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 draught of the rocks, marks, banks and soundings in Guernsey road. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: 2 sheets joined. Damaged by sea water. Scale: [ca. 1:18 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 257 degrees. Sound
1680
National Maritime Museum
A draught of the south part of England and the north of France. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: 3 sheets joined. Damaged by sea water, colour transferred. Scale: [ca. 1:470 000 (meas)]. Cartographic Note: Rhumb line
1680
National Maritime Museum
A ground platt of Castle Cornett and the towne of Guernsey with all the rocks & soundings on the Inner Banck. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Damaged by sea water. Scale: [ca. 1:4 700 (bar)]. Cartographic Note:
1680
National Maritime Museum
A ground platt of the Vale. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Damaged by sea water. Scale: [ca. 1:6 900 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Soundings, rocks and shoals marked. Scale in feet. Additional Places: Channel Islands.
1680
National Maritime Museum
A prospect of Mount Arguile. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Two sheets joined. Damaged by sea water. Additional Places: Channel Islands. Contents Note: The mounted figure may be George Legge. A view with measurem
1680
National Maritime Museum
A prospect of St Peters Port and Castle Cornett in the Island of Guernsey. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Damaged by sea water. Additional Places: Channel Islands.
1680
National Maritime Museum
Catting and fishing an anchor of an English ship. Four slight sketches on one sheet of paper showing the port anchor being catted, half out of the water; the starboard anchor being catted; the port anchor being fished, viewed from the starboard bow; and t
1680
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the reform of longitude. Counter commemorating the reform of longitude. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois (1667-1683) as a child. Legend: 'LOVIS . COMTE . DE . VERMANDOIS . ADMIRAL . DE . FR.' R
1680
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Toulon being made a Naval Base. Medal commemorating Toulon being made a naval base. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS'. Reverse: Plan
1680
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Toulon being made a naval base. Medal commemorating Toulon being made a naval base. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS'. Reverse: Plan
1680
National Maritime Museum
Nieuwe pascaert van Oost Indien. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Scale: [ca. 1:20 000 000 (lat)]. Mercator. Cartographic Note: Mercator chart, graduated for latitude and longitude with scale of Dutch miles (15 to one degree) alongside. Contents Note: Austral
1680
National Maritime Museum
Shipping Off a Dutch Harbour. This painting shows a variety of shipping at sea off a Dutch harbour. A church tower and other buildings indicate a town on the right, probably Enkhuizen on the Zuider Zee. During the 16th and 17th centuries the town prospere
1680
National Maritime Museum
The ground platt and prospect of Rokaine Castle. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Damaged by sea water. Cartographic Note: Scale in yards. Additional Places: Channel Islands. Contents Note: Plan and view. The view de
1680
National Maritime Museum
The Island of Guernsey. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Damaged by sea water. Scale: [ca. 1:28 800 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 58 degrees. Some soundings. Scale in miles. Additional Places: Channel Islands.
1680
National Maritime Museum
The Island of Jersey. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Damaged by sea water. Scale: [ca. 1:30 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 340 degrees. Low water line marked. Scale in miles. Additional Places: Channel Isl
1680
National Maritime Museum
The Island of Sarck. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Damaged by sea water. Scale: [ca. 1:20 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 174 degrees. Scale in feet. Additional Places: Sark, Channel Islands. Contents Note
1680
National Maritime Museum
The islands of Garnsey and Jersey by Tho. Phillips an. 1680. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Damaged by sea water. Scale: [ca. 1:10 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 310 degrees. Rhumb lines. Scale in English
1680
National Maritime Museum