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).
European Race for A Distance. Anno Dom. MDCCXXXX (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
26 Feb 1740
National Maritime Museum
The Capture of Saint Lucia, 26 February 1762. The capture of St Lucia from the French took place when England and France were once again in dispute, during the Seven Years War, 1756-63. This conflict was fought around the globe and involved the world&rsqu
1772
National Maritime Museum
A View of the East-India House, Leadenhall Street. Richard Jupp, Eq. Architect. Hand-coloured.; Plate No.65. The impressive headquarters of the East India Company were at Leadenhall Street in the City. From this building British India was ruled with littl
26 Feb 1802
National Maritime Museum
The Capture of Le Furet of 16 guns from a French Squadron by the Hydra off Cadiz, Febry 26th 1806. One of a pair with PAF4765 showing 'Hydra' action at Bagur, Catalonia, in 1807. Both are from a pair of oil paintings by Chambers, done in 1832 fo
1833
National Maritime Museum
Senate joint resolution declaring admission of Missouri into the Union, 02/26/1821 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 26 Feb 1821
The U.S. National Archives
30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 30 ft Cutter.
Dated: 26 February 1861
National Maritime Museum
30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 30 ft Cutter. Signed Isaac Watts [Chief Constructor of the Navy, 1860-1863].
Dated: 26 February 1861
National Maritime Museum
Her Majesty's Iron Cased Screw Steam Frigate Minotaur. Print of the iron-cased frigate HMS 'Minotaur', built by the Thames Ironworks Ship Building Engineering and Dry Dock Company, Blackwall.
26 Feb 1867
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of a view of Plymouth? with a steam and sail vessel at anchor, three men in a rowing boat, another vessel and a lighthouse. Drawing. The large ship to the left may be the pioneering ironclad, HMS 'Warrior', of 1860. [PvdM 11/13]
26 Feb 1867
National Maritime Museum
Memorial of the American Philosophical Society in favor of an exploration of the Alaskan coast, 02/26/1868
Taken 26 Feb 1868
The U.S. National Archives
Telegram, in code, from Theodore Roosevelt to Admiral Dewey, 02/26/1898 - 02/26/1898
Taken 26 Feb 1898
The U.S. National Archives
HMS Birmingham (1913). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the outboard profile of the light cruiser HMS Birmingham (1913), illustrating the arrangement of her rig as completed. The plan has been subsequently updated to show alterations made up to 1923.
26 February 1914
National Maritime Museum
Culture de la vigne, Environs d\'Epernay, Marne, France, A 4 940
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Culture traditionnelle de la vigne, Vertus, Marne, France, A 4 941
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Dans la cour de la maison Geoffroy, Pierre-Morains, Marne, France, A 4 961
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La gare de Fère-Champenoise en ruine, Fère-Champenoise, Marne, France, A 4 938
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La gare de Fère-Champenoise en ruine, Fère-Champenoise, Marne, France, A 73 229
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La nef et le choeur de l\'église Saint-Denis de Sommesous après les bombardements du 7 février, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 970
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rivière Somme-Soude, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 964
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La route de Paris à Chalons par Montmirail, Environs de Bergères-les-Vertus, Marne, France, A 4 945
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La Somme-Soude ou la Superbe traversant la Fère-Champenoise, Fère-Champenoise, Marne, France, A 4 939
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La tombe du lieutenant-colonel Guibert, 60e division, près de l\'église, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 971
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le mont Aimé, Vertus, Marne, France, A 4 944
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le portail de l\'église Saint-Denis après les bombardements du 7 février, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 967
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les marais de Saint-Gond, Saint-Gond, Marne, France, A 4 997
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les marais de Saint-Gond, Saint-Gond, Marne, France, A 4 998
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les marais de Saint-Gond, Saint-Gond, Marne, France, A 4 999 S
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les marais de Saint-Gond, Saint-Gond, Marne, France, A 5 000
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les marais de Saint-Gond, Saint-Gond, Marne, France, A 5 001
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les marais de Saint-Gond, Saint-Gond, Marne, France, A 73 072 XS
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église Saint-Denis après les bombardements du 7 février, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 965
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église Saint-Denis après les bombardements du 7 février, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 966
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église Saint-Denis après les bombardements du 7 février, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 969
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église Sainte-Memmie, Bergères-les-Vertus, Marne, France, A 4 973
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église Sainte-Memmie, Bergères-les-Vertus, Marne, France, A 4 975
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'entrée de la ferme de Robert Piévort, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 963 X
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'entrée du village, Pierre-Morains, Marne, France, A 4 955
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'entrée du village, Pierre-Morains, Marne, France, A 4 962
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'intérieur de l\'église Sainte-Memmie, Bergères-les-Vertus, Marne, France, A 4 974
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'un des bas côté de l\'église Saint-Denis après les bombardements du 7 février, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 968
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
M. et Madame Geoffroy devant leur maison détruite, Pierre-Morains, Marne, France, A 4 956
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mme Geoffroy dans la cour de sa maison détruite, Pierre-Morains, Marne, France, A 4 958
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mme Lalire dans la cour de sa maison, Pierre-Morains, Marne, France, A 4 957
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de la maison Geoffroy, Pierre-Morains, Marne, France, A 4 960
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines d\'un corps de ferme (?), Pierre-Morains, Marne, France, A 4 959
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Cortlandt MacGregor. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 26 February 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 26 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Ernest Turnbull 14297, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Died 26 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Tranchées allemandes de la bataille du 6 septembre 1914, Ecury, Marne, France, A 4 994
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Tranchées allemandes de la bataille du 6 septembre 1914, Ecury, Marne, France, A 4 995
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Type d\'un plateau champenois, Sommesous, Marne, France, A 4 972
26 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Axe central du verger-roseraie sous la neige, vu vers la dépendance, à la limite du jardin français, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 723
26 février 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Cœur du « village japonais » sous la neige, vu des abords de la maison ouest jusqu\'au jardin anglais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 724
26 février 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Fireman Gustav Karlson , Mercantile Marine - SS Dido
Died 26 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Forêt bleue sous la neige, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 722
26 février 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La forêt vosgienne, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 719
26 février 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Hugh Thomas Davies 16023, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 26 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Le Marais sous la neige, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 720
26 février 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le Marais sous la neige, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 721
26 février 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Nursing Sister Elsie Gertrude Ross , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 26 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Smith 18896, Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 26 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Claud Davidge 1078, Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Died 26 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Harold Albert Stanley 16137, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 26 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Percy Arthur Smith 4060, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 26 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rinderankauf für Militärzwecke - Kundmachung - Dornawatra - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
26 February 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Corporal George Watson 241301, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Driver Carl Richmond Hansen 2041A. Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 26 February 1917, killed in action at Bapaume, Somme, Western Front.
Died 26 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Victor Hamilton Playfair 1879, London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Petty Officer First Class William Harris Saunders J/5200. Unit: HM Gunboat Mantis, Royal Navy. Death: 26 February 1917 Killed in action aboard HMS Gunboat Mantis off Mesopotamia Indian Ocean
Died 26 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Dan Ivor Price 40048, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Robert Small G-20007, East Kent Regiment
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Elias Green 47440, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John P Sommers 16462, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John William Pearson 5/3475, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Jenkinson 9980, South Wales Borderers
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Wilfred Leyland 53829, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Scourfield 29530, South Wales Borderers
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Joseph Gladman Holles 9407, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 26 February 1917
Lives of the First World War