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).
Lance Corporal Alexander Ralston 227, Highland Light Infantry
Died 12 July 1915
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Lance Corporal Edward Goodlet 2158, Highland Light Infantry
Died 12 July 1915
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Lance Corporal Wesley Shaw Garbutt 1987, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment
Died 12 July 1915
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Lieutenant Ernest George Tidd , Highland Light Infantry
Died 12 July 1915
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Lieutenant Thomas Mitchell Alexander , 4th Kings Own Scottish Borderers Teritorial Force
Died 12 July 1915
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Private Andrew Newton Haig 4380, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 12 July 1915
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Private John T Muir 1875, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 12 July 1915
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Private Robert Young Gilbert 1675, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 12 July 1915
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Private Thomas Turnbull 7402, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 12 July 1915
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Private Walter Turnbull Stewart 6478, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 12 July 1915
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2nd Corporal Arthur Albert Martin 73110, Royal Engineers
Died 12 July 1916
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Acting Lance Serjeant David Griffiths 25420, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 12 July 1916
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Corporal Edward J R Pearcey 18932, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 12 July 1916
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Gunner Walter Charles Wickens 58360, Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 July 1916
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Lance Corporal James John Herbert Howard 19963, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 12 July 1916
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Lieutenant Colonel Oswald Swift Flower , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 12 July 1916
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Private Clarence Stuart Webb 17457, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 12 July 1916
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Private David Arthur Shakespeare 4321, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 July 1916
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Private Frank Alfred Wettle 2008, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 12 July 1916
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Private George Albert Elliott Barnes SD/148, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 12 July 1916
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Private Henry William Forster 5268, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 12 July 1916
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Private John Alfred Riddiford M2/153891, Army Service Corps
Died 12 July 1916
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Private Nicholas Maxwell 9550, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 12 July 1916
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Private Thomas Atkinson 14000, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 12 July 1916
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Private Thomas David Williams 48494, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 12 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Gerald Barford Hornby , Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire) Regiment
Died 12 July 1916
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Gunner Stanley Charles Collins 108314, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 12 July 1917
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Gunner William John Deeble 606033, Royal Horse Artillery / Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 July 1917
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Second Lieutenant Norman Otto Frederick Gunther , Royal East Kent Yeomanry
Died 12 July 1917
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Driver James William Bairstow 161188, Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 July 1918
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Major Sir Archibald Leonard Lucas Lucas-Tooth , Honourable Artillery Company
Died 12 July 1918
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Nursing Sister Ada Janet Ross , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 12 July 1918
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Ordinary Seaman Stanley Edis or Edes Clark J55741, H.M.S. "Velox"
Died 12 July 1918
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Private Cyril Wilfrid Lewis 241221, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 12 July 1918
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Private Rupert Barrett 35077, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 July 1918
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