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 South-West Prospect of St Michaels Mount in Cornwall... by... Saml & Nathl Buck. Stored in folder with PAH9751.
24 May 1739
National Maritime Museum
Jack Oakham throwing out a Signal for an Engagement (caricature). Hand-coloured.
24 May 1781
National Maritime Museum
Jack Oakham throwing out a Signal for an Engagement (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.; No.1.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8514-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
24 May 1781
National Maritime Museum
Steam ship Austral belonging to the Orient Steam Navigation Compy. Limited. Hand-coloured.; Signed by artist and dated in plate.
24 May 1882
National Maritime Museum
Tartu raudteejaam rööbaste poolt vaadatuna / Tartu train station, rail side view
Taken 24 May 1888
National Archives of Estonia
Decorated arch over George street for the royal visit, Brisbane
Taken 24 May 1901
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Toeschouwers en deelnemer bij de automobielrace Parijs-Madrid, vermoedelijk op een landweg in Frankrijk
24 May 1903
Rijksmuseum
Surviving veterans of the Civil War who rose to the rank of Major General, or higher (LOC)
Taken 24 May 1908
The Library of Congress
Boutique d\'un marchand de boissons, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 171 X
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Groupe de soldats crétois, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 176
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Groupe de soldats crétois, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 177
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Groupe de soldats crétois, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 178
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La stèle du Roi Georges, tué le 18 mars 1913 avec un soldat crétois, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 174
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le plafond de la salle des Derviches, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 166
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les murailles et la forteresse, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 168
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les tombeaux des Derviches près de la porte de la Via Egnatia, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 167
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mosquée sur l\'emplacement d\'une ancienne église près de la porte Varsariou, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 165
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mosquée Yakoub Pacha (Eglise Saint-Elias), coupole avec petits arcs-boutants, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 169
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mosquée Yakoub-Pacha (Eglise Saint-Elias), contreforts et arcs-boutants, figuier au premier plan, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 170
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Rue avec la rotonde Saint-Georges dans le fond, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 164
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Villa Allatini, ancienne prison du Sultan Abdülhamid II, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 175
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue générale du port prise sur le balcon de l\'Olympos, Thessalonique, Grèce, A 2 173
24 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain (Temporary Major) Francis Stuart Wilson. Unit: 1st Brigade HQ, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Division. Death: 24 May 1915 Gallipoli
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Basil MacLear , 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Basil Maclear. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Death: 24 May 1915 Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Collingwood Lindsay Wood. Unit: A Squadron, attached to B Squadron, 18th (Queen Marys Own) Hussars. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in Action in Flanders Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell VC , 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell VC. Unit: 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Death: 24 May 1915, Hooge, Western Front.
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frank Malcolm Gill. Unit: "A" Company, 24th Battalion, London Regiment (The Queen's). Death: 24 May 1915, Givenchy, Western Front. Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Gerard Arthur O'Callaghan. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Harry Hargreaves Bolton. Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Company Quarter Master Serjeant Charles Thomas Abbott 5808, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Espace fleuri situé au sud du marais et bordé d\'un chemin s\'étirant vers l\'ouest de la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 503
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
jardins, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 627
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
jardins, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 628
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Cecil Reginald Ringrose 3130, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Frederick Ralph Hudson 6441. Unit: "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal John Sydney Allen Stoneham 2768, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Bernard Courtney Laws. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, attached , 1st Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 At Ypres Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colin Hunter Stein. Unit: 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in action near Ypres Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Redmond George Sylverius Moriarty. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 Missing at Ypres Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Frederick Alfred Trenchard MID. Unit: 86th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Geoffrey Windeatt Daman. Unit: 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Hastings Fortescue Boles. Unit: 17th Lancers, attached to 1st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (Observer). Death: 24 May 1915 Wounded during airborne reconnaissance Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Herbert Waller Cummins. Unit: 1/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in action near Hooge Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Roy Berriman Hatfield , London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Roy Berriman Hatfield. Unit: 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Death: 24 May 1915, killed in action at Festubert, Western Front.
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Torquill Macleod Bolitho. Unit: 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. Death: 24 May 1915 Hooge Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Francis de Beauvoir Bell. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 Basra Mesopotamia
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major James Hugh Christie. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, attached to 4th Battalion and then to 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major John Gwynne Griffith , 32nd Lancers; Brigade Major 9th Cavalry Brigade
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Major John Gwynne Griffith. Unit: 32nd Lancers, Indian Army, attached to the 9th Cavalry Brigade, Indian Army. Death: 24 May 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Massif d\'arbustes et gunnera situés en bord « d\'étang » , à l\'est du marais, vu en direction du nord, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 507
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Massif fleuri, proche de la bande gazonnée séparant les « étangs » du marais, vu vers l\'est, sud-est, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 502
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Olof Jonssons text: Johan Lärk, Skansen, 24 maj 1915.
Johan Svensson Lärk, Hjärtum 1843-08-26 och hans hustru Lotta Andersdotter, Väne-Ryr 1846-01-24.
24 May 1915
Vänersborgs museum
Parterres d\'azalées en fleurs au coeur de la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 501
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Parterres d\'azalées en fleurs au coeur de la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 504
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Pavots, Erémurus et azalées en fleurs longeant les bassins au sud-ouest du marais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 347
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Pièce d\'eau et butte rocailleuse du « sanctuaire japonais » située non loin de la façade de temple, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 505
24 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Eric Thomas Brown 360, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick George Jenvey 2268. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 24 May 1915 Western Front.
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Frederick Ralph Hudson 6441, East Surrey Regiment
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Dakin 8516, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Ernest Parsons 1831, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Pratt 2391, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Smith 2537, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Leslie James Fennell 2432, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private or Lance Corporal Herbert James Blatchford 12966. Unit: 5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Canadian Contingent, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 24 May 1915 to 26 May 1915 Festubert Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Richard Douglas Salman 1739. Unit: 22nd Battalion, London Regiment (The Queens). Death: 24 May 1915 Wounded in action 23 May 1915
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Stanley Edwin White 2201, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Edward Flook 3119, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Emmerson Turnbull S/2379, Durham Light Infantry
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Frederic Noel Prince Sealy. Unit: 7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion (attached 3rd Battalion), Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in action at Ypres Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Christopher Daniel Considine. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in action near Ypres Western Front
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Daniel Pike Pike-Stephenson , (Prince Of Wales') North Staffordshire Regiment attached Cheshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Douglas William Hammond. Unit: 2nd Battalion, the Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Death: 24 May 1915, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 24 May 1915
Imperial War Museum