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).
His Royal Highness Prince William Henry Captain of His Majestys ship Andromeda Dedicated by permission to his Royal Highness Frederick Duke of York and Henry Prince Bishop of Osuabruck &c &c By his Highnesses most obedient humble servant - John Lo
7 Apr 1788
National Maritime Museum
View of the Four Courts, looking down the River Liffey, Dublin. Print
7 Apr 1818
National Maritime Museum
Loss of the Steamboat Swallow while on her trip from Albany to New-York, on Monday Evening April 7th 1845. When opposite Athens she struck a large rock, took fire broke in two and sunk-By which melancholy occurrance, it is supposed that nearly 40 lives we
1845
National Maritime Museum
Steering Wheel (1849). Various scales. Plan showing the side and front elevation of a steering wheel, and detail elevations of the bolts and rings for a steeering wheel, illustrating how they are built at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed John Fincham [Master
7 April 1849
National Maritime Museum
After the fire, 7 April 1856 (shows blackened skeleton of a hull). Signed by artist and dated.
7 Apr 1856
National Maritime Museum
After the fire, 7 April 1856, with frame bar and beam engine. Signed by artist and dated.
7 Apr 1856
National Maritime Museum
27 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the rig and sail plan as shown on the official lithographs, and the proposed rig with a standing lug for 27 ft Cutters. Signed J. Angear [Chief Constructor, Devonport Dockyard, unknown dates].
Dated: 7 April 1883
National Maritime Museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Pettersson, Augusta, Stenungsund".
7 April 1905
Bohusläns museum
President Roosevelt and General Sumner at Military Review, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.
Taken 7 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Presidential Staff and Reception Committee arriving at the Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Tex.
Taken 7 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Photograph of the Robert Peary Sledge Party Posing with Flags at the North Pole, 04/07/1909
Taken 7 Apr 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Pumping No. 2 Well With Two 8 Inch Centrifugal Pumps
Taken 7 Apr 1912
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Amtsstunden der Brot- und Mehlkommissionen - Wien
7 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Brot- und Mehlausweis - Kundmachung - Klagenfurt
7 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Frederick Sangster 2652, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 7 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Helenus George Sheridan Delepine. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Death: 07 April 1915 Wounded 16 April 1915 Western Front.
Died 7 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Officer's Steward 3rd Class William Albert Nightingale L/8376, HMS Victory
Died 7 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry E Bryan 3580, British West Indies Regiment
Died 7 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Evan Lloyd 12247, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 7 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Haigh 14/1185, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sister Mary Annie de Burgh Burt , Scottish Women's Hospital
Died 7 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Henry Dennis Smith-Ryland , Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Henry Richard Kent Stanley 1239. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 April 1917 Killed at Louville Western Front
Died 7 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Edmund Columbus Renehan 2246, Australian Infantry
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Latimer Ridley Dubois. Unit: 1st/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Death: 07 April 1917 Western Front. Son of Ernest Arthur and Alice Elizabeth Dubois, of Lewisham, London.
Died 7 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Ernest G Smith 2 242336, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Deane Browne 931246, No.2 Construction Battalion
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Southwell Rigden 533285, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Ernest Putt 14614, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Herbert John Hall , Gordon Highlanders
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Bruce Anderson , 5th Gordon Highlanders Territorial Force
Died 7 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier Alfred Herbert Thomas 845015, Royal Field Artillery
Died 7 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Construction du bord de mer, Wedjh, Arabie, A 15 577
7 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Constructions sur le littoral, Wedjh, Arabie, A 15 579
7 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Leonard John Gimbrett 960939, Royal Field Artillery
Died 7 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Entrée d\'une maison, Wedjh, Arabie, A 15 572
7 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Habitations et bateaux au port, Wedjh, Arabie, A 15 576
7 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Gordon Linsley MC. Unit: 10th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force.. Death: 07 April 1918 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 7 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Victor Edward Osborne , Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry attached Machine Gun Corps
Died 7 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Minaret d\'une mosquée d\'al-Wedjh, Wedjh, Arabie, A 15 571
7 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine