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 DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
10 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Joseph William Lister 12191. Unit: 2nd Battalion, West Riding Regiment. Death: 10 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 10 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter Elliot Dickson 19927. Unit: 1st Platoon, A Company, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 10 October 1916.
He was a Bomber, reported wounded and missing, aged 19, on 7 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. His death was confirmed t
Died 10 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Fred Longbottom C/12570. Unit: B Company, 21st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 10 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 10 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
ROYAL FLYING CORPS AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHY, FIRST WORLD WAR
10 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Arthur Swindlehurst Wade 203202. Unit: 2nd/4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 10 October 1917 Missing in Action near Ypres. Western Front
Died 10 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal William Dawson 29205. Unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Death: 10 October 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 10 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant David Gwynne Powell. Unit: Royal Flying Corps. Death: 10 October 1917 Western Front
Died 10 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Hugh Stevenson. Unit: 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 10 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 10 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Sidney Davey 14558. Unit: 8th Platoon, B Company, 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 10 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Davey, of 170, Fox St., Pitsmoor, Sheffield.
Died 10 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Thomas Hemmings 29927. Unit: 16th Platoon, "D" Company, 2nd/4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 10 October 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 10 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William A Wood 204945. Unit: 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 10 October 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 10 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Romani. Mount Meredith : the southern side of the ridge. Sand bagged graves of the Australian Light Horse are on the near slope, and on the further end the Turks lie buried.
10 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Clare Eleanor McNally, Women's Legion. Drowned in the Irish Sea when the SS Leinster was torpedoed 10 October 1918.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Elizabeth McDonald, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 10 October 1918.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Elizabeth McDonald, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 10 October 1918.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Hannah Dunlop Mark, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 10 October 1918.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Henrietta Mellet, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Drowned in the Irish Sea when the SS Leinster was torpedoed 10 October 1918.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Henrietta Mellet, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Drowned in the Irish Sea when the SS Leinster was torpedoed 10 October 1918.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Josephine Carr, Women's Royal Naval Service. Drowned in the Irish Sea when the SS Leinster was torpedoed 10 October 1918.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Josephine Carr, Women's Royal Naval Service. Drowned in the Irish Sea when the SS Leinster was torpedoed 10 October 1918.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Phillip Edward Kelly. Unit: 1st Battalion, attached to 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Death: 10 October 1918 Western Front.
Died 10 October 1918
Imperial War Museum