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).
Captain Eric Guy Harries , 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers Territorial Force
Died 17 August 1915
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Private George William Edmund Jesson 2895, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 17 August 1915
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Serjeant Albert Frank Dracup 3026, Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1915
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Serjeant Charles William Hopton 17627, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 17 August 1915
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Serjeant Herbert McGovan 12203, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 17 August 1915
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Captain William Manstead Benton , Manchester Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Lance Corporal Harold Machin P/1255, Military Police Corps
Died 17 August 1916
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Private Ebenezer Nicholls 6990, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Private Frederick Thomas Purcell 16638, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Private George Dennett Criddle 13193, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 17 August 1916
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Private Richard Mitchell SD/441, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Private Thomas Henry Mumford 23058, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Private William Reginald Staplehurst G/8708, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Private Willie Henry Page 3196, Royal Sussex Regiment,
Died 17 August 1916
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Sapper James Edward Worthington 45607, Royal Engineers
Died 17 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant Norman Archibald Chambers , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class The Reverend Father William Joseph Gabriel Doyle, SJ, M.C. , Army Chaplains' Department, attached Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 17 August 1917
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Chaplain William Joseph Doyle , Army Chaplain's Department
Died 17 August 1917
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Lieutenant Wilmore Lorne Carmichael , Canadian Infantry
Died 17 August 1917
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Private Archibald Thomas Callaway 29236, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1917
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Private Charles Douglas Hamlyn Yonge 727779, Canadian Infantry Eastern Ontario Regiment
Died 17 August 1917
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Private Charles Samuel Stiff 240982, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1917
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Private Frank Dawson Onslow 19873, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1917
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Private William Blacker 40488, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 17 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Peter Robertson Purdie , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 17 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Richard Douglas Miles, M.C. , Royal Irish Fusiliers
Died 17 August 1917
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Serjeant Edward George Joines 12614, Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 August 1917
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Private Allen Hilton 14/619, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 August 1918
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Private Blackden Kennedy Saunders 2356605, Canadian Forestry Corps
Died 17 August 1918
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Private Edwin Hollingsworth 39885, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1918
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Private George Wain 16250, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1918
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Private Rowland Howard Poole 36123, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1918
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Private Walter John Clifford 40296, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1918
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Lieutenant General David Henderson , Royal Flying Corps
Died 17 August 1921
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Private Thomas William Bedford 4335295, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1921
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Corporal George Stacey Fudge 5842, 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1960
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