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 Brave Capt Tyrrel in the Buckingham of 66 Guns & 472 Men defeating the Florissant, Aigrette & Atlante, three French Ships of War, the 3rd of Novr 1758.... Hand-coloured.; Technique includes engraving.
28 Jul 1786
National Maritime Museum
The most Noble Marquis Cornwallis landing at Ostend in June, 1794. Print
28 Jul 1794
National Maritime Museum
View of the large Ship Columbus on the day of her launch ...[at Orleans, Quebec].... 28th of July 1824..... Hand-coloured and signed 'FW del' at the bottom. The full inscription reads: 'View of the large Ship Columbus on the day of her laun
1824
National Maritime Museum
'Buffalo' (1813). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the poop and forecastle decks, upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck with sections of bed spaces and dispensaries for 'Buffalo' (1813), a purchased East Indiaman, as fitted for an emigran
28 July 1836
National Maritime Museum
60ft Schooner (1847). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 60ft Schooner, built at Bombay for the South Australian Government.
Signed
28 July 1847
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 5. Paymaster. Cadet. Assistant Surgeon. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, assistant surgeon's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, cadet's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, paymast
28 Jul 1849
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 6. Clerk. Second Master. A B Seaman. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, clerk's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, second master's [Royal navy]
28 Jul 1849
National Maritime Museum
A General View of the Gulf of Kertch, seen from Mount Mithridates.
Taken 28 Jul 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
The Fortress, Dockyards & Harbour of Cherbourg, facing Portsmouth in the English Channel. Print
28 Jul 1858
National Maritime Museum
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Kappseglande båtar".
Plats: Sunningen
Datum: 28 Juli 1895
Tid: Kl 3,15 e.m.
Ljus: Godt dagsljus
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Hastighet No 2
Framkallning: Hydrochinon, Eikonogen
28 July 1895
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "På Sörviksudde under Kappsegling."
Plats: Sörvik, Uddevalla
Datum: 28 Juli 1895
Tid: Kl 1/2 2 e.m.
Ljus: Godt dagsljus
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Hastighet No 3
Framk
28 July 1895
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Smut" under Kappsegling."
Plats: Sunningen
Datum: 28 Juli 1895
Tid: Kl 2,30 f.m.
Ljus: Solsken
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Hastighet No 2
Framkallning: Hydrochinon, Eikonogen
Anm
28 July 1895
Bohusläns museum
Några herrar äter frukostmåltid på Furunäs på Orust (se 1170). "Furunäs (Sundsandvik) Frukostmåltid 28/7 1901."
28 July 1901
Bohusläns museum
Biserica Romano-Catolică Sfinţii Petru şi Pavel (Bulevardul 21 Decembrie 1989)
28 July 1902
Images of Old Cluj
Nelhammars järnvägsstation i Ukna församling, Norra Tjust. Fotot vann pris i Svenska Turistföreningens pristävlan 1902.
28 July 1902
Tekniska museet
John William Atkinson, arrested for breaking and entering
Taken 28 Jul 1904
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Some of the yachts seen in New York waters and their owners. (LOC)
Taken 28 Jul 1907
The Library of Congress
Byggandet av elektricitetsverket i Kirkenes, Norge. Fotografiet ingår i ett album från AB de Lavals Ångturbin, 1909. "The Power Station of Aktieselkabet Sydvaranger i Kirkenes".
28 July 1909
Tekniska museet
Na veel oponthoud kwam op 28 juli 1910 een grote kist aan uit Pau, Frankrijk,
28 July 1910
Historisch Museum Ede
La rue Rambuteau vue de la rue Pierre Lescot, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 7 500
28 juillet 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue Rambuteau, à l\'angle de la rue Mondétour, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 7 501
28 juillet 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Henry Trewin 88840. Unit: BBattery, 66th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 28 July 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Thomas Henry Trewin 88840, Royal Field Artillery
Died 28 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Guy William Hopton. Unit: 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 28 July 1915, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Brian Walton Onslow , 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse)
Died 28 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lt Osmaston, from Pachmarhi, Central Provinces, India, was educated in England at United Services College, Bognor, St George's School, Harpenden and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (where he was awarded the King's Gold Medal). Lt Osmaston received h
Died 28 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private George Frederick Gibson 16408, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 28 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frederick George Stranack , Gordon Highlanders
Died 28 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier Arthur Noel Giles 42865, Royal Field Artillery
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Lennox Robert Murray Napier , Cameron Highlanders
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Driver Joseph Mathurin L/10784, 151st Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Joseph H Taylor 2326, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Wilson 1875, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Clarence Everard Young 4340. Unit: D Coy, 8th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 July 1916 Western Front
Died 28 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Eric Lonsdale Vickerstaff 129, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Newell 5048, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick William Patman PS/7261, Royal Fusiliers
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Leonard Flanders Peacock 10242, Royal Fusiliers
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Michael Peter McMahon 284. Unit: 17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 July 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 28 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Richard Ramskill 241307, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Samuel Alexander Cadle 1590, British West Indies Regiment
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney Frank Shorter 209, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Malin 3896, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Noel Marshall Vernham , East Surrey Regiment
Died 28 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Robert Watson 12068. Unit: 99th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Death: 28 July 1916 Wounded and Missing in Action Western Front
Died 28 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Acting Quarter Master Serjeant Sidney Edward Oates 16088, Suffolk Regiment
Died 28 July 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Philip Charles Paul Tattersall DSO. Unit: 1st/11th Battalion, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles). Death: 28 July 1917 Killed in action in Palestine (now part of Israel)
Died 28 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain Philip Charles Paul Tattersall, D.S.O. , London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)
Died 28 July 1917
Lives of the First World War