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).
A book of Common Prayer and New Testament. Leather bound prayer book belonging to Fanny H. Hood. A Book of Common Prayer and New Testament bound in black leather with gilt metal corners and a clasp. It has marbled endpapers and there are pressed flowers i
1869
National Maritime Museum
A thick night off the Goodwins. Smythe, a painter of landscape and rustic genre, was the stepbrother of the marine painter William Lionel Wyllie and was twelve years his senior. This is a watercolour version of the painting 'A thick night off the Goo
1869
National Maritime Museum
China Sea RHIO STRAIT Surveyed by Staff Comr J W Reed & Navg T H Tizard RN Assisted by the Officers of HMS Rifleman 1865-8 With corrections and additions from the latest Netherlands Government charts.. Scale: circa 1:100,000.
1910; 1869
National Maritime Museum
Drawing of Nebula in Argo. Drawing of the Argo nebula, by John Herschel at Bangalore Observatory.
The southern constellation Argo (full name Argo Navis - the ship of Jason and the Argonauts) was broken up in the 18th century by the French astronomer, LaC
1869
National Maritime Museum
East & West Africa Medal 1887-99. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a group of soldiers and Africans fighting in the bush for their fallen comrades. Bar: "WITU". Inscripti
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Captain' wood fragment. Small piece of pine from HMS 'Captain' 1869. Label: ' Part of the bowsprit of H.M.S. "Captain" Iron-clad Turret Ship, lost in a squall off Cape Finisterre, 12.15 am 7. Sept. 1870. Capt H.T
1869
National Maritime Museum
Half midship section plan of the clipper Cutty Sark (1869). Scale: 1:32. An original plan showing the half-midship section for the clipper Cutty Sark (1869). The detailed plan illustrates the composite construction of the vessel (wooden planking on iron f
1869
National Maritime Museum
HMS Rattlesnake, 19 Jany 1869 - King's Island in sight. Catching Barracoota. Medium includes watercolour.
1869
National Maritime Museum
John Brett Sketchbook No 33. Ireland, Southend, 1869-1870. Sketchbook contains thirty-eight leaves including fifteen blank and one with an unidentifiable sketch, PAF9492-PAF9513.
1869
National Maritime Museum
Magdala (1869). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Magdala (1868), an 8-oared 23 ft Cutter.
Dated: 12 January 1869
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating John Clare (1820-1885), shipbuilder. Medal commemorating John Clare (1820-1885), shipbuilder. Obverse: Legend: 'IN COMMEMORATION OF THE RT. HON. THE VIS. PALMERSTON, K. G., G. C. B., &c . ENGLAND'S PRIME MINISTER.' I
1869
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the opening of the Suez Canal, 1869. Medal commemorating the opening of the Suez Canal, 1869. Obverse: A female figure seated (left), an olive wand in her right and a torch in her left hand upraised; another standing, a lamp in her rig
1869
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the opening of the Suez Canal, 1869. Medal commemorating the opening of the Suez Canal, 1869. Obverse: A female figure seated (left), an olive wand in her right and a torch in her left hand upraised; another standing, a lamp in her rig
1869
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the South London Working Classes Industrial Third Exhibition. Medal commemorating the South London Working Classes Industrial Third Exhibition. Obverse: Two infants supporting a decorative shield bearing a garter belt with motto and th
1869
National Maritime Museum
New Zealand War Medal 1845-7. Obverse: Short bust of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L)) Legend: "VICTORIA D:G:BRITT:REG:F:D:" Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath tied with a bow"'1847". Legend: "NEW ZEALAND VIRT
1869
National Maritime Museum
New Zealand War Medal 1860-6. Obverse: Short bust of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L) Legend: "VICTORIA D:G:BRITT:REG:F:D:" Reverse: No dates inscribed. Legend: "NEW ZEALAND" "VIRTUTIS HONOR". Inscription on edge: &quo
1869
National Maritime Museum
New Zealand War Medal 1860-6. Obverse: Short bust of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L). Legend: "VICTORIA D:G:BRITT:REG:F:D:". Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath tied with a bow "1860 TO 1861. Legend: "NEW ZEALAND VIRTUT
1869
National Maritime Museum
New Zealand War Medal 1860-6. Obverse: Short bust of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L). Legend: "VICTORIA D:G:BRITT:REG:F:D:". Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath tied with a bow "1863 TO 1865". Legend: "NEW ZEALAND
1869
National Maritime Museum
North Atlantic Ocean. Chart shewing deep sea soundings and the tracks of the telegraph cables laid between Europe and America by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company in 1865, 1866, 1869. With sections of the bed of the ocean and journals of
1869
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal 1869. Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand'. Legend: "LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN". Exergue: "SOC.LOND.IN.RESVSCITAT.INTERMORTVORVM
1908
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal 1869. Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand. Legend: "LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN". Exergue: "SOC.LOND.IN.RESVSCITAT.INTERMORTVORVM INSTI
1869
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society Medal 1869. Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand'. Legend: "LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN". Exergue: "SOC.LOND.IN.RESVSCITAT.INTERMORTVORVM INSTIT
1869
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society Medal 1869. Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand. Legend: "LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN". Exergue: "SOC.LOND.IN.RESVSCITAT.INTERMORTVORVM INSTIT.MDCCL
1869
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society Silver Medal 1869. Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand. Legend: "LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN". Exergue: "SOC.LOND.IN.RESVSCITAT.INTERMORTVORVM INSTI
1895
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society Silver Medal 1869. Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand. Legend: "LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN". Exergue: "SOC.LOND.IN.RESVSCITAT.INTERMORTVORVM INSTI
1869
National Maritime Museum
Sail plans for 23ft Cutter, 25ft Cutter, and 14ft Dinghy. No scale. Plan showing the sail plans for 23ft Cutters, 25ft Cutters, and 14ft Dinghies.
