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All 250298American Air Museum
American Air Museum 5054
Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 22336
Sjöhistoriska museet 11809
Bohusläns museum 7936
Vänersborgs museum 7561
Kulturarv Västernorrland 4090
Rijksmuseum 3241
Tekniska museet 2444
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 2317
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 2007
Miliseum 1287
Örebro läns museum 1254
Flygvapenmuseum 1058
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 1042
Marinmuseum 735
Skansen 629
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 579
Riksantikvarieämbetet 381
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 288
Historisch Museum Ede 254
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 221
Ajuntament de Girona 106
CODA Museum 103
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 103
Upplandsmuseet 102
The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland 95
Aaltense Musea 58
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 56
Sundsvalls museum 50
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 44
Länsmuseet Gävleborg 37
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 31
Vasamuseet 28
Images of Old Cluj 27
Nederlands Tegelmuseum 20
Postmuseum 18
Δήμος ΤÏίπολης 11
Cluj County Library 9
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 9
Slovak National Library 8
Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs 7
Stadskasteel Zaltbommel 7
Stichting Liemers Museum 6
Lietuvos dailÄ—s muziejus 4
ŽemaiÄių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" 3
NOC*NSF 3
Deventer Musea 3
Nationalmuseum, Sweden 2
Wikimedia Commons Community 2
Lietuvos Å¡vietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History 2
Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár 2
jNederlands Openluchtmuseum 1
Museum Elburg 1
Lietuvos dailÄ—s muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum 1
Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum 1
Slot Loevestein 1
National Library of Bulgaria 1
Museon 1
A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vien 1
Horniman Museum and Gardens 1
Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives 1730
The Library of Congress 1093
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1038
State Library and Archives of Florida 912
State Library of Queensland, Australia 891
Cornell University Library 840
bibliothequedetoulouse 821
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 567
Swedish National Heritage Board 559
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 494
State Library of New South Wales collection 402
Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums 385
MissouriStateArchives 371
National Library of Australia Commons 295
NASA on The Commons 262
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 249
National Library of Norway 229
Royal Australian Historical Society 216
Deseronto Archives 183
Provincial Archives of Alberta 177
Powerhouse Museum Collection 170
UW Digital Collections 123
National Library NZ on The Commons 123
UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 114
National Library of Scotland 105
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest 89
Australian War Memorial collection 88
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 78
National Archives of Estonia 67
Museum of Photographic Arts Collections 64
Stockholm Transport Museum Commons 61
Liberas / Liberaal Archief 59
National Museum of Denmark 55
Costică Acsinte Archive 49
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 46
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 46
Museum of Hartlepool 45
George Eastman Museum 33
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives 32
The National Archives UK 31
tyrrellhistoricallibrary 29
Preus museum 27
Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane 21
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons 21
The Finnish Museum of Photography 20
National Science and Media Museum 17
Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University 9
Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol 7
Getty Research Institute 4
Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland 4
Smithsonian Institution 4
Camden Public Library (Maine) 2
The British Library 2
Kalamazoo Public Library 1
Aalto University Library and Archive Commons 1
Center for Jewish History, NYC 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 58556
Imperial War Museums
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 8509
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 8359
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 7329
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 3759
Other 2784
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 1482
Womens War Work 620
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 568
War Office Second World War Official Collection 404
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 278
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 214
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 212
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 206
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 192
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 180
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 179
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 148
Admiralty Official Collection 146
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 131
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 115
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 112
