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).
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
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Lance Corporal Ernest Giles Horseman 10124, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1915
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Private James Bacon 22029, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died 5 December 1915
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Lieutenant William Frederick Fouracre Venner , 13th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, attached 49th Motor Airline Section, Royal E
Died 5 December 1916
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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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Captain Leysters Llewellyn Greener , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
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Company Serjeant Major Arthur William Butler 5613, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 5 December 1917
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Lance Corporal Edward Meredith 306983, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
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Private Albert Thomas Adcock 265361, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
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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
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Private Reginald Cecil Stacey 241632, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
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Second Lieutenant Cyril Gower Vincent Runnels-Moss , General List and Royal Flying Corps
Died 5 December 1917
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Serjeant William James Browning 202629, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1917
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Private George H Walker 26663, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 5 December 1918
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Musician Frederick George Stenning 2185, Royal Marines Band
Died 5 December 1920
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Leading Seaman Charles Walter Rogerson 236059, HMS Hampshire
Died 5 December 1923
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Private Joseph Isaiah Price 13690, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 December 1923
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Gunner John George Lawrence 6665, Royal Field Artillery
Died 5 December 1932
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Corporal Arthur Frederick Burgess 20596, Army Pay Corps
Died 5 December 1949
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Lance Corporal Robert Gerrard 70556, South Lancashire Regiment
Died 5 December 1958
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