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).
Porträtt av Carl Bernhard Wilhelm Westberg, löjtnant vid Livbeväringsregementet.
1 January 1856
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Georg Fredrik Schmiterlöw, underlöjtnant vid Smålands husarregemente K 4.
1 January 1856
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Gustaf Henrik Napoleon Thestrup, kapten vid Wendes artilleriregemente A 3.
1 January 1856
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Lage Evald Posse, överstelöjtnant vid Västgöta-Dals regemente I 16.
1 January 1856
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Ludvig Christian Mauritz Schöning, löjtnant vid Hälsinge regemente I 14.
1 January 1856
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Remains of the Ancient Chersonese, near Sebastopol.
Taken 1 Jan 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Telegraph Hill, taken from corner of Stockton and Sacramento streets.
Taken some time in 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Text på kortets baksida: "Gustaf Daniel Björck. F.d. kyrkoherde i Uddevalla".
1 January 1856
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Handl. Nils Fredric Frykholm. D. 1856. Bror till Fröken Frykholm".
1 January 1856
Bohusläns museum
View from Kearny street - in the foreground the Orphans' Asylum.
Taken some time in 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
View over the City, containing the portions between California and Bush Streets.
Taken some time in 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Her Majesty's Gun Boat Cracker passing the Kinburn Batteries, October 15th 1855. Print
30 Jan 1856
National Maritime Museum
'Ancient tower at Cloyne, Feby 1856' [Ireland]. No. 7 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The ancient 30-metre round tower in the middle of the village of Clo
February 1856
National Maritime Museum
Mouth of the Tchernaya River, at the bottom of Inkermann Bay, end of Sebastopol Harbour.
Taken 4 Feb 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
H.M.S. Hannibal 91 Guns... flagship... leaving Anapa, June 12th 1855. Print
20 Feb 1856
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. Highflyer Captn John Moore C.B. &c. at anchor off Soukoum Kaleh-Abasia, Omar Pasha leaving the Ship, Octr 1855. Hand-coloured.
22 Feb 1856
National Maritime Museum
Quarantine Cemetery and Church, with French Battery No. 50.
Taken 27 Feb 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Queenstown [Cobh], Ireland, 1856. No. 8 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist 'Queenstown - March 1856' on the album page below the image. The ship in the centre flies the flag of a rear-admiral of the blu
March 1856
National Maritime Museum
Portret van luitenant-kolonel John Miller Adye van de Royal artillery en Assistant Adjudant General van het Britse 'Ordnance Department' tijdens de Krimoorlog
25 March 1856
Rijksmuseum
After the fire, 7 April 1856 (shows blackened skeleton of a hull). Signed by artist and dated.
7 Apr 1856
National Maritime Museum
After the fire, 7 April 1856, with frame bar and beam engine. Signed by artist and dated.
7 Apr 1856
National Maritime Museum
Petition of James Fryer for an appropriation of money in redemption of certain Continental bills held by him, with enclosures, 04/14/1856 (page 5 of 7)
Taken 14 Apr 1856
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of James Fryer for an appropriation of money, 04/14/1856 (page 1 of 7)
Taken 14 Apr 1856
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of James Fryer for an appropriation of money, 04/14/1856 (page 2 of 7)
Taken 14 Apr 1856
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of James Fryer for an appropriation of money, 04/14/1856 (page 3 of 7)
Taken 14 Apr 1856
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of James Fryer for an appropriation of money, 04/14/1856 (page 4 of 7)
Taken 14 Apr 1856
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of James Fryer for an appropriation of money, 04/14/1856 (page 6 of 7)
Taken 14 Apr 1856
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of James Fryer for an appropriation of money, 04/14/1856 (page 7 of 7)
Taken 14 Apr 1856
The U.S. National Archives
Kussenovertrek met Berlijns borduurwerk van drie zeer grote rozen omgeven door bladeren in kruissteek, gemerkt en gedateerd met kralen.
20 April 1856
Rijksmuseum
Gosport - From the (?) Tavern in Portsmouth Harbour 21st April 1836. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist.
21 Apr 1856
National Maritime Museum
Plan of Spithead showing the proposed evolutions at the review of the fleet by Her Majesty on Wednesday the 23rd April 1856. Single sheet. Coloured lithograph. Additional Places: Solent. Ships' position marked for the Review.
1924
National Maritime Museum
The gunboat 'Firefly' destroying the magazines at Brandon, Gulf of Bothnia (Finland) during the Crimean War. Inscribed: “H.M.S. ‘Firefly’ destroying the magazines at Brandon, Gulf of Bothnia. This plate is respectfully dedicate
28 Apr 1856
National Maritime Museum
An Episode of the Naval Attack on Sebastopol, Octr 17th 1854. The Rodney aground under Fort Constantine. Print. The artist is likely to be Giovanni Schranz, also sometimes called John.
6 May 1856
National Maritime Museum
Catwater, entrance to Plymouth Sound. A Series of Views Pl.4. Print
7 May 1856
National Maritime Museum
Four sketches of HM Survey ship Merlin May 9 1856, annotated. Heightened with white.
1856
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858); Racoon (1857); Clio (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half-stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Challenger (1858), Racoon (1857), and Clio (1858), all 2
21 May 1856
National Maritime Museum
Sebastopol from Old Chersonese, and Ancient Church of St. Vladimir.
Taken 28 May 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Petitions Asking the House of Representatives to Expel Representative Preston Brooks, 06/1856
Taken some time in Jun 1856
The U.S. National Archives
Great Eastern being built, 4 Jun 1856. A view from the river along the foreshore at Millwall, looking towards Greenwich in the distance, with Brunel's 'Great Eastern' in starboard-quarter view under construction in June 1856. Three funnels
1856
National Maritime Museum