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).
Boy Servant Ernest Albert Brackley L4914, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 4 August 1914
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Lieutenant Vincent Fosbery Nancarrow 7/688, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Died 4 August 1915
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Private Andrew Campbell 4496, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1915
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Private Harry Alexander Parkhurst 8947, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 4 August 1915
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Private Haydn Oliver Keate 11460, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 4 August 1915
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Private John Blistine 20183, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1915
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Corporal Alfred Harrison 5218, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
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Lieutenant Alan Scrivener Lloyd, M.C. , Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 August 1916
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Lieutenant Noel Alexander Target , Durham Light Infantry
Died 4 August 1916
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Private Albert Lenteligent Romeo 4602, 1st Australian Pioneers
Died 4 August 1916
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Private Ernest Bevington 15714, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
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Private Frederick William Eastland G-8511, East Kent Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
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Private John Kirkbright 11327, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
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Private Leslie Charles William Worrall B/23188, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 4 August 1916
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Private Percy Beauchamp Astley Cooper G/9691, East Kent Regiment (Buffs)
Died 4 August 1916
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Private Septimus Crown Vass Dansie 265360, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (inc. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corp
Died 4 August 1916
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Private William Henry Thompson 22932, West Riding Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant Dallas Gerard Le Doux Veitch , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant Norman Henry Aste , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 4 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant Richard Thomas Cyril Willis Fleming , Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 August 1916
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Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC and Bar, MC, , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 4 August 1917
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Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 4 August 1917
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Driver Bruce Stanley Casson 66560, Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 August 1917
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Lieutenant Arthur Tryweryn Apsimon , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1917
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Private Alfred John Armstrong 235162, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1917
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Private Frank Edward James Francis 56978, Welsh Regiment
Died 4 August 1917
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Private Harry Augustus Deubert 530305, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 August 1917
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Private Herbert Alexander Davis 534513, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 August 1917
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Private Hugh Phillip Evans 235410, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1917
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Private John Thomas Akker 291608, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1917
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Private John Thomas Cleaver 352525, Manchester Regiment
Died 4 August 1917
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Private Joseph Dixon 50233, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 4 August 1917
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Private Stanley Dean Cox 235167, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Edwin Lloyd Instone , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 4 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Denny , 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 August 1917
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Private James Ernest Ratcliffe 3654, 3/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 August 1918
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Temp F/Officer Sidney Arthur Grimwade , Royal Air Force
Died 4 August 1918
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Private William Hamilton 5154, British West Indies Regiment
Died 4 August 1919
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Serjeant George Smith 8474, South Wales Borderers Depot
Died 4 August 1919
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