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).
American battleships entering Sydney Heads
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
On the deck of US battleship CONNECTICUT
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Postcard of USS NEW JERSEY to commemorate the visit of the Great White Fleet to Australia
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Spectators watching the arrival of the US Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Stereoscope card of a procession in Sydney to commemorate the visit of the Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
The Great White Fleet in Sydney Harbour 1908
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two vessels of the Great White Fleet in Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Visit of the Great White Fleet to Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Watching the arrival of the Great White Fleet
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Watching the arrival of the Great White Fleet in Sydney
Taken some time in Aug 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Australian troops marching along Macquarie Street, Sydney
Taken 18 Aug 1914
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Australian troops marching on Randwick Road in Sydney
Taken 18 Aug 1914
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Members of the 58th Battalion reinforcements awaiting embarkation
Taken some time in Aug 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
The troopship KAROOLA about to embark from Melbourne, WW1
Taken 19 Aug 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe’s flagship HMS NEW ZEALAND in the Sutherland Dock at Cockatoo Island
Taken some time in Aug 1919
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
NIAGARA of London leaving Sydney for Vancouver
Taken 28 Aug 1924
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
RMS NIAGARA leaving Sydney for Vancouver
Taken 28 Aug 1924
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Three US Navy warships possibly leaving Sydney Harbour, 6 August 1925
Taken some time in Aug 1925
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Three US Navy warships possibly leaving Sydney Harbour, 6 August 1925
Taken some time in Aug 1925
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two US Navy warships possibly leaving Sydney Harbour, 6 August 1925
Taken some time in Aug 1925
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two US Navy warships possibly leaving Sydney Harbour, 6 August 1925
Taken some time in Aug 1925
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two US Navy warships possibly leaving Sydney Harbour, 6 August 1925
Taken some time in Aug 1925
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
US Navy warship possibly leaving Sydney Harbour, 6 August 1925
Taken some time in Aug 1925
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
US Navy warship possibly leaving Sydney Harbour, 6 August 1925
Taken some time in Aug 1925
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Three-masted barque CHILLICOTHE under tow in Sydney Harbour
Taken 2 Aug 1927
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
American baseballers gathered at a Movietone event on board SS SIERRA
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
American baseballers gathered at a Movietone event on board SS SIERRA
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Four men posing near cars at a Movietone event
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Portrait of Kono San at a Movietone event on board SS SIERRA
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Portrait of Kono San at a Movietone event on board SS SIERRA
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Portrait of Kono San at a Movietone event on board SS SIERRA
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Ray Vaughan filming at a Movietone event in Circular Quay, Sydney
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Ray Vaughan filming at a Movietone event in Circular Quay, Sydney
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Three people at a Movietone event on board SS SIERRA
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two men, including Stanley S Crick, shaking hands at a Movietone event
Taken some time in Aug 1929
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Photograph depicting the rescue of survivors of RMS TAHITI
Taken 18 Aug 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Photograph depicting the sinking liner RMS TAHITI
Taken 18 Aug 1930
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Captain Edmund S Root of USS ASTORIA greeting a visitor, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Captain Edmund S Root on deck of USS ASTORIA, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Crew member of USS ASTORIA, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Crew of USS ASTORIA, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Muir McFarlane boarding USS ASTORIA
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Military procession of American marines and sailors from USS ASTORIA
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Naval sailors from USS ASTORIA, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Royal Australian Navy officer boarding USS ASTORIA
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
US Naval officers and sailors on board USS ASTORIA
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
USS ASTORIA at anchor in Farm Cove, Sydney
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
USS ASTORIA at anchor in Farm Cove, Sydney
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
USS ASTORIA at anchor in Farm Cove, Sydney, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
USS ASTORIA at anchor in Farm Cove, Sydney, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
USS ASTORIA in Farm Cove, Sydney
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
USS ASTORIA in Farm Cove, Sydney, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
USS ASTORIA in Farm Cove, Sydney, August 1934
Taken some time in Aug 1934
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons