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).
Captain Edward Francis Wakeford , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 23 February 1915
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Private William Phillips 1250, West Somerset Yeomanry
Died 23 February 1915
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Private William Faithful 2803, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant Evelyn Ernest Arnold Collisson , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 23 February 1916
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Private Albert Hollyoake 306755, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 February 1917
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Private Alfred Henry Royal Oakes 7722, Royal Army Pay Corps
Died 23 February 1917
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Private Alfred Tomkins 8/6320, Durham Light Infantry
Died 23 February 1917
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Private John Fulbrook 200359, 4th Hampshire Regiment
Died 23 February 1917
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Private John Glancy 17666, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 23 February 1917
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Quartermaster Serjeant Charles Albert Caswell 17469, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 23 February 1917
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Second Lieutenant Gwynne Morgan Dunn , West Riding Regiment
Died 23 February 1917
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Fourth Engineer Officer Samuel Percy Jones , S.S. British Viscount
Died 23 February 1918
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Lance Coporal Walter Arthur Stoter 11746, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
Died 23 February 1918
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Private Arthur John Owen 265141, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 23 February 1918
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Serjeant Edward Shakespeare 45026, Royal Defence Corps
Died 23 February 1918
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Leading Seaman Walter William Curtis J14483, H.M.S. "P62"
Died 23 February 1919
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Nursing Sister Kate Elizabeth Ogg , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 23 February 1919
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Private Alexander McLean 6058, Australian Infantry Brigade
Died 23 February 1919
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Private Frederick William Hough 33983, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 23 February 1919
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Private Geoffrey Thomas Hunt 23638, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 23 February 1919
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Corporal William Folks 20193, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 23 February 1920
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Officer's Steward 1st Class Harold Philip Alexandre Gould L6443, H.M.S. "Caledon"
Died 23 February 1920
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Captain Percival Parker , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 23 February 1933
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Captain Joshua Bower Dalton , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 23 February 1938
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Captain John Ashley 3942, South Lancashire Regiment
Died 23 February 1940
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Major Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet , General List
Died 23 February 1950
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Private Frank Wootton 5663769, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 23 February 1959
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Captain HRH Prince Alexander Albert Battenberg , Grenadier Guards
Died 23 February 1960
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