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 Royal Dock Yard at Woolwich. Print, titled as above, from Dodd's 'Dockyard' set of six (1789-90). The subtitle states that 'This view is taken from the Thames opposite the New Offices looking down the River, and comprehends what is
29 October 1789
National Maritime Museum
Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First at New York 29th Octr 1814. D T Valentine's Manual 1852. The picture is inscribed "Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First at New York, 29th Octr 1814" but H.I. Chapelle in the Mariner'
1852
National Maritime Museum
Head of a donkey with four small human heads and one of a horse. Mounted with PAE6500-PAE6502, PAE6504-PAE6509.
29 Oct 1817
National Maritime Museum
Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth Harbour, 1821. No. 34 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed 'Dockyard – Portsmouth/Harbour/October 29th - 1821.'
The viewpoint is looking southwards towards the entrance to the harbour. The cupola on
29 October 1821
National Maritime Museum
Two figures, one smoking a pipe the other with a grindstone (caricature). Mounted with PAE6598-PAE6599, PAE6601-PAE6604.
29 Oct 1821
National Maritime Museum
The Schooner Yacht Gloriana, 134 Tons R.Y.S.Rounding the Nab Light, in the Royal Yacht Squadron Match... 19th August 1852. Hand-coloured.; Medium includes gum arabic.
29 Oct 1852
National Maritime Museum
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Lysekil. Löf och Florell vid Murrays Tempel 29/10 1899".
29 October 1899
Bohusläns museum
Oorkonde met zegel linksonder waarin de 'Senatus illustrissimus veteranorum societatas studiosorum universitas Lugduni Batavorum' iets verklaart ten aanzien van Gerhard Cornelis Jan Kruisinga. Gedagtekend 29 oktober 1906.
29 October 1906
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk
Captain (Acting) Howard Bertie Strong , Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain and Adjutant Robert John Blatchford Oldrey , Dragoon Guards
Died 29 October 1914
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Captain Arthur George McCausland Burn , East Surrey Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
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Captain Charles Edward M De La Pasture , Scots Guards
Died 29 October 1914
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Captain Charles Edward M De La Pasture. Unit: 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in action near Ypres Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Colin Frederick Fitzroy Campbell. Unit: 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in action near Ypres Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Edgar Wilmer Walker , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edgar Wilmer Walker. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in Action by shrapnel near Armentieres Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frank Hind. Unit: 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 29 October 1914, died of wounds in a German POW camp from wounds received on 20 October 1914, Western Front.
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Geoffrey Arthur Campbell MID. Unit: Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in action Gheluvelt Flanders Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Geoffrey Arthur Campbell MID. Unit: Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in action Gheluvelt Flanders Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Geoffrey Malcolm Bentley , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
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Captain Geoffrey Malcolm Bentley MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 29 October 1914 Pilkem Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Gordon Hargreaves Brown. Unit: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Guy Francis Headlam Keenlyside , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
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Captain Guy Francis Headlam Keenlyside. Unit: 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 29 October 1914 In hospital at Boulogne Western Front.
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain James Anson Otho Brooke VC , Gordon Highlanders
Died 29 October 1914
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Captain James Anson Otho Brooke VC. Unit: Assistant Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in action near Gheluvelt Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Kearsley Dawson-Scott , Royal Engineers
Died 29 October 1914
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Captain John Kearsley Dawson-Scott. Unit: 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres Western Front.
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Louis Edmund Harington Molyneux-Seel , Border Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
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Captain Percy Lionel Moubray. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders. Death: 29 October 1914 Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Richard Wellesley. Unit: 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in Action near Ypres. Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert John Blatchford Oldrey. Unit: 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Western front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Ronald Steuart Gordon , 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force)
Died 29 October 1914
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Gunner Archibald H Gilbertson 74350, Royal Field Artillery
Died 29 October 1914
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Lieutenant Angus Charles Rowley Steuart MacNaughten. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 29 October 1914 Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Douglas-Pennant , Coldstream Guards
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Charles J P Douglas-Pennant. Unit: Reserve of Officers, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Keith Latta. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 29 October 1914 At Ypres Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lawrence Anderson , 9th Bhopal Infantry
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Cortlandt Graham Gordon MacKenzie. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scotts Fusiliers. Death: 29 October 1914 Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Geoffrey Arthur Campbell , Coldstream Guards
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Graham Eardley Dunsterville. Unit: 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Death: 29 October 1914 Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Granville Keith Falconer Smith , Coldstream Guards
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Granville Keith Falconer Smith. Unit: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed near Gheluvelt during the first Battle of Ypres Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant James Raymond McClintock Lonsdale , Hussars
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant James Raymond McClintock Lonsdale. Unit: 4th (The Queens Own) Hussars. Death: 29 October 1914 At Boulogne Military Hospital Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Ralph Escott Hancock , Devonshire Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant the Honble. Alan George Sholto Douglas-Pennant , Grenadier Guards
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major Humphrey St Leger Stucley MID. Unit: King’s Company, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in action at Ypres Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Leslie D'Henin Hamilton MVO. Unit: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 29 October 1914, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major the Honble. Leslie D'Henin Hamilton , Coldstream Guards
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major Wilfred Beckett Walker. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in Action near Ypres Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Ernest Alfred Stokes 4353, Coldstream Guards
Died 29 October 1914
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Private Frederick James Fletcher 13303, Grenadier Guards
Died 29 October 1914
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Private George Henry Cobb 1611, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
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Private James Henry Barnett 3/1877, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 29 October 1914
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Private Joseph Phillip Price 7812, South Wales Borderers
Died 29 October 1914
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Private Patrick Middleton 5866, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
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Private Thomas Harry Evans 7233. Unit: D Company, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 29 October 1914 missing in action Ypres.
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private William James Barnfield 8389, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
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Private William Tillin Kilby 13076, Grenadier Guards
Died 29 October 1914
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Private William Tom Westerman 6013, Coldstream Guards
Died 29 October 1914
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Herbert Rosdew Burn , 1st Royal Dragoons
Died 29 October 1914
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Second Lieutenant C W Williams Wynn. Unit: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 29 October 1914 Wounded near Gheluveldt, Missing
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn , Coldstream Guards
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn , Coldstream Guards Special Reserve
Died 29 October 1914
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Second Lieutenant Edward Robert Waring , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Edward Robert Waring. Unit: 1st Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 29 October 1914 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Frederick McMahon Hardman , Royal Fusiliers
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frederick McMahon Hardman. Unit: Special Reserve, attached to the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 29 October 1914, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Henry McAuliffe , Cameron Highlanders
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Henry McAuliffe. Unit: 1st Battalion Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, attached to 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 29 October 1914 Zillebecke Western Front
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Herbert Knollys Foster. Unit: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 29 October 1914, Gheluvelt, Western Front.
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John William Harford Nicholl , Welsh Regiment
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Lionel Holford Hughes. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 1st Battalion), North Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 29 October 1914, killed in action, south of Armentieres, Western Front.
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Morys Wynne Jones , Royal Engineers
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Patrick Edward Adam Blair. Unit: 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 29 October 1914 Gheluveldt
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant The Hon Vere Douglas Boscawen , Coldstream Guards
Died 29 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant the Hon Vere Douglas Boscawen. Unit: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 29 October 1914
Died 29 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Major Warrant Officer (1st Class) John Lawrence Moloney 68888, 22nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 29 October 1914
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