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).
. Metal square plaque mounted on a wooden block,for the sectional model depicting the midship gun deck for an iron cased ship, including a gun and gun port.
1866
National Maritime Museum
. Miscellaneous parts including a textile badge for the sectional model depicting the midship gun deck for an iron cased ship, including a gun and gun port. Contained in a bag.
1866
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: 1:24. A model depicting the midship section of a warship (circa 1866), made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The model was made to show the method of fitting lightning conductors to masts adopted by all HM ships circa 1866, but
circa 1866
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Sectional design model depicting the midship gun deck for an iron cased ship, including a gun and gun port, as proposed in 1866. The side of the ship depicted slopes at an inclined angle of approximately 40 degrees, out of which projects
1866
National Maritime Museum
. Seam rubber. The polygonal head is carved with a crown, cross heart and anchor. The surfaces of the rubbing end carved with the house flag of Green & Co and with a heart transfixed by an arrow.
1866
National Maritime Museum
30 ft Cutter for Indian Troopships. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a troop-boat rigged 30 ft Cutter for Indian Troopships.
Possibly: 1866
National Maritime Museum
A three-decker at Naples, 1866. Oil painting by A. de Simone, entitled 'A three-decker at Naples, 1866'. It has been signed and dated by the artist.
1866
National Maritime Museum
Albert Medal of the Second Class. Albert Medal of the Second Class, awarded to Henry Wesley.
The ‘Harriet’ was a brigantine of 152 tons. She left London on 17 April 1879 bound for the west coast of Africa with a crew of eight including the ca
1866
National Maritime Museum
Albert Medal. Albert Medal for Gallantry in saving life at sea presented to Acting Mate Alfred Newman. In May 1903 Newman entered the Marine Society Training Ship ‘Warspite’ and was drafted into the Royal Navy in August 1903. He specialised in
1866
National Maritime Museum
Britannia. Cream or white-painted figurehead of the schooner 'Britannia', latterly of Littlehampton. It represents a three-quarter-length female figure of Britannia in a mail coat and helmet.The right arm is held across the breast, the left stra
1866
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the Liverpool Mercantile Marine Stokers, United Friendly Society. Counter commemorating the Liverpool Mercantile Marine Stokers, United Friendly Society. Obverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted steamship under sail; the arms o
1866
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the London Riggers and Mariners Union. Counter commemorating the London Riggers and Mariners Union. Obverse: A plain circle within a pearl border divided into four segments. Legend: 'THE LONDON RIGGERS & MARINERS UNION'
1866
National Maritime Museum
England East coast Yarmouth and Lowestoft roads by Staff Commander EK Calver RN 1865. Scale: 1:30,200. Two insets Insets: 1. Yarmouth Haven by Navg Lieut G.A. Browning RN 1872 circa 1:12,000; 2. Lowestoft Harbour by Navg Lieut G.A. Browning RN 1872 circa
1876; 1866
National Maritime Museum
England south coast Isle of Wight Cowes Harbour surveyed by Commander E.W.Brooker, R.N. 1865.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: 1:2 380. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Scale in feet. Additional Places: Solent. Contents Note: View: Cowes Harbour from the Roads.
1866; 1872
National Maritime Museum
General map of telegraph lines between Europe, India, Australia, & China.. Single sheet. Col. lith. Scale: [ca. 1: 35 000 000]. Mercator projection. Contents Note: Colours indicate Lines in operation and New lines.
1866
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Prince Consort' in a gale. Framed watercolour entitled 'HMS 'Prince Consort' in a gale'
1866
National Maritime Museum
HMS Canopus (ex Franklin captured at Battle of Nile 1798). A watercolour drawing of HMS Canopus (1798) and Hind cutter off Malta. Thomas B Horner was retired as commander on 11.4.1865. His rank as lieutenant dated from 02.01.1854. He is likely to have kno
1866
National Maritime Museum
HMS Niobe (1866); Wooden screw sloop; 4 guns. Scale: 1:24. A midship sectional model of the hull from the gun deck up of HMS Niobe (1866), a 4-gun wooden screw sloop. The model is largely constructed from wood, with the outboard hull painted black. Intern
circa 1866
National Maritime Museum
John Brett Sketchbook No 20. Devon, 1866. Sketchbook contains twenty-eight leaves, including one blank, PAF9144-PAF9171. Also includes folded leaf of manuscript stuck inside cover.
1866
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Riboty. Medal commemorating Admiral Augusto Riboty and the battle of Lissa, 1866. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Riboty in uniform (right). Legend: 'AUGUSTO RIBOTY'. Reverse: A naval crown; inscription below. Legend: '
1866
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Captain Faa di Bruno and the sinking of the Re d'Italia. Medal commemorating Captain Emilio Faa di Bruno and the sinking of the Re d'Italia, 1866. Obverse: Head of Captain Faa di Bruno (left), whiskers and moustache. Legend:
1866
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating laying of the Atlantic cable, 1866. Medal commemorating laying of the Atlantic cable, 1866. Obverse: Within a rope and cable border, above, the 'Great Eastern' under steam and sail laying the cable; below, with the sea as bac
1866
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the American Alliance and the bombardment of Callao, 1866. Medal commemorating the American Alliance and the bombardment of Callao, 1866. Obverse: Four Amazons, representing Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and Chile (the latter leaning on the
1866
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Battles of Heligoland and Lissa and Admiral von Tegetthoff. Medal commemorating the Battles of Heligoland and Lissa and Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827-1871). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Tegetthoff in uniform (right). Legend:
1866
National Maritime Museum
Portable altazimuth telescope. Portable altazimuth telescope. Five altazimuth instruments all made by Troughton and Simms were used in the Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874 and 1882. Four (including AST0962) were commissioned in 1870 from Troughton a
1866
National Maritime Museum
Portable transit telescope. Telescope and stand for portable transit telescope. From a transit of Venus expedition of 1874, used at Station A (Egypt).
