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).
Lieutenant Guy Staniforth Wemyss St. George. Unit: 1st Battalion, 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment). Death: 28 April 1915 Wounded near Ypres 27 April 1915 died of wounds at Hazebrouck Hospital. Western Front
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Elliott Archison Turnbull , Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Major Aeneas Charles Perkins. Unit: 40th Pathans, Indian Army. Death: 28 April 1915 Western Front
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major George Cecil Brooke MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 28 April 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Olof Jonssons text: Sågbron, 28 april 1915. Bilder visar den gamla bron.
28 April 1915
Vänersborgs museum
Private Arthur Edward Bracey 10740, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Benjamin Nash 1813, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Edgar Taylor 10350, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Alfred Wells 8744, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Thomas Jones 10508, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Thomas Green 10442, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Wilfred George Lipscombe 9233, Hampshire Regiment
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Isaac Jones 10171, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman John Gordon Newell 282, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frederick Neville Parker. Unit: 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 28 April 1915 Western Front
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Roy Thompson 840. Unit: GCompany, 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 April 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant Walter William Belgian 6/1476, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Sub Lieutenant Jeffreys Ivor Jones-Parry. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Wolverine. Death: 28 April 1915 Mediterranean theatre.
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
District Inspector Harry Smyth. Unit: Royal Irish Constabulary.. Death: 28 April 1916 Wounded and killed in rebel attack at Ashbourne police barracks
Died 28 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Jeannie Barclay Smith, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 28 April 1916.
Died 28 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Jeannie Barclay Smith, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 28 April 1916.
Died 28 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal William McBeath 1937, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 28 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Randolph Noel Murray. Unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 28 April 1916 Western Front
Died 28 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Henry Archibald Battin 11067, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Leslie Charles Tandy 2366, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 28 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Pettit 5807, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Died 28 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Walter Tench S/7121, (The Prince Consort's Own) Rifle Brigade
Died 28 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Francis Perceval Lefroy , Royal Engineers
Died 28 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Francis Perceval Lefroy. Unit: Royal Engineers. Death: 28 April 1916 Western Front
Died 28 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sister Jeannie Barclay Smith , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 28 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Statues de Pierre de Fermat et Clémence Isaure, Toulouse, France, A 8 341
28 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Temporary Second Lieutenant Charles Love Crockett , Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 28 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Un rétameur, Toulouse, France, A 8 338
28 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
George William Davis 1552 S, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Died 28 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Percy Marriner 18240, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Died 28 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
William Jones 1335, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Died 28 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
, La Granja, environs de Ségovie, Espagne, A 10 643
28 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, La Granja, environs de Ségovie, Espagne, A 10 644
28 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, La Granja, environs de Ségovie, Espagne, A 10 645 X
28 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, La Granja, environs de Ségovie, Espagne, A 10 646
28 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, La Granja, environs de Ségovie, Espagne, A 10 647
28 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, La Granja, environs de Ségovie, Espagne, A 10 648
28 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, La Granja, environs de Ségovie, Espagne, A 10 649
28 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine