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 Taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22nd.of Novr. 1739 with six Men-of-War only. Hand-coloured.; Heightened with white.
28 Oct 1743
National Maritime Museum
Suffisante (1795). No Scale. Plan showing the upper deck, and fore & aft platforms for Suffisante (1795), a captured French Brig, as taken off prior to being fitted as a 16-gun Brig Sloop.
Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockya
28 October 1795
National Maritime Museum
The Sailor and Banker, or The Firm in Danger (caricature). Hand-coloured.
28 Oct 1799
National Maritime Museum
Argus (1813). No scale, probably 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck, with sail, food and storage bin elevations, for Argus (1813), an 18-gun Brig [Brigantine] Sloop at Sandwich by Mr Hills.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813],
28 October 1812
National Maritime Museum
Argus (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing part of the midship section illustrating the method of fixing the upper deck beams to the sides for Argus (1813), an 18-gun Brig [Brigantine] Sloop building at Sandwich by Thomas Hills.
Initialled by William Rule
28 October 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Storm at Mazatlan [Mexico], Octr 28th 1851'. No. 62 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This drawing is reproduced in Fanshawe's 1904 biography, f. p. 292 as
28 October 1851
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1866-10-28
28 October 1866
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Visit of the Marquis of Londonderry to Roker Pier works, 1891
Taken 28 Oct 1891
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Gespecificeerde rekening van geleverde goederen, diverse soorten inkt, kwastjes, lijm en Monsterdoosjes. Met opgave van de berekende prijzen van H. van Gimborn, geleverd 28 oktober 1897 aan Dhr. F.A. de Hit Berkel. Het is een voorgedrukte rekening met de
28 October 1897
Stichting Liemers Museum
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 1st Cavalry, U.S.Volunteers, ca. 1898
Taken 28 Oct 1898
The U.S. National Archives
Aanleg van het Viaur Viaduct in Frankrijk door de Societé de Construction des Battignolles, 28 (?) oktober 1899
28 October 1899
Rijksmuseum
Butte et cours d\'eau du « sanctuaire japonais » dans un paysage arboré encadrant le sôrintô, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 538
28 octobre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Bertram Lawrence. Unit: 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 28 October 1914 Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles Almeric John Cholmondeley , Border Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Charles Almeric John Cholmondeley. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 28 October 1914 Killed in action Aged 34 years Ypres, Western Front. Son of the late Lord and Lady Henry V. Cholmondeley.
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles George William Andrews MID. Unit: Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 28 October 1914 East of Ypres Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles George Williams Andrews , Border Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edmund Hastings Harcourt Lees , Border Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Eric May Battersby , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Eric May Battersby. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Queens' Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 28 October 1914 Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Eric May Battersby. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Queens' Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 28 October 1914 Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Gerald Gadsen Fitze. Unit: "C" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 28 October 1914, Zandvoorde, Western Front.
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Herbert Alexander Kennedy , Royal Irish Rifles
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Herbert Alexander Kennedy. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 28 October 1914 at hospital in Bethune from wounds at Neuve Chapelle, Western Front.
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Mounsey Lambert , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Lewis J Jones. Unit: 9th Bhopal Infantry, Indian Army. Death: 28 October 1914 Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Lionel Archibald Forster. Unit: 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Death: 28 October 1914, Douai, Western Front.
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Frederick Balfour. Unit: 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 28 October 1914 Gheluvelt Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Jim McCleverty MID. Unit: 47th Sikhs, Indian Army. Death: 28 October 1914 Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Rowland Latimer Almond. Unit: Royal Engineers, attached to 21st Company, 3rd Sappers and Miners, Indian Expeditionary Force. Death: 28 October 1914 Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Richard Weaver 8084. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 28 October 1914 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Joseph William Lightwood 10754, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Sydney Kingston Gore , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lawrence Anderson. Unit: 9th Bhopal Infantry, Indian Army. Death: 28 October 1914
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Edwin John Berkeley Hayes Sadler. Unit: Aide de Camp, 21st Company, 3rd Sappers and Miners. Death: 28 October 1914 Neuve Chapelle
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Gerald Gadsden Fitze , Royal Regiment of Artillery
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant James Booker Brough Warren , Border Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Haughton Rohde. Unit: Royal Engineers, attached to 21st Company, 3rd Sappers and Miners. Death: 28 October 1914 Missing presumed dead at Neuve Chapelle
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Henry Loftus Reade MID. Unit: 1st and 2nd Battalions, Manchester Regiment. Death: 28 October 1914 Festubert Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Sydney Kingston Gore. Unit: "A" Company, 1st Battalion, the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 28 October 1914, Western Front. Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major John Stanley Richardson. Unit: Commanding 21st Company, 3rd Sappers and Miners, Royal Engineers. Death: 28 October 1914 Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Walter Ernest Campion , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Albert Baskett 12000, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Moody L/6506, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private George Nethercott 10525, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Michael Reardon 11042, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Rocaille au bord d\'un chemin du « sanctuaire japonais » menant du sôrintô au « village japonais », Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 539
28 octobre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Second Lieutenant Clarence Leslie Bentley , Manchester Regiment
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Richard Mary Snead-Cox , Royal Scots
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Richard Mary Snead-Cox. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment).. Death: 28 October 1914 Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle. Western Front
Died 28 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Ronald Charles Melbourne Gibbs , Scots Guards
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class William Heathcote Gee SS113658, H.M.S. "Falcon"
Died 28 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Ada Gilbert Hawken 22/123, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 28 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Serjeant Robert Porter 13603, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 28 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Hugh Barby or Bartry Crowe , Royal Fusiliers
Died 28 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Hugh John Roberts 2028, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 28 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Joshua Snow Smith GS/943, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 28 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Arthur Cubitt Dodd 127, Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)
Died 28 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Brot für Gäste und Lebensmittelausfuhr - Kundmachung - Lemberg - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
28 October 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Gunner Norman R. Smith 40259, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 28 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Arthur Meyrick Bones 571, South African Mounted Rifles attd 1st Kings African Rifles
Died 28 October 1916
Lives of the First World War