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).
The distressed situation of the crew of the Guardian Frigate. The Guardian, under Captain Edward Riou, was the first ship requisitioned to take vital supplies to support the ‘Botany Bay’ penal colony founded in 1788 by Commodore Arthur Philip,
24 Dec 1791
National Maritime Museum
A view of the Queen Charlotte Man of War, of 100 guns, laying at Spithead, where in the ships Company is represented Manning the Yards, in order to salute the Admiral on coming aboard. Print
24 Dec 1796
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Lord Nelson. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting Nelson, full-length, standing on the deck of a ship. In the background is the stern of a second ship with the tricolour being hauled down and replaced by the Red ensign. Inscribed below:
24 Dec 1805
National Maritime Museum
Part of the Crew of the Abergavenny East Indiaman, delivered from their Perilous Situation. Hand-coloured aquatint print depicting the aftermath of the wreckage of the Earl of Abergavenny, this is an illustration in T. Tegg's "Accounts of Shipwr
24 Dec 1808
National Maritime Museum
Nieuwe Amsterdamsche Courant en Algemeen Handelsblad van 24 december 1832
24 December 1832
Rijksmuseum
Buitengewone Nederlandsche Staats-Courant. Zondag, 24 December. No. 305*. 1843
24 December 1843
Rijksmuseum
'Fishing boats off the Rock of Lisbon, Decr 24th 1856' [Portugal]. No. 11 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. It shows 'beancods', the English name
24 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
The Clipper Screw Steamer Hellenis, 755 Tons. The property of the Anglo Ionian Steam Navigation Company limited. Print
24 Dec 1861
National Maritime Museum
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Julgranen med grupp 1."
Plats: Kasen
Datum: 24 December 1897
Tid: Kl 9.30 e.m.
Ljus: Magnecium
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Obegränsad
Framkallning: Hydroechinon, Eikonogen
Anm&a
24 December 1897
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Julgranen med grupp II."
Plats: Kasen
Datum: 24 December 1897
Tid: Kl 9.35 e.m.
Ljus: Magnecium
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Obegränsad
Framkallning: Hydroechinon, Eikonogen
Anm&
24 December 1897
Bohusläns museum
An hour before the Christmas dinner. Problem: Can he wait? (LOC)
Taken 24 Dec 1905
The Library of Congress
Captain Edward Martin Crawley-Boevey , 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Attached 4th Royal Fusiliers
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Martin Crawley-Boevey. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, attached to Royal Fusiliers. Death: 24 December 1914 Bailleul Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain George Richard Wyld. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, Berkshire Regiment. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in Action shot by a sniper while in the trenches near Givenchy Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in action aged 38 years La Bassee, Western Front. 4th Bart. Husband of Mabel Janetta Cholmeley, of Easton Hall, Grantham.
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Sir Montague Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley , 5th Reserve Battalion Grenadier Guards
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Robert Bassingham 9230, 1/5th London Regiment
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Charles Donohue Williams 2628, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Reginald William Giles 3/6194, Devonshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alister McAndrew , Royal Highlanders
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alister McAndrew. Unit: 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 24 December 1914 Sniper- shot through heart Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Henry Gaythorne Nevill. Unit: Special Reserve (Attached to 3rd Battalion), Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William Ebenezer Maitland , Seaforth Highlanders attached Royal Highlanders
Died 24 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Robert Henderson Begg , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 24 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal George Walter Mynett SR/9759, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 24 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Andrew Johnston 1050A. Unit: 41st Battalion, attached to D Company, 9th Australian Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 December 1915 died of wounds at Delville Wood, Western Front. Son of Charles and Amelia Anne Johnston.
Died 24 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Clarence Jerrard Symes 1969, Sussex Yeomanry
Died 24 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Edgar Moffet Sirett 2922, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Edgar Moffett Sirett 2922. Unit: D Company, 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles). Death: 24 December 1915 Wounded at Hohenzollern Redoubt 23 December 1915; died at 18 Casualty Clearing Station. Western Fro
Died 24 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Lucien Stephen 488, British West Indies Regiment
Died 24 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Verkehr von Milch und Milchprodukten - Kundmachung - Lemberg - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
24 December 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Richard Albert Beresford Chancellor , Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Company Sergeant Major William Wilfred Hillier 92,
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Company Sergeant Major William Wilfred Hillier 92. Unit: 35th Battalion (Newcastle's Own), Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 December 1916, killed in action near Armentieres, Western Front.
Died 24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Clarence Edward Buzzell 147500, Canadian Infantry
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private E C D Coit 3837, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Francis Hall Watkins 3721, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Edward Ribbons 530200, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Ernest Charles Brinkworth 4635, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Pieter Hendrick Schalk Bezuidenhout, M.C. , Royal Field Artillery
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant Ernest William Jackson 1905, 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)
Died 24 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
William John Barrett 4665. Unit: 21st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 December 1916 Western Front
Died 24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Able Seaman George Henry Brew R/3569, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Derbyshire 19740, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Percival Mott , Australian Flying Corps
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Percival Mott. Unit: Wireless Section C Flight, 1st. Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, No. 67 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Death: 24 December 1917 Western Front
Died 24 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Herbert Walter Sants , Royal Field Artillery
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Stanley Moss 67509, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Augustus Williams 11794, British West Indies Regiment
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Smalley 28203, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Alfred Coult 62619, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Woolley 200919, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Everett Owen 202966, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Roland Pearson 44835, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Alfred Dodson 7281, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 24 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Miss Catherine Cook Miller, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of fever contracted on active service in Russia 24 December 1918.
Died 24 December 1918
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Catherine Cook Miller , Scottish Women's Hospital
Died 24 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Edward Carter 27607, Hampshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private James Chivers 18111, 2nd. Battalion. Wiltshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Charles Hancox 204431, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Samuel Whorton 81532, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 24 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sapper Arthur Edward Newcombe WR/295660, Royal Engineers
Died 24 December 1918
Lives of the First World War