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).
Lance Corporal Harold Arthur Porter 9608, South Wales Borderers
Died 12 May 1915
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Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Crawford Cree , Durham Light Infantry
Died 12 May 1915
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Private Cecil Fearnley 2764, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 12 May 1915
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Private Edgar Charles Pratt 7941, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 12 May 1915
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Private James Henry Gittens 10838, South Wales Borderers
Died 12 May 1915
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Private John George Penn 1482, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1915
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Private Oswald Morris Astley 2628, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1915
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Private Reginald William Cole 1844, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 12 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Frank D'Arcy Blofeld , 2nd Life Guards
Died 12 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant John Leslie Johnston , 3rd Bn attached 2nd Bn The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 12 May 1915
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Private Edward Kerry 726, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 12 May 1916
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2nd Lieutenant Norman John Thorpe , 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
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Captain Theodore Victor Chapman , The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 12 May 1917
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Captain William George Bransby Williams, M.C. , Royal Flying Corps
Died 12 May 1917
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Deck Hand Thomas Robert Jones DA 7836, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 12 May 1917
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Gunner Frederick John Workman 300958, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 12 May 1917
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Gunner Thomas Hilton Horbury 295657, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 12 May 1917
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Private Alfred William Turner G/71818, Middlesex Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
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Private Frederick Arthur GUIVER G/40161, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 12 May 1917
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Private Henry J W Purdew 18658, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
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Private John Charles Vernon Muschamp 265605, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 12 May 1917
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Private John William Fell 14/1052, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
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Private Joseph Cotterill 25399, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
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Private Joseph Gorringe G/10674, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 12 May 1917
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Private Robert Turnbull 201087, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 12 May 1917
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Serjeant Alfred Cleveley 9627, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
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Musician Charles Arthur Duffield 1962, Royal Marines Band
Died 12 May 1918
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Private Henry St Bernard 16579, British West Indies Regiment
Died 12 May 1918
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Private Richard Watts Beresford 16911, British West Indies Regiment
Died 12 May 1918
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Private Wallace Hayward Billenness 65017, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 12 May 1918
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Staff Nurse Beatrice Georgina Frederica Forbes , Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 12 May 1918
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Major Arthur McCulloch Inglis, D.S.O. , Gloucestershire Regiment attached Tank Corps
Died 12 May 1919
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Matron Margaret Heggie Smith , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 12 May 1920
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Private Edward Fred Price 7078, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1921
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Captain William Anderson Bloomfield VC , Scouts Corps - South African Mounted Brigade
Died 12 May 1954
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Doctor Agnes Forbes Blackadder Savill , French Red Cross
Died 12 May 1964
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