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).
'Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness'. 'Saint John Preaching in Wilderness' by Richard Earlom after Salvator Rosa. Episode from the New Testament showing Saint John the Baptist dressed in rags preaching repentance to a crowd of men
2 May 1768
National Maritime Museum
Three fighting ships amongst a flotilla of small vessels off the coast of Egypt 8 March 1801. Hand-coloured.
2 May 1803
National Maritime Museum
A Calm. A Revenue Cutter and a North Country fishing Coble, ready to weigh on the making of the flood. Plate No.1.
2 May 1821
National Maritime Museum
England's Hope! The Illustrious Patron of Reform! A Sovereign the Poorest Subject would not change (caricature). Hand-coloured.
2 May 1831
National Maritime Museum
The Steam Ship Washington Capt Fitch, rescuing the passengers of the Ship Winchester of Boston, (Tuesday May 2nd 1854). Plate 363.
1854
National Maritime Museum
Exterieur van het gebouw van de Vrije Gemeente aan de Weteringschans te Amsterdam, gezien vanuit het oosten
2 May 1880
Rijksmuseum
Frank Reitoold, fireman, arrested for indecent behaviour
Taken 2 May 1907
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Captain Archibald James Sanderson. Unit: 1st Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 02 May 1915 Wounded while leading charge to retake some trenches on 26 April 1915. Died on Hospital Ship Sicilia on buried at sea. Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Cecil Vernon Down 805, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal James Richard Crossley 1205, Monmouthshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Launcelot Wake Brown 10160, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Selwyn Lord Curlewis. Service number: 6. Unit: 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Frederick Herbert Hook 8679, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal James Henry Robinson 9131, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer , Canadian Field Artillery
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer. Unit: 2nd Battery, 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Death: 2 May 1915, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arthur Edward Carse MID. Unit: 16th Battalion (South Australia, West Australia), Australian Infantry. Death: 02 May 1915, WIA on 27 April 1915 Died of wounds in hospital in Alexandra Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arthur Sidney Pelham Burn , Gordon Highlanders
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Bernard Henry Herford. Unit: Royal Marines, Chatham Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Death: 2 May 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Herbert George Martin. Unit: 1st/3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force). Death: 02 May 1915 Western Front
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Stirling Walter Greenland. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 2 May 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Owen Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett , 7th Essex Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Owen Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett DSO. Unit: Commanding 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 2 May 1915.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Ernest Otto Alfred Bruns. Unit: 16th Battalion (South Australia), Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli Peninsula
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant James Montague Smith. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Territorials, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Death: 02 May 1915 Killed in action at Gallipoli Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Francis Bernal Greenwood. Unit: 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 2 May 1915, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Kieran Leopold Anderson. Unit: 16th Battalion (South Australia, West Australia) Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Percy Mytton. Unit: 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 02 May 1915 Missing Hill 60 Ypres Western Front
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Robert Arthur Douglas McCulloch. Unit: 1st Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 02 May 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Herbert Joseph Sammut. Unit: 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 02 May 1915 Killed in action near Krithia. Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Ordinary Seaman Horace Blakeley J34867, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur James Richardson 10060, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Brunel John Nash 702. Unit: 10th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 May 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Frank Norman Fisher 436. Unit: "A" Company, 10 Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st South Australian Expeditionary Force, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 May 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum