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).
'Ipswich' (1730). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Ipswich' (1730), a 1719 Establishment 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Joseph
Circa September 1727
National Maritime Museum
. Round-bodied green glass bottle with a heavily indented base. From 'Zeewijk' wrecked on the Albrolhos Islands, W. Australia, 9 June 1727, found by 'Beagle' 1840.
about 1727
National Maritime Museum
. Round-bodied green glass bottle with a heavily indented base. Label: '4 Dutch bottles lost in the Zeewick on the Abrothos Islands about 1750 found by the Beagle 1838.' 'Zeewijk' wrecked on Albrothos Islands, W. Australia, 9 June 1727
1727
National Maritime Museum
. Round-bodied, blown, green glass bottle with a heavily indented base. From 'Zeewijk' wrecked on the Albrothos Islands, W. Australia, 9 June 1727, found by 'Beagle' 1840.
1727
National Maritime Museum
572. Quarter-repeating pocket watch in a gold / silver-gilt pair case. It has a full-plate capped fusee movement, signed and numbered, with a cylinder escapement and plain balance. The watch has a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and pierced hands; h
circa 1727
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the launch of the Bucintoro III, 1727. Counter commemorating the launch of the Bucintoro III, 1727. Obverse: St Mark seated (left), handing the sacred flag to the Doge kneeling (right). Legend: 'S * M * V *ALOY * MOCENI . D .
1727
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the Navy inactive under Cardinal Fleury. Counter commemorating the Navy inactive under Cardinal Fleury. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) in armour and mantle. Legend: 'L . ALEXA
1727
National Maritime Museum
Imperium Japonicum in sexaginta et octo provincias divisum. Ex ipsorum Japonensium mappis & observationibus Kaempferianis, qua fieri licuit fide & cura descriptum a Joh. Casparo Scheuchzer. Tigurino, e Regia Societate et Collegio Medico Londinensi
1727
National Maritime Museum
Mappa specialis itineris terrestris ab urbe Nangasaki Kokuram suscepti ab Engelberto Kaempfero descripta. J.C.Scheuchzer delin.. Single sheet. Engr. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated map. Scale in Japanese miles. 1 Japanese mile = 0.4 inches. Additional Plac
1727
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Siege of Gibraltar, 1727. Medal commemorating the Siege of Gibraltar, 1727. Obverse: View of Gibraltar besieged by the Spanish fleet. Legend: 'VINCERE AVT MORI.' (To conquer or die.) Exergue: 'GIBRALTAR OBSESSA D . X
1727
National Maritime Museum
Partie de la Ville et Port de Messine Par les Srs Michelot et Bremond Avec Privilege du Roy 1727. Print
1727
National Maritime Museum
Plan de la Baye & Rades de Toulon Par les Srs Michelot et Bremond, 1727 Avec Privilege du Roy. 1727. Print
1727
National Maritime Museum
Plan de la Ville et Port de Barcelone Du Fort de Mont Jouy Et L' Etat ou ils Etoeint en 1697. Print
1727
National Maritime Museum
Plan du Golfe de Naples Par les Srs Michelot et Bremond avec Privilege du Roy 1727. Print
1727
National Maritime Museum
Zenith sector. Plumb bob weight from zenith sector telescope which was constructed by George Graham in 1727 for Bradley's personal use in studying the parallax of the star Gamma Draconis following work he had begun on the detection of parallax at Kew
1727
National Maritime Museum
Zenith sector. This telescope was constructed by George Graham in 1727 for Bradley's personal use in studying the parallax of the star Gamma Draconis. When he was appointed third Astronomer Royal in 1742, Bradley only agreed to bring this instrument
1727
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Samuel Viscount Hood in a pigtai
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Samuel Viscount Hood in a pigtai
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Alexander Hood, Visc
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Alexander Hood, Visc
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Alexander Hood, Visc
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Samuel Viscount Hood
1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1727-1814). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Samuel Viscount Hood
1794
National Maritime Museum
Biddeford (1727) [alternative spelling - Bideford]; Squirrel (1727); Flamborough (1727); Experiment (1727). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bideford (1727), Squirrel (1727),
15 April 1727
National Maritime Museum
The 'Luxborough Galley' burnt nearly to the water, 25 June 1727. This is the second of a set of six scenes, ‘The loss of the 'Luxborough Galley' in 1727 and the escape of some of her crew’. The ‘Luxborough’ is
1760
National Maritime Museum