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).
The Dutch Fleet approaching the Jutland Coast, about 10 [OS]/20 October 1658?. original art: drawing
Despite being faintly inscribed ‘Forgery’ (due possibly to some curious features in rig), Robinson sees no need to doubt the authenticity of t
1658
National Maritime Museum
A Fleet Wedding Between a brisk young sailor & his Landlady's Daughter at Rederiff (caricature). Mounted with PAG8515.; Text in English below image.; No.2.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
20 Oct 1747
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the Downs with the flats of the North and South Forelands from the observations of Joseph Ross, a Pilot belonging to Trinity House.. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and Fren
20 October 1779
National Maritime Museum
Distress Of the Centaur on the Night of the 16th of Septr, 1782... passage from Jamaica... storm... foundered Twelve persons only escaping from the Wreck. Sepia aquatint inscribed with a description of the picture: 'Distress of the Centaur on the Nig
20 Oct 1783
National Maritime Museum
Preservation of Cpt Inglefield, the Master, and Ten of the Crew of the Centaur in the Pinnace... on the Great Western Ocean, and after seventeen days at sea, arrived at Fayal. Print
20 Oct 1783
National Maritime Museum
Commencement of the Action between the Crescent and La Reunion off Cape Barfleur October 20 1793. Medium includes pen and black ink.
Jul 1801
National Maritime Museum
An Homeward Bound East-Indiaman Taking A Pilot on Board. Hand-coloured.
20 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum
The Mercury of 28 guns, on a larboard tack. Hand-coloured.; Technique includes roulette work.
20 Oct 1795
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Nelson recreating with his Brave Tars after the Glorious Battle of the Nile (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
20 Oct 1798
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Nelson recreating with his Brave Tars after the Glorious Battle of the Nile (caricature). Text in English below image.; No.25.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
20 Oct 1798
National Maritime Museum
Brunswick Dock on the Thames at Blackwall. Print entitled 'Brunswick Dock on the Thames at Blackwall... chiefly intended for the accommodation & protection of ships of the Honble the East India Company...'. The print was drawn, engraved and
20 October 1803
National Maritime Museum
Das Engl: Linienschiff the African wirel von Dan. Kanon-Boten verjagt, den 20 October 1808. Medium includes pen and ink. The 'African' attacked by Danish gunboats
1808
National Maritime Museum
'Tortoise' (1807). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing incomplete inboard profile, upper deck, gun deck (lower), and lower deck (orlop) for 'Tortoise' (1809), a storeship as fitted at Woolwich Dockyard in October 1813.
Signed by Edward Sis
20 October 1813
National Maritime Museum
The Queen's Funeral Procession Passing Through Hammersmith 1818. Print
20 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827. An interpretation of a naval battle during the War of Greek Independence, 1821-32. It took place when French, Russian, and British ships destroyed a Turkish or Ottoman-Egyptian fleet in the bay of Navarino - now kn
1828
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827. Following the Treaty of London in 1827, the signatories - Britain, France, and Russia - were committed to enforcing peace in the Greek archipelago, where Greek patriots were attempting to throw off Ottoman rule. Gr
1828
National Maritime Museum
The Harriet Earl Belfast's Yacht. Port-broadside view of the Harriet with white cliffs in the background, with a frontal view of the bow of another ship. Hand-coloured.; Signed by artist in plate.; No.13.
Inscribed: 'The Harriet. / Earl Belfast
20 Oct 1827
National Maritime Museum
The Harriet Earl Belfast's Yacht. Port-broadside view of the Harriet with white cliffs in the background, with a frontal view of the bow of another ship. Hand-coloured.; Signed by artist in plate.; No.13.
Inscribed: 'The Harriet. / Earl Belfast
20 Oct 1827
National Maritime Museum
A three masted yawl, a two masted yawl and two views of a coble on Yarmouth beach. Mounted with PAE6394.
20 Oct 1828
National Maritime Museum
The Repulse East Indiaman in East India Dock Basin, Sepr. 25th, 1839. The docks of London had extensive basins at high tide. A basin allowed large numbers of ships to gather together to avoid the delay of going through locks. Dock basins are large docks i
20 Oct 1842
National Maritime Museum
Engine and Boiler for a Dredger. Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the elevation, plan, and section for an engine and boiler proposed to be fitted to a dredger. The engine was originally in the 'Wilberforce' (1840), an iron paddle exploration ship th
20 October 1843
National Maritime Museum