Transit instruments 'B' sent to Honolulu, 'C' [AST0986] sent to Rodriguez Island
1870
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Metropolitan & Provincial Industrial Exhibition 1866. Obverse: Within a beaded border head of Queen Victoria, crowned. Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: within a beaded border four separate shields of Great Britain and Ireland
1869
National Maritime Museum
Steam yacht Ross Winans (cigar ship) Built at Mr Hogarths works Cubitt Town, Millwall. A lithograph of the steam yacht 'Ross Winans' (1866), after the painting by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton. The ship was built at Hogarth's works at Cubitt Tow
1866
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. Submarine cable. Cylindrical with metal bands at either end. Seven copper wires coated with four layers of gutta percha alternating with four of Chatterton's compound of gutta percha covered with a cushion of tarred jute. Th
1866
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cables in perspex box. Two pieces of submarine cable mounted in a perspex box. The smaller cable is cylindrical with brass mounts at each end. The core consists of seven wires. The outer sheathing consists of ten wires covered in hemp. The l
1866
National Maritime Museum
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Exterior view of Telegraph House in 1857-1858. No.17. The first message sent on the 1866 cable was: 'A treaty of peace has been signed between Austria and Prussia'. Queen Victoria, then at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight
1866
National Maritime Museum
. Double-sided circular gilt locket. On one side a sepia photograph of engineer Mr Albert Norris, and on the other a section of the Atlantic cable layed by the 'Great Eastern' in 1866. Set as a brooch in an outer gilt frame with a pin and safety
circa 1866
National Maritime Museum
30 ft Cutter for Indian Troopships. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 30 ft Cutter for Indian Troopships.
Possibly: 1866
National Maritime Museum
'Julia'. A sketch of Julia Mary Herschel by her sister Matilda Rose Herschel.
Drawing lessons formed an essential part of the education of any upper middle class Victorian girl, even those such as the Herschels whose parents valued and encourag
7 January 1866
National Maritime Museum
Rough sketch of a distant view of Ventnor Feb 18 66. Bound with PAF9144-PAF9148, PAF9150-PAF9171.
18 Feb 1866
National Maritime Museum
March 19 1866. 181 [probably Maltese boats on Gozo]. Medium includes watercolour. These appear to be Maltese boats, possibly on Gozo since drawing no. 183 (PAD9117) bears that location. [PvdM]
19 March 1866
National Maritime Museum
Xantha 137 Tons... Yawl in the R.T.Y.C. Ocean Match, June 12th 1865 (after rounding the Kentish Knock). Hand-coloured.
28 Mar 1866
National Maritime Museum
Clipper Ship The Goolwa... Messrs Anderson Thomson & Co Owners, & Messrs A Hall & Son, Builders, Aberdeen. Print
23 Jun 1866
National Maritime Museum
'Edith' (no date); 'Julia' (no date). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the midship section and midship framing plan for 'Edith' (no date), and 'Julia' (no date), both fifteen ton single-masted, cutter-rigged, sailing bo
3 July 1866
National Maritime Museum
The forge on deck (of the Great Eastern) - night of August 9th preparing the iron plating for capstan. Three times the telegraph cable was grappled, on 3 August, 7 August and again on 11 August 1866. Each time hundreds of metres of cable was heaved off th
1866
National Maritime Museum
This View of the Interior of Longstone Lighthouse, Fern Islands, Grace Darling and her parents administering to the unfortunate survivors Saved from the wreck of The Forfarshire Steam Packet on the 7th September, 1838.... The interior of Longstone Lightho
20 Aug 1866
National Maritime Museum
Clipper Ship Taeping 767 Tons D McKinnon Commander, in the China Sea, in company with the Fiery Cross on their homeward voyage from Foo-Chow-Foo to London, June 1866. Hand-coloured.
1 Oct 1866
National Maritime Museum
Clipper ship 'Superb'. Print entitled 'Clipper ship ''Superb'' '. The print, now somewhat discoloured, is backed on canvas, framed and coloured. It bears a dedication which reads 'To Captn Edward Jones and the
6 October 1866
National Maritime Museum
22ft Coastguard Sailing Boat (no date). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the gaff-rigged sail profile with lifting centreboard, and deck plan for a proposed twenty-two foot single-masted sailing boat for the Coastguard Service and for carrying coal.
Signed
18 October 1866
National Maritime Museum
The Shun Lee 700 Tons, Register A1. at Lloyds 14 years... Built by Wm Walker Esq. Lavender Dock, Rotherhithe, London, July 1866. Hand-coloured.
A print of the 'Shun Lee', a tea-clipper of 700 tons. She was built by William Walker of Lavender Do
5 Nov 1866
National Maritime Museum