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 Evil Genius of England Represented in Several Scenes relating to the War (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
6 Dec 1740
National Maritime Museum
The Young Wanton Privateer bringing a Spanish Prize into the Port of Love (caricature). Hand-coloured.
6 Dec 1781
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 26 ft Yawl as built at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Dated: 6 December 1809
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 12 oared, 28 ft Pinnace. Signed N. Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, c1795-?]
Dated: 6 December 1809
National Maritime Museum
32 ft Barge. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32 ft Barge, as built at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed N. Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1802-1823].
Dated: 6 December 1809
National Maritime Museum
The Earl of St Vincent, An Admiral of the Fleet G.C.B. & General of Marines. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Captn Brenton for Captn Brenton's Naval History. Print
6 Dec 1822
National Maritime Museum
The Cambria brig, receiving on board the last boatload, from the Kent Indiaman on fire. Stored with PAH0542.
6 Dec 1825
National Maritime Museum
The Cambria brig, receiving on board the last boatload, from the Kent Indiaman on fire. Text in English below image.
6 Dec 1826
National Maritime Museum
President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress "On Indian Removal", 12/06/1830, Page 1/7
Taken 6 Dec 1830
The U.S. National Archives
Edinburgh (1811). Scale 1:24. Plan showing a profile and plan of the shell room as fitted to the Edinburgh (1811), a 74 gun, Third rate, two-decker.
Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1835-1844].
6 December 1838
National Maritime Museum
The Clipper Ship James Baines... one of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets belonging to Messrs James Baines & Co, Liverpool. Print
6 Dec 1854
National Maritime Museum
The Clipper ship 'Highflyer' 1111 Tons. To Richard Green Esqr, & Captain A Enright.... Print entitled 'The Clipper ship ''Highflyer'' 1111 Tons. To Richard Green Esqr, & Captain A Enright...'. The ship was b
6 December 1861
National Maritime Museum
Message of President Theodore Roosevelt nominating William H. Moody to be Attorney General of the United States, 12/06/1904
Taken 6 Dec 1904
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Theodore Roosevelt nominating Elihu Root to be Secretary of State, 12/06/1905
Taken 6 Dec 1905
The U.S. National Archives
Composition florale constituée de chrysanthèmes, dans une des serres adjacentes au jardin d\'hiver, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 46
6 décembre 1910
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain (Temporary) Arthur Reginald Loveband. Unit: 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 06 December 1914 At Armentieres Western Front
Died 6 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Alexander Gerald Wordsworth , Middlesex Regiment
Died 6 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Alexander Gerald Wordsworth. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 06 December 1914 Killed in Action in the trenches near Laventie Western Front
Died 6 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Gral. Urbina, Gral. Villa, Gral. Emiliano Zapata. Mexico. 12-6-14
Taken 6 Dec 1914
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Private James Herbert Phillips 13187, South Wales Borderers
Died 6 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier William Lankester 31643, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 6 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Wesley Adamson 1651, 6th Infantry Brigade
Died 6 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Bartram GSSR/67, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 6 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Percy William Riches , Norfolk Regiment
Died 6 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain John Keith Clothier. Unit: 1st and/or 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 06 December 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 6 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Munitions Worker Mary Jane Blackstone , Ministry of Munitions
Died 6 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Christopher Michael Speare 12286, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
Died 6 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Richard Harry James Willis Ridgway. Unit: Gloucestershire Regiment, attached to 1st Trench Mortar Battery. Death: 06 December 1916 Western Front
Died 6 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Acting Bombardier George Edmund a.k.a. George Edward Alderman RMA/10119, Royal Marine Artillery
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Ormonde Charles Whiteman MC MID. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 06 December 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 6 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Henry Warren Brunswick 23204. Unit: A Section, 142nd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Death: 06 December 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 6 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Alfred William Bridges 531747, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Benjamin Brooker 531690, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Ernest Hewson 533379, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal George Frederick Withers R/16616, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Sydney Rowthorn 532134, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Claude William Michelin Nosworthy , Royal Flying Corps
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth (1914-1918) & Queen Elisabeth's Medal
6 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Ablett 534415, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Gurney G/24301, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Harold Brooks M/205997, Army Service Corps
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Harry Wright 36205, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Compton Phillips 533469, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private David Talbot 532105, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Bernard Rogers 260241, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Donald Baker 533288, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George William Kemp 531183, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Lamprell 531754, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Harold Broadhead 243013, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Henry Chalton G/5529, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Horace Miles 533239, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private James Bibey 260058, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Albert Hicks 532686, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John R Dickens 260220, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Tapp 243022, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Jonathan James Coleman 240413, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard James Brown 536622, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Plumridge 241980, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney James Rowe 29429, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Sydney Pearce Longfield 535339, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Beaconsfield Cowherd 533017, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Girdwood Gaw 533441, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Sidney Herbert Skelton 6285, 323196, London Regiment
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Stanley Read. Unit: 52nd Suqadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Death: 06 December 1917 Died in RE8 s/no 3642 Western Front
Died 6 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant James Samuel Emerson VC , 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Lionel George Henry Brown. Unit: 52nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Death: 06 December 1917 Missing Dunkirk Western Front
Died 6 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Tom Hartley Howarth , Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 6 December 1917
Lives of the First World War