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).
. This wooden rule is known as a Gunter rule and is inscribed with scales to help with navigational calculations. The scales on the front include a linear scale in inches, a diagonal scale to set exact lengths, scales of leagues, chords, rhumbs, sines, ta
1700
National Maritime Museum
A chart of the North Sea sold by Richd. Mount & Thos. Page at the postern on Great Tower Hill. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:3,000,000 (bar)]. The scale is in English and French leagues. North is at 90 degrees. The border is gr
1700
National Maritime Museum
Carreck Fergus. Single sheet,engraving, mounted on modern backing sheet. Scale [circa 1:75,000 bar]. Scale in English miles. This chart of Carrickfergus, Belfast Lough, is ungraduated and has sparse soundings. It contains a view: A prospect of Carreck-Fe
1700
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Admiral de Tourville (1642-1701). Counter commemorating Admiral Anne Hilarion de Contentin, Comte de Tourville (1642-1701). Obverse: Arms of Admiral de Tourville, ducal coronet above, resting upon crossed anchors and batons. Reverse:
1700
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737). Counter commemorating Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Comte de Toulouse in a long wig, low collar, armour
1700
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the Marquis de Forville at Messina. Counter commemorating the Marquis de Forville at Messina. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX.' Reverse: Neptune with raised trident driving his two
1700
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Obverse: Tönningen bombarded, shells bursting. Below: 'TONNINGA ANNO MDCC.' Reverse: A
1700
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Obverse: Tönningen bombarded, shells bursting. Below: 'TONNINGA ANNO MDCC.' Reverse: A
1700
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Obverse: Tönningen bombarded, shells bursting. Inscription: 'TONNINGA ANNO . MDCC'. Rev
1700
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the proposed departure of Archduke Charles III for Barcelona, 1700. Medal commemorating Archduke Charles III's proposed departure for Barcelona, 1700. Obverse: Bust of the Archduke Charles III in a long wig and cloak over armour,
1700
National Maritime Museum
Pas kaart vande zee-kusten van Cicilia Calabria Graetia en Morea tusschen C.Passaro, C.Lenqua en I Serigo. Chart of S. Central Mediterranean. Brindisi and Valona to Syracuse and C. Matapan. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:1 500 000 (lat)]. Contents Note:
1700
National Maritime Museum
Planesphaeri ....Meridionale. Printed celestial planispheres, coloured southern hemisphere has diagrams of an eclipse of the sun ; the moon and the planets. Also tables for star fixing. Northern hemisphere gives tables and 22 diagrams of the "Planisp
1700
National Maritime Museum
Planesphaerii Coelestis Hemisphaerium Septentrionale. Printed celestial planispheres, coloured southern hemisphere has diagrams of an eclipse of the sun ; the moon and the planets. Also tables for star fixing. Northern hemisphere gives tables and 22 diagr
1700
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere show the interior of North America as mostly empty. California is drawn as a peninsula, and Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. There
1700
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table below Sagittarius in a cartouche with the symbol of the Sun on top with text. The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are labelled. A total of 27 st
Gores produced: 1700; Plates altered: after 1711
National Maritime Museum