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).
Sergeant Stephen Smith Gilbert 9111, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 16 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Able Seaman John William Lowe 134114, (RFR/PO/B/1003) HMS Buttercup
Died 16 January 1916
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Corporal Harold John Belben 4/1261, 4th Hampshire Regiment
Died 16 January 1916
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Lieutenant Ralph Edgar Ruck-Keene , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 16 January 1916
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Serjeant Harry Richard Daniels 66394, Royal Engineers
Died 16 January 1916
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Serjeant Henry James Scott 1613, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 January 1916
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Major Henry Gorell Barnes, Second Baron Gorell , Royal Field Artillery
Died 16 January 1917
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Ordinary Seaman James Edward Gigg J63323, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 16 January 1917
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Private Alfred Harding G/24570, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 16 January 1917
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Private Frederick Lester 41279, Highland Light Infantry
Died 16 January 1917
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Private Richard Vere Potts T/2997, (The Buffs) East Kent Regiment
Died 16 January 1917
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Private William Tillotson Beech 14052, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 16 January 1917
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Stoker 2nd Class Maurice Harry Green K37726, H.M.S. "Diadem"
Died 16 January 1917
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Gunner Albert William Kendall 194486, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 16 January 1918
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Lance Corporal Alfred George Moore F/3097, Middlesex Regiment
Died 16 January 1918
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Private Henry Tylor Grant 201694, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 16 January 1918
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Private Ralph Nathaniel Spencer 11621, British West Indies Regiment
Died 16 January 1918
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Private Thomas Charles 1343, British West Indies Regiment
Died 16 January 1918
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Private Vernon Ernest Kubank 3628, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 16 January 1918
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Private Albert Pitts 3689, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 January 1919
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Private James Alexander Arthur 2447, British West Indies Regiment
Died 16 January 1919
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Trimmer Joseph Robert Yeomans TS 6030, Royal Naval Reserve - HM Drifter Restless Wave
Died 16 January 1919
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Lance Corporal Royland Croome Willett 56323, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 January 1920
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John Mason 13555, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Died 16 January 1940
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A/SSM John Marshall Patching 3912, Army service corps
Died 16 January 1950
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Colour Serjeant John Marshall Patching 4114, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 16 January 1950
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Company Quarter Master Serjeant Alfred Thomas Grummant 2283, 24th Royal Fusiliers
Died 16 January 1950
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Captain Ernest Saville Peck , Cambridgeshire Regiment
Died 16 January 1955
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Brigadier General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, Earl of Athlone , Head of Mission to the Belgian Army
Died 16 January 1957
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