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).
'Deptford' (1732). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, the sheer lines, and logitudinal half-breadth for 'Deptford' (1732), a 60-gun Third Rate, later Fourth Rate, two decker, as taken off at Portsmouth
1734
National Maritime Museum
. The backstaff is made from a lignum vitae frame with boxwood arcs, brass-capped rivets, and a boxwood sight vane, horizon vane and shadow vane, the latter with a Flamsteed lens, which allows the instrument to be used when the sun is obscured by cloud by
1734
National Maritime Museum
A new mapp of the island of Bombay and Sallset by Saml Thornton Hydrographer to ye Honoble East India Company; at ye signe of ye Plat in ye Minories London.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:100 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Ungraduated
1734; circa 1685
National Maritime Museum
A Sea Otter. This engraving is after a drawing by John Webber from John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron.
Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the Pacifi
1778
National Maritime Museum
A Yacht close-hauled in the breeze. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.2.
1734
National Maritime Museum
Badge of the Boatmen's Guild of Amsterdam. Badge of the Boatmen's Guild of Amsterdam. An engraved plate. Obverse: Port broadside view of a boat under sail with a lee board, one man in the stern. Similar to preceding, but boat larger. Reverse: I
1734
National Maritime Museum
Capt Bartholomew Roberts (c.1682 - 1722). This print of the pirate Bartholomew Roberts first appeared as page 228 (and is so inscribed) in the 1734 first folio edition of Charles Johnson's 'A general history of the lives and adventures of the mo
1734
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the fitting out of a squadron under Admiral René Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736). Counter commemorating the fitting out of a squadron under Admiral René Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de
1734
National Maritime Museum
Elizabeth; Warship; Third rate; 70 guns. Scale: 1:48. A block model of the ‘Elizabeth’ (1737), a 70-gun, two-decker ship of the line.
The ‘Elizabeth’ was built to the 1733 Establishment. These vessels were built originally as 70s,
1734
National Maritime Museum
Portable reflector telescope. This is a portable Gregorian (reflector) telescope. It is signed JAMES SHORT EDINBURGH 1734.3.27 referring to the date it was made.
Telescope: The barrel is made of brass and painted black. It is a Gregorian of 76.2mm (3
1734
National Maritime Museum
Prince (1750); Triton (1745) [alternative spelling: Tryton]. Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the inboard profile and superimposed body plan sections for Prince (1750), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. The plan also shows the inboard profile and superimposed
Between 1742-1758
National Maritime Museum
Severn (1739). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for rebuilding the Severn (1695), and approved for the Severn (1739), a 1733 Establishment 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. A copy of this plan wa
Circa June 1734
National Maritime Museum
The North West Prospect of the City of Bristol (with key). Print from the panoramic series of ‘Cities, Sea-ports, and Capital Towns’ of England and Wales that the Buck brothers began from 1728. Samuel, joined by Nathaniel from 1724, spent his
1734
National Maritime Museum
To Her most Excellent Maj.ty Queen Caroline, this Perspective View of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich is humbly inscribed.... The Guidhall Collage website dates this to 1734, which is not improbable although 1735 is the date of installation of the Rysbrac
1734
National Maritime Museum