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).
Cork halfpenny token. Cork halfpenny token. Obverse: Inscription 'C.C.' Reverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted ship under sail, castle (right). Legend: 'A CORK . HALFE . PENNY'. (sic).
1656
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Admiral César, Duc de Vendôme (1594-1665) and the defeat of the Spanish fleet, 1656. Counter commemorating Admiral César, Duc de Vendôme (1594-1665) and the defeat of the Spanish fleet, 1656. Obverse: Bust o
1656
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the victory off the Dardanelles, 1657. Counter commemorating the victory off the Dardanelles, 1657. Obverse: St Mark seated (left), handing the sacred flag to the Doge kneeling (right). Legend: 'S . M . VEN . BERTVCCIVS . VALER
1656
National Maritime Museum
De Carybsche eylanden van de Barbados tot de bocht van Mexico. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:7 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additio
1656
National Maritime Museum
De Vlaamsche en Canarische Eylanden. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:5 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional
1656
National Maritime Museum
Distant view of Wieringen. The unsigned drawing shows two views of Wieringen from the water with various vessels in front of the coastal profile. Above is a distant view with a beacon on the left, a church in the middle and a village (Wieringe) on the rig
1656
National Maritime Museum
Galileo Galilei Linceo Filosafo E Matematico del Ser. mo Gran Duca di Tosca. Above Galileo the two putti illustrate two aspects of astronomy. The putto on the left holds a hinged rule with a quadrant arc, similar to a device invented by Galileo as a mathe
1656?
National Maritime Museum
Nieuwe Carybsche pascaart. The Carybes Islands newly setforth and amendid. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:2 400 00 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch miles, Spanish leagues, and English an
1656
National Maritime Museum
Nieuwe pascaart. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:5 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 42 degrees. Borders obliquely graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: No
1656
National Maritime Museum
Oost Zee. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:1 500 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Lacks graduation. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: Baltic. Contents Note: Contains an inset continuation
1656
National Maritime Museum
Pascaart van Guinea van Capo Verde tot Capo de Bon Esperance. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for latitude. Bar scale in Dutch miles.
A chart bound in Jacob Colom's 'Atlas of werelts-water-d
1656
National Maritime Museum
Pascaarte van de Noord Zee. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:2 800 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, and English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Place
1656
National Maritime Museum
Pascaarte van Hispangien van de noord zyde van Yrlandt tot de Straet. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:3 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish miles, English and French mil
1656
National Maritime Museum
Pascaerte van Brazil en Nieu Nederlandt van Cuorvo en Flores tot de Barbados nu eerst uytgegeven. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:11 200 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Border graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch and Spanish m
1656
National Maritime Museum
Poem 'make use of time comming: one: for that is perished: which is gone.'. Includes watercolour of presumably old father time with an hourglass on his head, a scythe and with angel wings. Also is a hand painted on the lefthandside with quill pe
1656
National Maritime Museum
Portrait of a Dutch two-decker. Viewed from the port bow with the foot of the fore course and of the mizzen indicated. There is a boat astern. On the beakhead bulkhead, there is an elaborate arems between two doorways. The vessel is not the ‘Bredero
1656
National Maritime Museum
Portrait of the 'Asperen'. Portrait of the ‘Asperen’, viewed from the starboard quarter. She was built in 1656; 36 guns, she was wrecked in 1689. The arms of Asperen are on the tafferel, with lion supporters, quarterly 1 and 4, three
?1666
National Maritime Museum