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).
'Castle Dunolly; W. Oban'. This sketch of a 'view of Castle Dunolly' would very probably have been done by Louis Herschel from life on a family holiday. it is signed by the artist. Other sketches by Louisa of the Scottish coast suggest
probably 1854
National Maritime Museum
. Metropolitan Police sword, the hilt consists of a solid brass knuckle-bow leading to a short upturned quillon with a disc terminal. An additional bar on the obverse reaches from the centre of the crosspiece to the mid point of the bow. In the middle of
1854-5
National Maritime Museum
. Metropolitan Police sword, the hilt consists of a solid brass knuckle-bow leading to a short upturned quillon with a disc terminal. An additional bar on the obverse reaches from the centre of the crosspiece to the mid point of the bow. In the middle of
1854-5
National Maritime Museum
. The black leather scabbard has a brass top locket fitted with a frog stud and a brass chape.
1854-5
National Maritime Museum
. The black leather scabbard has a brass top locket fitted with a frog stud and a brass chape.
1854-5
National Maritime Museum
Herring boats, Portree, Skye. This sketch of 'Herring boats' at Portree, Skye would very probably have been done by Louis Herschel from life on a family holiday. It is signed by the artist. Other sketches by Louisa of the Scottish coast suggests
probably 1854
National Maritime Museum
The Gorlitza Prince A.Labanoff de Rostoff. Imperial Yacht Club of St Petersburgh. Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine Jan 1854. Print
Jan 1854
National Maritime Museum
View of an island in Scotland. This sketch of a 'view of an island in Scotland' would very probably have been done by Louis Herschel from life on a family holiday. It is signed by the artist. Other sketches by Louisa of the Scottish coast sugges
probably 1854
National Maritime Museum
'Jany. 1. 1854 (22)'. This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 1 January 1854, portrays shipping on the Nile.
By the time of his second visit to Egypt, Lear had developed his individual style, which, despite its sense of detailed observatio
1 January 1854
National Maritime Museum
'Jany. 3. 1854.' (30). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 3 January 1854, shows a large lateen-rigged vessel passing along the Nile with the steep bank of the river rising in the background. Single palm trees and two small buildings wi
3 January 1854
National Maritime Museum
'Jany. 3. noon 1854.' (28). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 3 January 1854, shows the banks of the Nile with a large gyassi passing a low, square and possibly ancient building amongst palm trees on the right.
By the time of his sec
3 January 1854
National Maritime Museum
'14 Jany. 1854.' (63). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 14 January 1854, shows the barren banks of the Nile with two gyassis sailing slowly across the calm water of the stream. The time of day could be dawn as indicated by the subdue
14 January 1854
National Maritime Museum
'Jany 13th & 14th 1854.' (62). The page is covered with studies of various Egyptian craft, including dahabeeyahs, gyassis and nuggers. Each vessel is portrayed individually on a stretch of calm, reflecting water. Some additional figure and l
13 & 14 January 1854
National Maritime Museum
'Near Mensheeh. Jany. 15. 1854.' (78). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 15 January 1854, shows the barren banks of the Nile near Mensheeh with two buildings (one of them a mosque?) and two tall palm trees. To the right a nugger, a tr
15 January 1854
National Maritime Museum
'Near Ballas. noon. Jany. 20.1854.' (103). This study of a gyassi on the Nile near Ballas was taken on Edward Lear’s second journey to Egypt in 1854. The lateen-rigged traditional cargo vessel is portrayed on calm water with a stretch of b
20 January 1854
National Maritime Museum