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).
Sam Ziff in front of a generator to be sent to a kibbutz, St. Paul
Taken some time in 1945
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Second Lieutenant Billy Reel. Co-Pilot, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed at Stendal in B-17 #4338932
Died 1 January 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Jay Baas. Co-Pilot, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Killed in Action (KIA) at Windberge in B-17 b#4338252
Died 1 January 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Joelbert Ellingson. Co-Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group. Air Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 1 January 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Ralph Rollins. Pilot, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Stendal in B-17 #4338932
Died 1 January 1945
American Air Museum
SJÖBERG, CARL ÅKE
F. 6 JUNI 1920, VÄSTERÅS
SJÖMAN, STOCKHOLM
Tatuering på bröstet av ett kvinnohuvud ej färdigt. Utfört av en sjöman i Västerås, utan betalning.
1 January 1945
Sjöhistoriska museet
SJÖBERG, CARL ÅKE
F. 6 JUNI 1920, VÄSTERÅS
SJÖMAN, STOCKHOLM
Tatuering på vänster hand, skepp och prickar, utförda av honom själv.
1 January 1945
Sjöhistoriska museet
Skrotade flygplan Caproni Ca 313 - S 16 på F 11 Södermanlands flygflottilj.
1 January 1945
Flygvapenmuseum
Slussen area in Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1945
Swedish National Heritage Board
Staff Sergeant Robert Mercurio. Top Turret Gunner, 453rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Mission 197 to Remagen. B24 AC# 42-51865 crashed on takeoff.
Died 1 January 1945
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Anthony Cecere. Top Turret Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed into North Sea in B=17 #4338690
Died 1 January 1945
American Air Museum
Tell cigarraffär i Malmslätt, på nuvarande Carl Cederströms gata, 1940-tal.
1 January 1945
Flygvapenmuseum
The police on their way to Sweden, returning from concentration camp in Germany. 1945
Taken some time in 1945
National Museum of Denmark
The Syncro-Clock time keeper, Yleisradio's driving clock and a kind of radio that received the time signal from the German hydrological institute's chronometer. A radio set which controlled several
Taken 1 Jan 1945
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
VAARA, FRANS OSCAR
F. 26 OKTOBER 1922
SJÖMAN, STOCKHOLM
Tatueringarna äro utförda av sjömannen och tatueraren Sven Erik Mårtensson, Stockholm, den första 1942.
1 January 1945
Sjöhistoriska museet
VAARA, FRANS OSCAR
F. 28 OKTOBER 1922
SJÖMAN, STOCKHOLM.
Tatueringarna äro utförda av sjömannen och tatueraren Sven Erik Mårtensson, Stockholm, den första 1942.
1 January 1945
Sjöhistoriska museet
Vykort från Höviksnäs visande t.v. Brattön, (reg.Nr. 8058) och t.h. Hakefjord III (reg.nr. 3301) vid bryggan.
1 January 1945
Sjöhistoriska museet
WALLIN, GEORG
SJÖMAN, STOCKHOLM
F. 12 OKTOBER 1887 GÄVLE
Tatueringar på Vänster överarm. Utförda 1913 i Kobe av en 16 år gammal geisha för 1,5 yen. Handstucket arbetet i blått och rött utfört med
1 January 1945
Sjöhistoriska museet
WALLIN, GEORG
SJÖMAN, STOCKHOLM
F. 12 OKTOBER 1887 I GÄVLE
Tatuering på bröstet: Fullriggaren utförd i Stettin. Senare täckt av amrekansk örn, utförd i USA 1914 för 5$. De två svalorna äro utfö
1 January 1945
Sjöhistoriska museet
WALLIN, GEORG
SJÖMAN, STOCKHOLM
F. 12 OKTOBER 1887 I GÄVLE
Tatueringar på vänster underarm. Ankaret och stjärnan utförda i London 1907. Cirkusflickan utförd i Stettin 1906 för 1 mark.
1 January 1945
Sjöhistoriska museet
Wartime parting of a family, Drouin, Victoria
Taken some time in 1945
National Library of Australia Commons
Women standing outside the Sarasota Army Air Field Exchange
Taken some time in 1945
State Library and Archives of Florida
Xenophon Castrisos, aerial photographer with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II
Taken some time in Jan 1945
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Young members of first class at Torah Academy, Minneapolis
Taken some time in 1945
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION SCREENING MISSION MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL JUNCTION COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE C
Mission date: 2 January 1945
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Arthur Senecal. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. His aircraft P-51B 43-6787 was struck in coolant system shortly after his section engaged and downed two ME-109’s. Attempting to nurse his a/c back
Died 2 January 1945
American Air Museum
Sergeant Frank Garry. Top Turret Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. KIS
Died 2 January 1945
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Howard Ayres. Armorer Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. KIS
Died 2 January 1945
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION SCOUTING MISSION MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL JUNCTION MARSHALLING
Mission date: 3 January 1945
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Charles Keaney. , 364th Fighter Group. Missing in Action, memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium.
Died 3 January 1945
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY RAILROAD INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS COM
Mission date: 5 January 1945
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Jack Collins. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. KIS Plane # 4297082 'Mission Mistress' crashed due to engine failure at Mount Farm England
Died 6 January 1945
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Gordon Weston. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 6 January 1945.
Arranged music for Group Thunderbolt band
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 6 January 1945
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Gordon Henry. Navigator, 94th Bomb Group. KIS Plane #4297082 'Mission Mistress' had engine failure on take off and crashed at Mount Farm Eng
Died 6 January 1945
American Air Museum
Sergeant Clinton Hallman. Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. KIS -- Plane lost engine on take off with full bomb load; pilot tried to jettison bombs only 1 bomb was dropped; plane crashed at Mount Farm not far from base. 5 of crew killed Plane #4297082 'Missio
Died 6 January 1945
American Air Museum
Sergeant James Tate. Top Turret Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. KIS Plane # 4297082 'Mission Mistress' developed engine failure and crashed on take off at Mount Farm Eng
Died 6 January 1945
American Air Museum
Sergeant Raymond Von Bokel. Radio Operator Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. KIS Plane # 4297082 Mission Mistress crashed due to engine failure at Mount Farm England
Died 6 January 1945
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS CENTER BO
Mission date: 7 January 1945
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY RAIL BRIDGE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMUNICATION CENTER COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MARS
Mission date: 8 January 1945
American Air Museum
Captain Pete Lonchar. Co-Pilot, 61st Troop Carrier Group. Died when his C-109 crashed on 8 January 1945, narrowly missing Harling Farm.
Died 8 January 1945
American Air Museum