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).
Drummer Albert Henry Whitby 8957, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Ordinary Seaman Herbert Moir Clyde Z/3235, 4th Battalion Royal Naval Division
Died 5 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Pentelow 959, Northamptonshire Yeomanry
Died 5 February 1915
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Private Thomas Meadowcroft 3496, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 5 February 1916
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Acting Leading Seaman Arthur William Rooke Z/2714, Royal Naval Division
Died 5 February 1917
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Air Mechanic 1st Class Henry Thomas Helps F/9588, Royal Naval Air Service: HMS Daedalus
Died 5 February 1917
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Private Alfred Simkins 1194, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 February 1917
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Private Frederick Walter Whitehead G/10241, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 5 February 1917
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Private Frederick William Southall GS/2204, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 5 February 1917
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Private Philip Gidley Lesley King 6295, Australian Infantry
Died 5 February 1917
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Private Tom Arthur James 532667 (5589), London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 5 February 1917
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Air Mechanic 2nd Class Louis Reginald Pearce 77347, Royal Flying Corps
Died 5 February 1918
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Gunner Archie Roberts L/28105, Royal Field Artillery
Died 5 February 1918
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Lance Corporal Sidney Harwood 22481, Hampshire Regiment
Died 5 February 1918
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Lieutenant Harry Sackville Lawson , Royal Field Artillery
Died 5 February 1918
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Private Cyril Isiah Lewis 240939, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 5 February 1918
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Private Edison Torrey Handspiker 733773, Canadian Infantry
Died 5 February 1918
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Private James Herbert Law 23992, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 5 February 1918
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Private Wilfred Augustus Allen 8/11793, Devonshire Regiment
Died 5 February 1918
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Gunner 2nd Class Cecil Herbert Harpham 216286, Royal Marine Artillery
Died 5 February 1919
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Private Alexander Ballentine 2250542, Canadian Forestry Corps
Died 5 February 1919
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Private George Wilson SS/15401, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 5 February 1919
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Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Ernest Yates Trestrail , Cheshire Regiment
Died 5 February 1935
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Lieutenant Frederick Herbert Morris MBE , Cheshire Regiment
Died 5 February 1938
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Major Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson , 6th Squadron, 2nd Australian Remount Unit
Died 5 February 1941
Lives of the First World War
Brigadier General Hugh Gilbert Casson , 157th Brigade 52nd Division
Died 5 February 1951
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Thomas A Smallwood 10854, King Royal Rifle Corps
Died 5 February 1951
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Gunner Arthur Emery 211723, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 5 February 1957
Lives of the First World War