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).
Private John Harold Jebson 34749, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Robert Turnbull 242753, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Joseph Fieldhouse 41259, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Malcolm Baker PW/5850, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Norman Crossland 241666, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Norman Kennington Welband G/15708, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Oliver Roebuck 203745, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Reginald John Beardsworth 21794, Canadian Infantry
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Roland Sydney Harris 201676, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Stanley Mitchell 240842, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Stanley Thornton 4857, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Thomas Chance 267672, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Private Thomas Hurdman Rhodes 23964, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Private William Alfred Blandford G/24586, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Private William Fagan 241724, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 3 May 1917
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Private William George Timms 21405, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Private William H Dyson 201735, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 3 May 1917
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Private William Henry Godridge 18/520, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 3 May 1917
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Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Raymond Winchester Berridge , RNAS
Died 3 May 1917
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Rifleman Henry Gilbert Town 302136, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
Died 3 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Alexander T Welsh , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 3 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Yates Statham , East Surrey Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Edgar Cecil Warren , London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Died 3 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Eric Priestley Kaye , Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 3 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Holford Charles Fourdrinier Plant , North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Harrison VC , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Norman Bonham-Carter , Household Battalion
Died 3 May 1917
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Serjeant Herbert Lockwood 241178, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 3 May 1917
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Serjeant James Greenhalgh 266981, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 3 May 1917
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Warrant Officer Class 2 James Edward Lewis Hinton 10130, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 3 May 1917
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Corporal Archibald Elliot Turnbull 42409, Cameronians (Scots Rifles)
Died 3 May 1918
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Private Alexander Arthur Duncan 3550, Australian Machine Gun Corps
Died 3 May 1918
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Private Charles Cartwright Butchart 240868, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 3 May 1918
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Private John William Lyons 3344, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 3 May 1918
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Private Thomas William Clark 46154, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 3 May 1918
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Second Lieutenant James Garrick Ritchie , Cameron Highlanders
Died 3 May 1919
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Nursing Sister Sadie St Germain , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 3 May 1923
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Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Napper Tandy , General Staff Officer
Died 3 May 1953
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Sergeant Edwin Archer Boffey 24598, North Midland Field Ambulance Territorial Force
Died 3 May 1959
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