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).
A Council-of-war in the Dutch fleet off Terschelling, 7-17 October 1658. The Dutch fleet is depicted lying-to off Terschelling soon after nine o’clock in the morning for the captains to go on board the flagship for orders. In the left middle distanc
1658
National Maritime Museum
A plan of the posts of York and Gloucester in the Province of Virginia, established by His Majesty's army under the command of Lieut. General Earl Cornwallis, together with the attacks and operations of the American & French forces commanded by G
1782
National Maritime Museum
Message of President Thomas Jefferson for the cession of the province of Louisiana to the United States, 10/17/1803
Taken 17 Oct 1803
The U.S. National Archives
'Chatham' (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Chatham' (1812), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Edward Sison [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1801-1816].
17 October 1810
National Maritime Museum
View of Abingdon, one of a set of five. Mounted with PAE6576-PAE6578, PAE6580-PAE6581.
17 Oct 1820
National Maritime Museum
Porträtt av Reinhold Huss, underlöjtnant vid Värmlands fältjägarkår I 26.
Se även bild AMA.0007546.
17 October 1884
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Kolning i Vestmanland. Fil. Kand. E Låftman. Ramsberg 17 oktober 1899. Nummer 9. Milan tändes.
17 October 1899
Tekniska museet
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Under arbetet vid Badhuset, Lysekil, 17/10 1900.
Hugo Hallgren."
17 October 1900
Bohusläns museum
Berge du fleuve Erzen avec Reth à l\'arrière-plan, Reth, Albanie, A 2 856
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Deux ouvriers agricoles devant une grange du domaine agricole d\'Essad Pacha, Reth, Albanie, A 2 850
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Deux porteurs de tabac dans le domaine agricole d\'Essad Pacha, Reth, Albanie, A 2 851
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Essad Pacha assis, Reth, Albanie, A 2 854
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Essad Pacha assis, Reth, Albanie, A 2 855
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Essad Pacha dans le jardin de son domaine agricole, Reth, Albanie, A 2 853
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Forêt de chênes sur la route de Tirana, Kodjazi, Albanie, A 2 858
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Greniers en clayonnages avec la paille de maïs dans le domaine agricole d\'Essad Pacha, Reth, Albanie, A 2 849
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Guérite pour le maïs et haricots qui sèchent dans le domaine agricole d\'Essad Pacha, Reth, Albanie, A 2 852
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le perron de la maison d\'Essad, Reth, Albanie, A 2 848
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les gardes du domaine agricole d\'Essad Pacha, Reth, Albanie, A 2 846
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Petit café en plein air près de sépultures musulmanes, Kodjazi, Albanie, A 2 860
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Pont de bois sur le fleuve Erzen, Kodjazi, Albanie, A 2 857
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Portail du domaine agricole d\'Essad Pacha, Reth, Albanie, A 2 847
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un petit cours d\'eau avec installation de pêche, Kodjazi, Albanie, A 2 859
17 octobre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Brot aus Korn-, Gersten- und Kartoffelmehl - Kundmachung - Brünn - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
17 October 1914
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Captain (Retired Pay) Arthur Magor. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment). Death: 17 October 1914 Western Front
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Miles Bertie Cunningham Carbery , Royal Irish Fusiliers
Died 17 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Miles Bertie Cunninghame Carbery MID. Unit: C Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Death: 17 October 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Norman Jerome Beauchamp Leslie. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 17 October 1914 near Armentieres
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Hubert Kirkby Peace. Unit: 3rd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 17 October 1914 Western Front
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Eden. Unit: 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers. Death: 17 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Philip John Egerton. Unit: 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 17 October 1914 Western Front. Son of Hubert and Annie Egerton, of St. Michael's Lodge, Chislehurst. Served in the South African War.
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Francis Leslie Hastings-Medhurst , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 17 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Francis Lester (Leslie?) Hastings-Medhurst. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 17 October 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Leonard Wyndham Rendell MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 17 October 1914 Western Front
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard John Lumley. Unit: 11th (Prince Alberts Own) Hussars. Death: 17 October 1914 Killed in action near Ploegsteert
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Sydney Howard Hodges , Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Sydney Howard Hodges. Unit: Reserve of Officers, attached to the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 17 October 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 17 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cecil William Charles Shelley. Unit: 2nd Life Guards, attached to 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 17 October 1915 Killed in action in France near Hohenzollern Redoubt Western Front
Died 17 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Dennis Joseph St. Claire Mullaly MC MID. Unit: 1st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 17 October 1915 Western Front
Died 17 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Morland John Greig , Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry Territorial Force
Died 17 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Archie Walton 5273, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Bert William Davis 11472, 5th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 17 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Samuel Albert Widgington 18888, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 17 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Ernest Dean 1163, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Oliver John Sykes. Unit: 23rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 17 October 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Charles F Bell 527, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Engineman Arthur James Thornley ES 3623, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Thomas Elmer 30309, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Philip Challinor Ellis. Unit: Highland Light Infantry, attached to No. 1 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (Observer). Death: 17 October 1916.
Died 17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Frank Pinion GS/1353, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick J Moss 6440, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Lawrence Hunter 8446, Norfolk Regiment
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Ralph Parrack 5698. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Death: 17 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Thomas Patrick Mountain 1967, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Alfred Ensor 533169, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Killick G/15455, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant C K Roberts. Unit: 11th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 17 October 1916 posted missing Western Front
Died 17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Ernest Airlie Holden. Unit: 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, attached to the "C" Company, 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Death: 17 October 1916, died of wounds, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 October 1916
Imperial War Museum