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).
The Mutineers turning Lieut Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty [ 29 April 1789]. HM sloop 'Bounty' was a small West Indiaman of 250 tons, previously called 'Bethia', and purchased by
2 October 1790
National Maritime Museum
The beach at Hythe with a 'boat' hut, boats drawn up and Martello Towers in the distance. Mounted with PAE5510. Inscribed 'Martello Towers near Hythe, Oct 2. 1830' by the artist. The view looks west towards Dymchurch and Dungeness.
2 Oct 1830
National Maritime Museum
To The Commodore... Royal Thames Yacht Club. This Print Representing The Five Leading Vessels in the Strangers Purse Match, July 7th 1847... dedicated by... John Lynn. Hand-coloured.
2 Oct 1847
National Maritime Museum
Topi, ' Murano ' with details of fishing gear. Throughout his career as a painter, Edward Cooke travelled extensively in Europe, visiting France, Holland, Italy, Spain, North Africa and Scandinavia. Paintings and drawings resulted from all his t
2 October 1857
National Maritime Museum
prent (niet in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1870-10-02
2 October 1870
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Christiania. Skidbacken på Holmenkollen 2/10 04."
2 October 1904
Bohusläns museum
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Helsingör. Kronoborgs slott 2/10 1913."
2 October 1913
Bohusläns museum
Vue de Fortezza Vecchia prise du bord de mer, Corfou, Grèce, A 2 677
2 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue de Fortezza Vecchia prise du bord de mer, Corfou, Grèce, A 2 678
2 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
2nd Lieutenant Alfred Frederick Joseph Sang , Intelligence Corp
Died 2 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney C Good 5170, 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)
Died 2 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant (Temporary) Alfred Frederick Joseph Sang. Unit: Intelligence Corps. Death: 02 October 1914 Wounded by shrapnel on 9 September 1914 died in No. 8 Hospital, Rouen, France Western Front.
Died 2 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
George Thomas Charles Cheshire 375, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Died 2 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
, Sully-sur-Loire, France, A 72 368 XS
2 octobre 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Beschlagnahme der Ernte - Kundmachung - Nagykikinda - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
2 October 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Brigadier General Frederick Drummond Vincent Wing, C.B. , 3rd Division
Died 2 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart , Welsh Regiment
Died 2 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Major Ronald William Brakspear , Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Roland Wall 10634, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 2 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas John Price 11520, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Griffith Davies. Unit: 12th Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 02 October 1915 Missing in action Western Front
Died 2 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Leonard Righton Burrows , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 2 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Marcus McGregor. Unit: 3rd Reserve Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment. Death: 02 October 1915 Loos Hohenzollen Redoubt Western Front
Died 2 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant Joseph Alger 3/7078, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Thomas George Mills 23847, Wellington Infantry Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
2nd Lieutenant George Trevor Hudson , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Wilfred Essex 11355, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Members of the 21st Reinforcements, 4th Light Horse Brigade about to depart on the troopship NESTOR
Taken 2 Oct 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Private Charles Henry Mountstephen 15984, Devonshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Alfred Bedley 5730/702461. Unit: 1st/23rd Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 2 October 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 2 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Hugh Aubrey Cockerton 2991, Cambridgeshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Jabez Smith 14917, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Kidd Palmer 20327, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant John Chandler, M.C. , 9th (County of London) Regiment (St Pancras)
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Serb Camp, Mikra Bay; Thirty-six Drawings of Salonika and Macedonia
2 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Soldiers about to embark on HMAT NESTOR
Taken 2 Oct 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
WRECKAGE OF GERMAN ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP L.31 BROUGHT DOWN AT POTTERS BAR
2 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Thomas Stanley Spittle , Monmouthshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Frank James Hall 36802, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 2 October 1917
Lives of the First World War