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 Frederick Skelton 9251, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Abner Kelly 185. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 April 1916 at No. 1 Australian Auxilliary Hospital Harefield, England .
Died 17 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Norman Blackburn Brearley , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Allée bordée de fruitiers palissés et coin du verger-roseraie, vus en direction de la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 816
17 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Allée du jardin français jouxtant le verger-roseraie, en direction du « village japonais », Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 815
17 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Frank Kirtley Honey 799306, Canadian Infantry
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Fireman Henry Charles Flux , Mercantile Marine - HMHS Asturias
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Fruitiers palissés au bord d\'une allée menant à la forêt bleue, au cœur du verger-roseraie, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 814
17 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Fruitiers palissés situés au coeur du verger-roseraie, entre deux allées menant à la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 817
17 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Louisa Sarah Ingham, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 17 April 1917.
Died 17 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Louisa Sarah Ingham, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 17 April 1917.
Died 17 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Margaret Valentine, Munitions work. Accidentally killed on duty 17 April 1917.
Died 17 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Munitions Worker Margaret Valentine , Ministry of Munitions
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Edwin John Watkins 203439, Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Brunton Scuffham M2/033842, Army Service Corps
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Fry 5351. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 April 1917, Bullecourt, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 17 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Edward Langridge 3494. Unit: Honorable Artillery Company. Death: 17 April 1917 Western Front
Died 17 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Kirby 201987, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John William Ison 267964, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Leonard H Nelson 9525, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Prince Garfield Railton 19091, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Thomas Free 3139. Unit: 7th Reinforcements, 40th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 April 1917, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Commemorated on the Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery Memorial.
Died 17 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Henry George Woolley , Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Frederick Alfred Honey G/20245, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant James McGilchrist Alexander, MM 265048, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 17 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal William Robins Guy 240555, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Henry Thomas Matheson 3142, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Henry William Bull 110760, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner James Arthur Neaves 38595, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner John Birnie 45867, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Sergeant Edward J Richards 330905. Unit: A Company, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 April 1918 near Paschendale Western Front
Died 17 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lance Serjeant Edward John Richards 330905, Highland Light Infantry
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Campbell Robertson Fraser , The KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Captain Ronald Harcourt Sanderson , Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Hubert Aubrey Collymore , Bedfordshire Regiment Attached Machine Gun Corps
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Thomas Real O’Sullivan 2763. Unit: 41st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 April 1918 Western Front
Died 17 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Major Ronald Harcourt Sanderson. Unit: Royal Horse Artillery, attached to the 148th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 17 April 1918, West Flanders, Western Front.
Died 17 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Edward New 50814, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert William Atherley 25102, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert William Atherley 25102. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 17 April 1918
Died 17 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Henry Chilvers 27466, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Goddard 34246, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Martin Andrew 9617, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Thomas Claude Wilby 21923, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Hocking 27551, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Balshaw 41662, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Balshaw 41662. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 17 April 1918
Died 17 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private William Arthur Phelps 40399, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Riche demeure, Djeddah, Arabie, A 15 637
17 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Second Lieutenant Robert William Craig MC. Unit: Royal Scots, attached to 34th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Death: 17 April 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 17 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Wynell Hastings Lloyd , Royal Engineers
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant James Alexander Thompson 6087, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Fred Stubbens 64693, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant John Durney 56808, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 April 1918
Lives of the First World War