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).
'Saint George' (1840). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing a half-breadth of the fore and after parts of the lower deck, middle deck, upper deck, quarterdeck and forecastle, and poop deck, for 'Saint George' (1840), a 120-gun First Rate, three-d
20 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
'Saint George' (1840). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the half sternboard outline, half midship section, and sections through Stations 29 and 30, a stern quarter elevation, and longitudinal half-breadth for the stern, for Saint George (1840), a 120-g
20 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
'Saint George' (1840). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the port bow view, two sections, a bow elevation, and longitudinal half-breadth for the bow, for 'Saint George' (1840), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker.
Signed by H. Spiven [unknown,
20 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
Albion (1842). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing sections and the hold plan illustrating the storage for 'Albion' (1842), a 90-gun Second Rate, two-decker.
Signed by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1848].
24 September 1842
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan includes later alterations from 18 November 1856 and alterations dated 17 January 1857 at Devonport when fitted as a flagship
8 April 1842
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with magazine for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan includes later alterations from 18 November 1856 and alterations dated 17 January 1857 at Devonport when fitted as a flags
8 April 1842
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan includes later alterations from 18 November 1856 and alterations dated 17 January 1857 at Devonport when fitted as a fla
8 April 1842
National Maritime Museum
Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. The plan includes later alterations from 18 November 1856 and alterations dated 17 January 1857 at Devonport when fitted as a flagship.
Signed b
8 April 1842
National Maritime Museum
Sans Pareil (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after part of the upper deck for Sans Pareil (captured 1794), a captured French 80-gun ship, as later altered to a sheer hulk at Plymouth in 1810. The plan was taken off at Plymouth Dockyard per A
19 November 1842
National Maritime Museum
Sans Pareil (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half-sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Sans Pareil (captured 1794), a captured French 80-gun ship, as later altered to a sheer hulk at Plymouth in 1
19 November 1842
National Maritime Museum
Sans Pareil (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore part of the upper deck for Sans Pareil (captured 1794), a captured French 80-gun ship, as later altered to a sheer hulk at Plymouth in 1810. The plan was taken off at Plymouth Dockyard per Ad
19 November 1842
National Maritime Museum
Sans Pareil (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the knees, riders and beams for Sans Pareil (captured 1794), a captured French 80-gun ship, as later fitted as a sheer hulk in 1810. The plan shows the ship after the
19 November 1842
National Maritime Museum
Sans Pareil (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Sans Pareil (captured 1794), a captured French 80-gun ship, as later altered to a sheer hulk at Plymouth in 1810. The plan was taken off at Plymouth Dockyard per Admiralty Order dat
19 November 1842
National Maritime Museum
Sans Pareil (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section, and midship profile illustrating the knees, beams and spaces between the frames for Sans Pareil (captured 1794), a captured French 80-gun ship, as later altered to a sheer hulk at
19 November 1842
National Maritime Museum
Sans Pareil (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for Sans Pareil (captured 1794), a captured French 80-gun ship, as later altered to a sheer hulk at Plymouth in 1810. The plan was taken off at Plymouth Dockyard per Admiralty Order dat
19 November 1842
National Maritime Museum
Tortoise (purchased 1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Tortoise (purchased 1804), a purchased East Indiaman and converted to a Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off in 1841 having
23 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
Tortoise (purchased 1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold illustrating tanks and rooms for Tortoise (purchased 1804), a purchased East Indiaman and converted to a Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off in 1841 having been fitted as a storeship at Chatham.
22 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
Tortoise (purchased 1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck (orlop deck) for Tortoise (purchased 1804), a purchased East Indiaman and converted to a Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off in 1841 having been fitted as a storeship at Chatham.
Signed by
22 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
Tortoise (purchased 1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck (upper deck) for Tortoise (purchased 1804), a purchased East Indiaman and converted to a Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off in 1841 having been fitted as a storeship at Chatham.
Signed by
22 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
Tortoise (purchased 1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the poop deck and forecastle for Tortoise (purchased 1804), a purchased East Indiaman and converted to a Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off in 1841 having been fitted as a storeship at Chatham.
Signed b
22 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
Tortoise (purchased 1804). Scale: 1;48. Plan showing the upper deck (quarterdeck, covered waist, and forecastle) for Tortoise (purchased 1804), a purchased East Indiaman and converted to a Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off in 1841 having been fitted as a
22 January 1842
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing sections through Station 'c', Station 'b', and Station 'a', and a plan of the hold for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, cut down to a 50-gun Frigate and fitted
24 May 1842
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating some inboard fittings for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate.
Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
24 May 1842
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck (orlop deck) for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, cut down to a 50-gun Frigate and fitted for sea. The plan illustrates the layout of cabins and the messes.
Signed by Richar
24 May 1842
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop platform with fore & aft platforms illustrating the internal fittings and magazines for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate.
Signed by Richard Bla
24 May 1842
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck, waist, and forecastle (spar deck) illustrating some of the fittings for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate.
Signed by Richard Blake [Master Sh
24 May 1842
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck (main gun deck) with some deck fittings for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate and later converted to a Storeship at Portsmouth Dockyard for Fern
24 May 1842
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan and sections showing the stowage of ballast on Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after she had been cut down as a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate between 1837-40. The plan illustrates her as fitted for sea.
8 February 1842
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with later alterations for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after she had been cut down as a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate between 1837-40. The plan illustrates her as fitted f
8 February 1842
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after she had been cut down as a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate between 1837-40. The plan illustrates her as fitted for sea with cabin arrangemen
8 February 1842
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after she had been cut down as a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate between 1837-40. The plan illustrates her as fitted
8 February 1842
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after she had been cut down as a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate between 1837-40. The plan illustrates her as fitted for sea with
8 February 1842
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after she had been cut down as a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate between 1837-40. The plan illustrates her as fitted for sea with fitting details.
8 February 1842
National Maritime Museum