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 William Lewis 469, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 30 April 1817
Lives of the First World War
Driver John William Jones 20550, Royal Field Artillery
Died 30 April 1915
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Lance Corporal George Bailey S/8529, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 30 April 1915
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Private Alexander Cunnington Wilkie 7567, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 30 April 1915
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Private William Watkins 12528, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 30 April 1915
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Corporal Walter William John Fruin 12430, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 30 April 1916
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Gunner Ernest Charles Colman 89508, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 30 April 1916
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Lance Corporal Frederick William J. Freeman 1310, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 30 April 1916
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Private Charles Gallagher 13271, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 30 April 1916
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Private Herbert Henry Allen 1002, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 30 April 1916
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Private Neville Nicholas Fryday 140229, 75th Battalion Canadian Infantry
Died 30 April 1916
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Private Reginald Last Payne 7755, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 30 April 1916
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Colonel Frank Albert Symons, C.M.G., D.S.O. , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 30 April 1917
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Deck Hand James Doy 10310DA, Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Arfon
Died 30 April 1917
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Lieutenant Stephen Wriothesley Best , South Wales Borderers
Died 30 April 1917
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Private Frank Broadhurst 48389, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 30 April 1917
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Private Joseph Richard Moorman 30890, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 30 April 1917
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Rifleman George Albert J Bushell 651409, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Died 30 April 1917
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Rifleman Walter Martin 652309, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Died 30 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Walter Stanley Gregory , Wiltshire Regiment
Died 30 April 1917
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Serjeant Arthur Best 3033, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 30 April 1917
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Corporal Charles Field 260103, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 30 April 1918
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Private Alfred Stevens, M.M. 74412, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 30 April 1918
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Private George Marrison 201623, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 30 April 1918
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Private Hubert Chamberlain Vale 2913, 3rd Australian Pioneers
Died 30 April 1918
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Private Reginald Francis Polden 33406, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 30 April 1918
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Private Robert Isherwood 201686, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 30 April 1918
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Private Sidney Bone Higgs RR/1355, 1st Regiment South African Infantry
Died 30 April 1918
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Rifleman George Norris Hills 99326, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 30 April 1918
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Second Lieutenant Oliver Owen Goswell , 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 April 1918
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Petty Officer George Albert Moxey Pratt J/12015, H.M.S. " Victory."
Died 30 April 1920
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Private Thomas Hill 18375, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 30 April 1920
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Private Walter Howard Able 31789, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 30 April 1920
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Company Quarter Master Serjeant Thomas O'Shea 200961, King's (Liverpool) Regiment
Died 30 April 1921
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Major Geoffrey Lee Compton-Smith , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 30 April 1921
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Nursing Sister Robina Emma Brewis , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 30 April 1921
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Captain Samuel Moses James Woods , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 30 April 1931
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Nursing Sister Winnifred Edna Forbes , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 30 April 1950
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Captain Rhubert William Henry Mellor , Royal Engineers
Died 30 April 1964
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