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).
Able Seaman Frederick Cyril Driffill Z/2343, Royal Naval Division
Died 29 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Gervase Fardell , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 29 September 1918
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Chaplain The Reverend Cyril Bernard Wilson Buck , 1/5th Leicestershire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Commander Thomas Arthur Bassett , Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "President."
Died 29 September 1918
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Corporal Ernest William Carpenter W/5193, Royal Field Artillery
Died 29 September 1918
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Corporal Lawrence Carthage Weathers, V.C. 1153, Australian Infantry
Died 29 September 1918
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Lance Corporal Ernest Seaman VC 42364, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 29 September 1918
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Lance Corporal Walter James Nice 54335, Middlesex Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Lieutenant Francis Harold Langhorne , 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 29 September 1918
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Lieutenant Geoffrey Stephen Allfree , Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M. Motor Launch 247.
Died 29 September 1918
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Major John Alonzo Cox , Highland Cyclist Battalion
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Arthur F Matthews G/30772, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Arthur Leslie James 38566, Norfolk Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Clarence Charles Victor Westcott 654115, Canadian Infantry
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Daniel Edgar Thomas 48332, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Frank Ernest Sidney Cox 17633, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private George Willetts 24787, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Harry Shutt 16671, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Howard Drinkwater 170053, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 29 September 1918
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Private James H Bailey 31216, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private John Shepherd 3080279, Canadian Infantry Quebec Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Joseph Standing Buffalo 2413310, Canadian Infantry
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Percy Dowten 41119, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Percy H Smith 164939, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Thomas Louttit 204232, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 29 September 1918
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Second Lieutenant Joseph Thornton Laughton , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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