Pilkington Christopher (sergeant) Collection 111
Belfast Telegraph Collection 110
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 July 1918 108
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 108
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 101
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 82
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 81
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 December 1917 - February 1918 80
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 October - November 1917 78
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August - September 1917 75
First World War Womens War Work Collection 71
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August 1918 68
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 67
Deaths: Nurses General 67
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 62
The British Army In North-west Europe 1944-1945 61
The Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 56
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 September 1917 55
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June - July 1918 52
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 51
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 April - June 1917 48
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 43
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 35
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 31
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June 1918 30
Imperial War Museum First World War Maps Collection 29
War Office First World War Official Collection 28
Pitman Thomas Tait (major-general) Collection 28
Ministry Of Information Second World War Official Collection 26
Lachmann Gustav Collection 24
Canadian First World War Official Exchange Collection 23
Barbanti Gian G (mr) Collection 20
Italian First World War Official Collection 20
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 19
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Red Cross (joint War Committee) 1920 19
Saunders R J Collection 17
Robson Harold Burge (hon) Collection 17
Deaths: Other Services- Land Army 17
Ministry Of Information Second World War Colour Transparency Collection 15
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Scottish Nursing Services 15
Cooke G H (lieutenant Colonel) 15
Prytyåš Wåadysåaw Jacek Collection 14
Medals And Decorations: Royal Red Cross 14
Broom Albert (mrs) 14
The Road To War 13
Slater Percival James (colonel) Collection 13
Wright Robert 12
Corporation Of The City Of London Collection 12
The Royal Naval Air Service 1914 - 1918 12
Zimnal Marian (lieutenant Colonel) Collection 03 12
Joel H 12
Heydecker Joe Julius Collection 12
Masters David 12
British Aircraft And Early Aircraft In Other Museums And Institutions 1913 - 1918 (gsa 129) 12
Ministry Of Information First World War Unofficial Collection 12
Australian Forces In Gallipoli 1915 - 1916 11
The Coronation Of Emperor Charles Of Austria As King Of Hungary In Budapest 1916 & Scenes In Austria 11
Deaths: Nurses- Serbian Relief Fund 11
War Office, Central Office Of Information And American Second World War Official Collection 10
Deaths: Other Services- Waacs 10
War Diary In Four Volumes 10
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 33134
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 8575
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 7034
Charts & Maps 2593
Coins & Commemorative Medals 2542
Orders & Medals 1489
Oil Paintings 894
Navigational Instruments 868
Historic Photographic Negatives 738
Ship Models 669
Uniforms 618
Astronomical Instruments 485
Ceramics 321
Horological Instruments 229
Polar Equipment & Relics 225
Edged Weapons 225
Relics 221
Globes 207
Miscellaneous Antiquities 196
Flags 164
Plate 127
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 103
Firearms 82
Sculpture 80
Archive 72
Glass 72
Ethnography 69
Textiles 65
Antiquities - Tools 62
Ships Equipment 62
Jewellery 56
Ordnance 54
Miniatures 48
Small Craft 43
Historic Photograph Albums 40
Figureheads & Carved Decorations 38
Antiquities - Ships Equipment 33
Oceanography 29
Furniture 24
Historic Photographic Prints 21
Ship Badges 12
Other 12
Antiquities - Models 12
Heraldry 10
Library Material 10
Year
All 1031848 1
1849 1
1866 1
1900 1
1904 1
1911 1
1912 2
1913 3
1918 1
1923 2
1925 2
1928 1
1929 1
1930 1
1932 1
1933 1
1934 33
1935 2
1937 1
1940 1
1941 2
1943 5
1944 6
1945 7
1947 3
1948 1
1950 2
1951 8
1952 4
1953 1
1956 1
1961 1
1965 1
1966 2
1969 1
About this site
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
Data sources
Update 16 October 2018
- Addition of nearly 60,000 superb dated autochromes (one of the earliest commercial colour processes) from the Musée Albert Kahn, accessed through the Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
- Complete refresh of Flickr Commons, Europeana, and National Maritime Museum data
- Added pagination as many dates now have signifcantly more than 100 images!
Current totals by data source
- Europeana - 72434 items
- Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines - 58556 items
- Imperial War Museums - 38229 items
- Lives of the First World War - 33134 items
- National Maritime Museum - 29529 items
- Flickr Commons - 13362 items
- American Air Museum - 5054 items
Current totals by date accuracy
- Precise date - 206835 items
- Accurate to month only - 16699 items
- Accurate to year only - 26764 items
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;
Technology overview
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).
Licence
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).
