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).
Britannia crowning the Bust of our late Hero Lord Nelson. Nelson’s death generated a flood of commemorative souvenirs and memorabilia, including many engravings. This created an industry of Nelson image-makers among artists and engravers, who drew u
Published 5 December 1805
National Maritime Museum
Brittannia lamenting the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, who after a series of transcendant and heroic Virtues, fell gloriously in his 121st. Engagement in the Moment of a Brilliant & Decisive Victory, obtained over the Combined Fleets of France & S
5 December 1805
National Maritime Museum
Brittannia lamenting the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, who after a series of transcendant and heroic Virtues, fell gloriously in his 121st. Engagement in the Moment of a Brilliant & Decisive Victory, obtained over the Combined Fleets of France & S
5 Dec 1805
National Maritime Museum
Brittannia lamenting the death of Admiral Lord Nelson. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting a monument with an oval portrait of Nelson on the plinth, a pyramid above bears three inscriptions within oval wreaths: 'Battle of Copenhagen 2d April
5 Dec 1805
National Maritime Museum
Thames Scene: moored vessel with tarpaulin awning in a river landscape with two men fishing. Bound with PAF5128-PAF5134.
5 Dec 1809
National Maritime Museum
Shadwell church, and an enlargement of the spire, 5 Dec 1826. Mounted with PAD0837.
5 Dec 1826
National Maritime Museum
Krant met een artikel over de begrafenis van Willem III, koning der Nederlanden, op 4 december 1890
5 December 1890
Rijksmuseum
De jonge dames De Virieu-Fürstner 1899, drie jonge dames zitten in een grote mand, op de mand staat DJ, Nellie geb:1893_ Cornélie Christine Eugénie Virginie (1895-1977) _Hermance Ariette (1897-1927)
5 December 1899
Stadskasteel Zaltbommel
Un marché avec une tente spécialisée dans la vente d\'alcools ou de boissons, Casablanca (?), Maroc (?), A 70 128 X
5 décembre 1912
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Groepsportret van Ad, Han en Johanna van der Kop en drie onbekende familieleden rond een kar in een tuin
5 December 1914
Rijksmuseum
Lieutenant Herbert Hugo Schneider. Unit: Royal Engineers, Survey Department. Death: 05 December 1914 Killed in action in the Cameroons Cameroon & Togoland
Died 5 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Eric Jatinga Bradley 140, 1/5th London Regiment
Died 5 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edmond William Bury , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 5 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Ernest Giles Horseman 10124, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private James Bacon 22029, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died 5 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
THE ROYAL NAVY MOBILE ANTI-AIRCRAFT BRIGADE AT KENWOOD HOUSE 1915-1916
5 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Frederick Fouracre Venner , 13th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, attached 49th Motor Airline Section, Royal E
Died 5 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Munitions Worker Ada Glassby , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Agnes Lily Power , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Alice Smart , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Eliza Grant nee Hammond , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Elizabeth Mason formerly Bristow nee Booth , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Elsie Martha Atkinson , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Emmie Keyworth , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Ethel Agnes Jackson , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Florence Whitley nee Naylor , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Gertrude Fanny Reed formerly Temple nee Houldcroft , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Kate Bainbridge , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Katie Chapman , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Maria Evelyn Rowley , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Martha Alderson nee Kitson , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Mary Amelia Schofield , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Mary Elizabeth Carter nee Lacy , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Mary Gibson , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Olive Yeates , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Munitions Worker Sarah Ann Jennings , Ministry of Munitions
Died 5 December 1916
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Private Arthur Sykes 10/396, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1916
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Private Percy Stirling Johnston 15182, Otago Infantry Regiment
Died 5 December 1916
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Private Robert Shearsmith 3/6661, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1916
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Private William James Lake 11900, South Wales Borderers
Died 5 December 1916
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Private William James Shropshire 53659, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 5 December 1916
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Private William McLean 4541, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 5 December 1916
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Second Lieutenant John Scarlett Pym , Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 5 December 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
5 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
5 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Cacolets: Wounded being Conveyed over the Hill of Judaea to the Casualty Clearing Station in Covered-In Stretchers (cacolets) on
the Backs of Camels
5 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain Leysters Llewellyn Greener , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Leysters Llewellyn Greener MC. Unit: 2nd/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 5 December 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial.
Died 5 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Company Serjeant Major Arthur William Butler 5613, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 5 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Edward Meredith 306983, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Harry Whitworth. Unit: 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, attached to Royal Flying Corps. Death: 05 December 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 5 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Mademoiselle de Lorra, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 805 X
5 décembre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Albert Thomas Adcock 265361, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Hunter 202500, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
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Private Bernard Meeson 40204, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
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Private Cecil William Williams 54730, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 5 December 1917
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Private Ernest Dickinson 260164, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
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Private Herbert Jewitt 536634, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 5 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Nathaniel McAteer 51082. Unit: 11th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry). Death: 05 December 1917 Western Front
Died 5 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Reginald Cecil Stacey 241632, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
Lives of the First World War