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).
Report of the Joint Committee appointed to prepare measures to honor the memory of General George Washington
Taken 8 May 1800
The U.S. National Archives
Resolution of the Joint Committee appointed to prepare measures to honor the memory of General George Washington
Taken 8 May 1800
The U.S. National Archives
Republic of Texas $50.00 (fifty dollars) ''redback'' note
Taken 22 May 1839
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Advertisement of slave sale: Leon County, Florida
Taken 27 May 1842
State Library and Archives of Florida
Caroline and son Thomas James Lawson, 1845 / photographed by George Goodman
Taken some time in May 1845
State Library of New South Wales collection
Sarah Ann Lawson, May 1845 / photographed by George Goodman
Taken some time in May 1845
State Library of New South Wales collection
Petition of citizens of Minnesota praying for a grant of land for the establishment of a telegraph from St. Paul, 05/21/1850
Taken 21 May 1850
The U.S. National Archives
A Christmas Dinner on the Heights Before Sebastopol.
Taken 22 May 1855
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Excavated Church in the Caverns at Inkermann. Looking West.
Taken 22 May 1855
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Sebastopol from Old Chersonese, and Ancient Church of St. Vladimir.
Taken 28 May 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Contract for Wharf at New Orleans Quarantine Station, 05/1860 (Reverse)
Taken some time in May 1860
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from the Citizens of Farmington, Maine to Congress, 05/26/1862 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 26 May 1862
The U.S. National Archives
Camp of 15th. N.Y. Engineers and 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery. Belle Plain, May, 1864.
Taken some time in May 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Wagon Train Crossing the Rappahannock River.
Taken some time in May 1864
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Gulf, Florida, and Alabama engine number 6
Taken some time in May 1871
State Library and Archives of Florida
Chinese translation of the Gold Fields Regulations and Gold Fields Act, 1873
Taken 1 May 1873
State Library of Queensland, Australia
San Giorgio klooster, Verona / San Giorgio cloister, Verona
Taken 19 May 1877
National Archives of Estonia
Armagh Man (William Stickers?) laughs in the face of "Post No Bills" signs
Taken some time in May 1879
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
The first building in the Fremont district, Seattle, Washington
Taken some time in May 1888
UW Digital Collections
Tartu raudteejaam rööbaste poolt vaadatuna / Tartu train station, rail side view
Taken 24 May 1888
National Archives of Estonia
Fra grønlandsfarernes hjemkomst, Oslofjorden, 1889
Taken some time in May 1889
National Library of Norway
Advertisement for Browns patent dermathistic corset appearing in the Queensland Figaro, 1889
Taken 25 May 1889
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Raudteesild üle Velikaja jõe (Riia sild), külgvaade pärast ehituse lõppu / Railway bridge over the Velikaya River (Riga Bridge), side view after the end of construction
Taken 26 May 1889
National Archives of Estonia
Raudteesild üle Velikaja jõe (Riia sild), otsevaade pärast ehituse lõppu / Railway bridge over the Velikaya River (Riga Bridge), front view after the end of construction
Taken 26 May 1889
National Archives of Estonia
Raudteesild üle Abulsi jõe / Railway bridge over the Abuls River
Taken 29 May 1890
National Archives of Estonia
The steam yacht ST GEORGE anchored in Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in May 1892
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Clarence B. Collins, Jr. poses with his bicycle - Tallahassee
Taken some time in May 1896
State Library and Archives of Florida
HEREWARD wrecked on Maroubra Beach
Taken some time in May 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Hundreds of onlookers watch as the wreck of the HEREWARD is pounded by waves on the shoreline of Maroubra Beach
Taken some time in May 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Chevet de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, mai 1899
Taken some time in May 1899
bibliothequedetoulouse
Travaux du métropolitain, rue de Rivoli, Paris, mai 1899
Taken some time in May 1899
bibliothequedetoulouse
Harold Bluetooths and Gorm the Olds rune stones
Taken some time in May 1900
National Museum of Denmark
Vardebygging på nordspissen av Axel Heiberg Land, 1900
Taken some time in May 1900
National Library of Norway
Clément et Gilmer, en montant vers Bélesta, mai 1901
Taken some time in May 1901
bibliothequedetoulouse
Decorated arch over George street for the royal visit, Brisbane
Taken 24 May 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Le charmeur d'oiseaux au Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, mai 1902
Taken some time in May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Le charmeur d'oiseaux au Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, mai 1902
Taken some time in May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Les chiens et les écuries, château de Chantilly, mai 1902
Taken some time in May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Petite promenade, jardin des Tuileries, Paris, mai 1902
Taken some time in May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Souvenir 12 Annual Reunion, United Confederate Veterans. April 22 to 25, 1902. Dallas Texas.
Taken some time in May 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Station du métropolitain aux Tuileries, Paris, 1902
Taken some time in May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Statue dans le jardin du château de Chantilly, mai 1902
Taken some time in May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Statue dans le jardin du château de Chantilly, mai 1902
Taken some time in May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Vue générale de l'Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, mai 1902
Taken some time in May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
The Moros of the Jolo Islands, in spite of present appearances, are likely to remain peaceful (LOC)
Taken 4 May 1902
The Library of Congress
El Ministro de la Guerra, su Estado Mayor y los Senores agregados militares a las legaciones extranjeras.
Taken 5 May 1902
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
T. Estrada Palma will this week be installed first president of the Free Republic of Cuba (LOC)
Taken 18 May 1902
The Library of Congress
Entrée des moutons, concours régional agricole, Foix, 28 mai 1902
Taken 28 May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Moutons à l'entrée de la foire avec le vétérinaire, Foix, 28 mai 1902
Taken 28 May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Vaches s'abreuvant, concours régional agricole, Foix, 28 mai 1902
Taken 28 May 1902
bibliothequedetoulouse
Opening of the Chelmer golf season Brisbane May 1903
Taken 1 May 1903
State Library of Queensland, Australia
[President Theodore Roosevelt Posing in the Cab of His Locomotive, While Campaigning for Re-election]
Taken some time in May 1903
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
SS MEDIC departing Dalgetty's wharf at Millers Point
Taken 8 May 1903
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
John O'Brien, fireman, arrested for stealing a waatch
Taken 23 May 1903
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
The Royal House-Party at the Viceregal Lodge
Taken some time in May 1904
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Scenes at the Kingston (N.Y.) Street Fair and Carnival last week (LOC)
Taken 8 May 1904
The Library of Congress