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).
Position of the English and French Fleets at about half an hour after 2 in the Afternoon of ye 20th of May 1756 off Minorca (with key). Plate 2.
1757
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed single-masted Yacht for the Clerk of the Cheque of Sheerness (circa 1757). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail (bow missing), deck plan with details (bow missing), and the longitudinal half-breadth (bow missi
May 1757
National Maritime Museum
Charles Wildbore Esq Secretary to the Corporation of Trinity House for 32 years. The print depicts Charles Wildbore Esq Secretary to the Corporation of Trinity House for 32 years. Trinity House is the light-house authority for the coast of England and Wa
20 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
View of the Storming and taking the Fort and Town of Fort Royal in the Island of Martinico, by General Sir Charles Grey, and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, March 24th 1794. Print
20 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
View of the storming and taking the Fort and Town of Fort Royal, in the Island of Martinico, by General Sir Charles Grey, and Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis, March 24 1794. Print
20 May 1794
National Maritime Museum
Raven (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck for Raven (1796), a fir-built, 18-gun Brig being built by Wallis at Blackwall.
20 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
Raven (1796). Scale:1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Raven (1796), a fir-built, 18-gun Brig, as being built by Wallis at Blackwall.
20 May 1795
National Maritime Museum
Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral, Knight of the Garter etc, born 1536 died 1624. Print
20 May 1797
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the Battle of Copenhagen (with inset, View of the Danish Line prior to the Engagement; portrait of Nelson; View of Both the Fleets in Action.). Admiral Sir Hyde Parker handed over control of a squadron of ships no larger than of 74 guns to Nelson
Published 20 May 1802
National Maritime Museum
The Sailor's Journal (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
20 May 1802
National Maritime Museum
This Print Representing the British Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, with Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. and Rear Admiral Thomas Graves Entering the Sound, and passing the Castle and Fortress of Cronenburgh, on the 28 of March 1801, Is
20 May 1802
National Maritime Museum
Jack of Guinea. There was a sizeable African population in Britain in the 18th century. While some were free citizens, many others had arrive in Britain to be the domestic servants of slave-holding plantation owners. This print, and the accompanying poem
20 May 1805
National Maritime Museum
The Kent Indiaman on fire, in the Bay of Biscay. A coloured lithograph by William Daniell, after his painting in the Surrey Infantry Museum (DS45), depicting the burning of the British East Indiaman ‘Kent’ on 28 February 1825 when a casket of
20 May 1825
National Maritime Museum
'An Emancipated Negro'. Published by Thomas McLean of Haymarket, with later watercolour. This print supported the widely spread notion that emanicipation would lead to starvation. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
May 20, 1833
National Maritime Museum
An Emancipated Negro. Caricature on the issue of emancipation of slaves. The work shows an elderly emaciated ex-slave, clad in leaves, shouting ‘Food!!!’ while chasing an insect.
The idea behind the characature supports the notion that emanc
20 May 1833
National Maritime Museum
View from Nunwell Down. Comprising Nunwell the ancient seat of the Oglander family - Beyond this, the Town and Harbour of Brading - and in the distance, St Helen's with its Roadstead on the left and Bembridge on the right. Technique includes etching.
20 May 1839
National Maritime Museum
The Chinese Junk Keying, Captain Kellet. The first junk that ever rounded the Cape of Good Hope, or appeared in British waters. As she appeared off Gravesend 28th March, 1848, 477 days fom Canton. Hand-coloured.
20 May 1848
National Maritime Museum
Launch of H.M.S. Royal Albert 131 Guns at Woolwich Dockyard Christened by H.M. The Queen 13th May 1854. Print of the Launch of H.M.S. Royal Albert 131 Guns at Woolwich Dockyard.
20 May 1854
National Maritime Museum