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).
A chart of Guinea describeing the seacoast from Cape de Verde to Cape Bona Esperanca. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:11 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Plane chart. Bar scales in English and French
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National Maritime Museum
A chart of the tradeing part of the East Indies and China, with the adjacent islands, from Surrat to Japan. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:11 250 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Plane chart. Bar scales in English and Frenc
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National Maritime Museum
A chart of the western part of the East Indies. With all the adjacent islands, from Cape Bona Esperanca to Cape Comorin. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:14 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Plane cha
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National Maritime Museum
An English flute off Satalia. A depiction of the port of Satalia on the south-west coast of Turkey in 1677, surrounded by a rocky coastline. The ancient walled city, with minarets rising from it, overlooks the small harbour and gulf, and is enclosed by hi
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National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Counter commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XIV, in a long wig, armour and cravat (right). Legend: 'LVD . XIIII . D G . FR . ET . NAV . REX.' Reverse: A mortar
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National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Counter commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right), long curls. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX .' Reverse: A winged Victory with a palm in her left ha
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National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Counter commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right), long curls. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX .' Reverse: A winged Victory, with a palm in her left h
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National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the war against the Dutch and Spanish fleets. Counter commemorating the war against the Dutch and Spanish fleets. Obverse: Head of Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois (1667-1683), as a child (right). Legend: 'LOVIS .
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National Maritime Museum
Limerick halfpenny token. Limerick halfpenny token. Obverse: Three castles and stars. Legend: 'ED. WIGHT OF LIMBRICK'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a three-masted ship, sails furled. Legend: 'HIS . HALFPENY . 1677'.
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National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XIV in a long wig, Roman armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISSIMVS'. Reverse: Victory,
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National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right) with a small curl in front. Legend: 'LUDOVICUS . MAGNUS . REX . CHRISTIANISSIMUS .' Reverse:
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National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right) with a small curl in front. Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Plan of
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National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the victories at Öland, Langeland and Kjoge, 1676-1677. Medal commemorating the victories at Öland, Langeland and Kjöge, 1676-1677. Obverse: Crowned monogram of King Christian V in centre, with inscription above and belo
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National Maritime Museum
Pascaarte von alle de zee-custen van Europa nieulycx beschreuen en verbetert door Willem, Pieter en Joan Blaeu tot Amsterdam 1677. Single sheet. Engraving printed on vellum, hand coloured in outline. The chart is mounted on a rough wooden frame. This is a
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National Maritime Museum
Portrait of the ‘Yarmouth’, a 54-gun fourth-rate, built in 1653 and broken up in 1680.. The ‘Yarmouth’ viewed from before the port beam. The ship appears to have square decorated ports on the upper deck and small wreathed ports on
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National Maritime Museum
The ‘Charles Galley’ before a light breeze. (Updated, August 2015) A panel painting of the ‘Charles Galley’, in a light breeze towing an admiral’s barge with several men in it. In the left background a two-decker starboard bo
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National Maritime Museum
The yachts off Margate, 8 December 1677. The Yachts off Margate, 28 November [OS]/8 December 1677.
In the background, the bow of the ‘Mermaid’ (meermert), the ‘Greyhound’ (de grahont) and ‘Saudadoes’ (de soldate), six
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National Maritime Museum
The landing at Ter Heide, 9 December 1677. Here, Ter Heide is pictured in the background on the right. Several boats are depicted very close to the shore. On the left, two pinks are seen sailing away.
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National Maritime Museum
The Prince of Orange and Princess Mary going ashore at Ter Heide, 9 December 1677. Van de Velde produced a series of at least 56 drawings of the journey made by the Prince and Princess illustrating various stages of their journey. Most of them are in the
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National Maritime Museum
The Prince of Orange and Princess Mary landing at Ter Heide, 9 December 1677. All the yachts are at anchor, firing a salute as the Prince and Princess are rowed ashore at Ter Heide. They are seen in the right background. The ‘Charlotte’ (now w
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National Maritime Museum
The Prince of Orange and Princess Mary landing at Ter Heide, 9 December 1677. No.4.
Here, two yachts lie at anchor, saluting as the Prince and Princess are towed ashore in a barge in the right foreground. A bow view of the ‘Mary’ with barges i
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The yachts arriving at Ter Heide, 9 December 1677. The yachts arriving at Ter Heide, 29 November [OS]/9 December 1677.
On the left, a port quarter view of the ‘Mary’ (Marije) with a barge pulling alongport, bringing the Prince (de prins komt
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National Maritime Museum
The yachts arriving on the coast of Holland, 9 December 1677. This scene is viewed from the lee bow. Here, yachts and escorts are depicted close-hauled on the starboard tack. They pass ‘s Gravenzande, the tower of which is shown in the left backgrou
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National Maritime Museum
The yachts coming to an anchor off Ter Heide, 9 December 1677. The yachts coming to an anchor off Ter Heide, 29 November [OS]/9 December 1677.
In the right foreground, a port broadside view of the ‘Mary’ (de Marije) which lies at anchor with
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National Maritime Museum