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).
Nelson's First letter written in the left hand. (Believed to be) Nelson's first letter written in the left hand. Writing to St Vincent following the loss of his right arm in the failed attack on Teneriffe, Nelson bemoans his injury and asks for
1797-07-27
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Le Follet Courier des Salons' 1835-07-27
27 July 1835
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Captain Warner's Experiment. Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
27 Jul 1844
National Maritime Museum
Captain Warner's Experiment. Text in English below image.; Stored in mount with PAF4181.
27 Jul 1844
National Maritime Museum
The parson and the pig: an incident at the burning of Kotka barracks, Finland, 27 July 1855. No. 2 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist 'Kotka, 27th July 1855, Midnight', on the album page below the image
27 July 1855
National Maritime Museum
The Rock of Lisbon, NE by E, July 27 1861. Schetky made his last visit abroad in the summer of 1861 at the age of 82. The two-week passage to Lisbon on board the steamer 'Alhambra', during which time he painted this watercolour, was a gift from
27 July 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Wooley Park, 27 July 1878'. Rough sketches of an ostrich, Wooley Park, 27 July 1878
William James Herschel returned home in 1878 after 25 years in the Indian civil service. That summer he went on a sketching holiday with S. E. Hardcastle. Thou
27 July 1878
National Maritime Museum
A tribute to Sir George Biddell Airy written in German, 27 July 1881.. A tribute, in German and dated 27 July 1881, from 'Der Vorstand der Astronomischen Gesellschaft' (the Board of the Astronomical Society) to George Airy, commemorating his wor
1881-07-27
National Maritime Museum
Birthday card from the Royal Observatory Greenwich to Sir George Biddell Airy on his 90th birthday, 27 July 1891.. Birthday card from the staff at the Royal Observatory Greenwich to Airy, congratulating him for reaching his 90th birthday, 27 July 1891.
1891-07-27
National Maritime Museum
Certificate from the Society of Trinity Youths to Sir George Biddell Airy on his 90th Birthday, 27 July 1891, to commemorate the peal of bells from Greenwich.. Certificate from the Society of Trinity Youths to Sir George Biddell Airy, to commemorate the p
1891-07-27
National Maritime Museum
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Lysekil, Ångaren Rob. Thorburn 27/7 1899."
27 July 1899
Bohusläns museum
Storsjö järnvägsstation i Ukna församling, Norra Tjust. Fotot vann pris i Svenska Turistföreningens pristävlan 1902.
27 July 1902
Tekniska museet
The new head of the Mackay family, Clarence H., combines good business with a love for horses (LOC)
Taken 27 Jul 1902
The Library of Congress
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Almegren, Aina Fr. Kristinehamn".
27 July 1905
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Larsson, Ester Fr. Gärdesboda, Töreboda".
27 July 1905
Bohusläns museum
Vy över Öresjö med soldattorpet Viksängen och den gamla undantagsstugan på Brevik i bakgrunden.
27 July 1907
Vänersborgs museum
Slåtter-/skördegille, Gotland. "Autudag på Snausrå Strandräum 27/7 1908".
27 July 1908
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
Le grand canal axial et le mausolée du Taj Mahal, Agra, Indes, A 4 253
25-27 juillet 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant John Cattanach , Royal Army Medical Corps att. Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Thurston 3389, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Armstrong 484, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 27 July 1915
Lives of the First World War
Verordnung über Herstellung und Verkauf des Weizen- und Roggenmehls - Kundmachung - Nagykikinda - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
27 July 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Captain Albert Claude Dennis , Middlesex Regiment ex Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Company Serjeant Major Philip Moore 4754, Norfolk Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal George Wills 1034, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Driver Richard Arthur Hopkinson 86752, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas Wakefield 1024, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal William Reginald Warner 749, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance-Corporal Walter Charles Fraser 13781, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Archibald Clare Holland. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 27 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Walker 1113, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Albert Sabine 17914. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 27 July 1916 Wounded and Missing Delville Wood, Somme Western Front
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred James Dearden 1909. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 27 July 1916, wounded and missing in action at Albert, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Allan James Fullarton 4264. Unit: "C" Company, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 27 July 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur John Brookes 15123, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Bernard Whyte 6112, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles James Meredith 11419, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles W Potter 969, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Clarence Alfred Sinclair Smith 1555, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private David Edward Hollis 6/2666, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Lazenby Styles 463, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Basil Stanton 1186, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Johnson 3646, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Charles Minahan 1651, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry E. Milford 4528. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 July 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Hedley Stephen Gibbs 1231, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Leonard Sands 20647, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Howard Edward Peevor 668, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Howard Perkins 418, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 July 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Cavanagh 2591. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: Between 22 and 27 July 1916, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private John Gardiner 2331. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Froce. Death: between 27/07/1916 and 04/08/1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum