thomas Hardman Bradley 112658, Royal Engineers
Died 1 January 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Ellis Pooley , 38th Battalion
Died 1 January 1917
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Acting Bombardier Henry Asbridge 124753, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 1 January 1918
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Private Albert Audus 351088, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 1 January 1918
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Private Johnstone Proudfoot 13377, Highland Light Infantry
Died 1 January 1918
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Private Theophilus Dunn 8049, British West Indies Regiment
Died 1 January 1918
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Rifleman Thomas Alfred Berrett 59091, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Died 1 January 1918
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Sister Frances Mary Miller , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 1 January 1918
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Greaser Thomas Edward Henry Harris , Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Iolaire"
Died 1 January 1919
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Private Benjamin Halstead 114822, 8th Infantry Brigade
Died 1 January 1919
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Seaman David Ramsay 1350/D, Royal Naval Reserve - HM Yacht Iolaire
Died 1 January 1919
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Steward Frank Humphry , Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Iolaire,"
Died 1 January 1919
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Private William Henry Hollis 8169, 2nd Regt. South African Infantry
Died 1 January 1921
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Private William Hull 8/5164, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 1 January 1921
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Private Arthur H Chaplin 200964 & 044793, Devonshire Regiment
Died 1 January 1962
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Edith Louise Hibbs , Canadian Army Medical Corps, No 5 General Hospital
Died 1 January 1964
Lives of the First World War