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 Ben Ellis B/20409. Unit: 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Somme. Husband of Doris Amy Barham Ellis, of 53, Salisbury Rd., Watford, Herts.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Christopher Dobree Benson G/82. Unit: 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Miramont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Francis Charles Williams 28527. Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry Croudace MM. Service number: 47864. Unit: B Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Killed in action at Petit Miraumont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Jacob Clive Fitt 8876. Unit: Signal Section, "C" Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917, Albert, Western Front.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman John William Denn R/17867. Unit: 7th Platoon, B Company, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing in action
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sapper James Phillips 58904. Unit: 106th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sapper Matthew Kidd Miller 58065. Unit: 1 Section, 106th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Arthur Bernard Swain. Unit: Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17 February 1917 MIA on the River Ancre near Miraumont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant James Babington Boulton. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17th February 1917, Western Front, age 28.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Ernest Gilbert Stanbrough 483. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain W R Peacock. Unit: Royal Navy Reserve, HMS Transport Hunsbridge. Death: 18 February 1917 UK
Died 18 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Tom Ingle 6/0883. Unit: 1st Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Death: 18 February 1917 Western Front.
Died 18 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Hobbs 1933. Unit: 45th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 February 1917, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 19 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Company Sergeant Major W H Littlejohn 204331. Unit: 1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 20 February 1917 Western Front
Died 20 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Thomas George Pearce 321428 – formerly 3716. Unit: 14th Platoon, D Company, 1st/6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles). Death: 20 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 20 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private (Signaller) Arthur Joseph Hill 3827. Unit: 9th Reinforcements, 30th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 February 1917, killed in action at Bapaume, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 22 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Frederick Charles Noakes S/26413. Unit: 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 24 February 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 24 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Ronald Walpole Durno. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to "Y" 41st Trench Mortar Battery. Death: 24 February 1917 Western Front.
Died 24 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal John Ernest Alexander Bruce 1011. Unit: 24th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 February 1917 Warlencourt Western Front
Died 25 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Arthur Stanley Hoodless 1872. Unit: "B" Company, 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 February 1917, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 25 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Edward Robert Small G/20007. Unit: 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Death: 25 February 1917 Killed in action in France while attending to the wounded Western Front
Died 25 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Ralph James Jefferson. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 25 February 1917 Mesopotamia.
Died 25 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
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
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
Duncan Gray McDougall 2057. Unit: D Coy, 31 Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 February 1917
Died 27 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Ronald Stuart P Main 424. Unit: A Company, 19th Battalion, 5th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 February 1917 Western Front
Died 27 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Hall 37316. Unit: 16th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 27 February 1917, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Edward Tom Large 1321. Unit: West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 27 February 1917 Western Front
Died 27 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Frederick Wray 5663. Unit: 2nd Platoon, A Company, 17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 February 1917 Died of wounds on the Somme. Western Front
Died 27 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Charles Jude 1216. Unit: 38th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 February 1917 Western Front.
Died 27 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain Henry Cyril Harold Illingworth MC. Unit: King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 28 February 1917.
Died 28 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Herbert E Rogers G/23235. Unit: 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 28 February 1917 Western Front
Died 28 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John William Lester. Unit: 73rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 1 March 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Died 1 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Clifton John Hill 6769. Unit: 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 1 March 1917, buried at Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire.
Died 1 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lena Shaw, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of poisoning contracted on duty 02 March 1917.
Died 2 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Edwin Forte MM 610. Unit: 26th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 March 1917, Western Front.
Died 2 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private O’Leary. Unit: West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 02 March 1917 Western Front
Missing 2 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Eric Senior Smith. Unit: West Yorkshire Regiment.. Death: 02 March 1917 Missing on patrol duty near Miraumont, with Private O’Leary. Western Front
Missing 2 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Ernest George Le Bon 5300. Unit: C Coy, 22nd Battalion, 6th Brigade, 14th Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 03 March 1917 Western Front
Died 3 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Ernest Wood Brady 2105. Unit: 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 03 March 1917 France Western Front
Died 3 March 1917
Imperial War Museum