1869
National Maritime Museum
Signal lamp code card. Signal code card. One side headed " Starnes Patent Universal Signal Lamp" with diagrams of lamps, the other "Doty's universal code for night signals (March 1969)".
1869
National Maritime Museum
Suao Bay, on the east coast of Formosa [Taiwan]. No. 35 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'Sau-O Bay, Formosa, E. Coast' and dated '/69'. The bay shown - which is now a modern port facility - lies bet
1869
National Maritime Museum
The Last Stone of Wolf Rock Lighthouse being laid. original art: drawing
1869
National Maritime Museum
'Burning house for the bodies of Priests, Honam Temple, Canton' [Guangzhou, China]. No. 32 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/69'. This is a drawing of a small Buddhist fune
January 1869
National Maritime Museum
'Canton from the Heights' [Guangzhou, China]. No. 33 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/69'. This overview of Canton (Guangzhou) appears to be from the high ground to the no
January 1869
National Maritime Museum
'On the Canton River' [Guangzhou, China]. No. 30 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/69'. This evening view on the Pearl River running up to Canton may show the pagoda on Wha
January 1869
National Maritime Museum
'Temple at Canton displaying Buddha (past, present and future)' [Guangzhou, China]. No. 31 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/69'. The presence of a set of three such gilded
January 1869
National Maritime Museum
Coconut. A Coconut that was recovered during excavations on the site of Deptford Dockyard. The coconut is severely discoloured.
Pre 1869
National Maritime Museum
'Chinese boats'. No. 34 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '2/69'. The location is presumably somewhere near Canton, based on the January date of immediately preceding drawings
February 1869
National Maritime Museum
View on the River Nile 15 Feb 1869. Medium includes bodycolour and graphite.
1869
National Maritime Museum
Schooner Yacht Cambria, 199 Tons. Royal Harwich Yacht Club. Hand-coloured.
25 Feb 1869
National Maritime Museum
'At Nagasaki' [Japan]. No. 37 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title and dated '3/69'. The view is across one of the steeply walled local watercourses, with the arch of a stone bridge on the righ
March 1869
National Maritime Museum
'Entrance to Waka Miya, Nagasaki' [Japan]. No. 36 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title and dated '3/69'. One of two drawings by Butt of the Wakamiya, or Wakamiya Inari shrine at Nagasaki, the o
March 1869
National Maritime Museum
To Alexander A Apcar Esq this plate of his magnificent Passenger Steamers Hindostan & China... (is dedicated). Print
8 Mar 1869
National Maritime Museum
A Dehabieh - March 14 1869 half way between Asivot and Roda. Medium includes graphite.; Heightened with white.
14 Mar 1869
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of a Middle Eastern craft, 14th March 1869. Heightened with white.
14 Mar 1869
National Maritime Museum
The Schooner Yacht Gloriana 148 Tons... In the Royal Thames Yacht Club Schooner Match, June 2nd 1868. Hand-coloured.
15 Mar 1869
National Maritime Museum
To E. Boutcher Esqre this Print of his Cutter Yacht Fiona 78 Tons In the Royal Thames Yacht Club Match, June 17th 1868 - Winner of her Majesty's Cup is dedicated by... Josiah Taylor. Hand-coloured.
26 Apr 1869
National Maritime Museum
Clipper Ship Ambassador, A.1. 16 Years... Wm Lund Esq & others (Owners) Wm Walker Esq (Builders). Print
27 May 1869
National Maritime Museum
'Uraga, Yedo Bay' [Tokyo Bay, Japan]. No. 40 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '7/69'. The Uraga Channel is the entrance to Tokyo Bay, with the town of Uraga itself lying on a dee
July 1869
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of a panorama of Clew Bay showing Clare Island. Annotated. (continued from PAF9444). Bound with PAF9440-PAF9444, PAF9446-PAF9467.
12 Aug 1869
National Maritime Museum
23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 23 ft Cutter, later used for a Jolly Boat. Signed W. B, Robinson [Chief Constructor, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1869-?]. The plan seems to
Originally dated: 11 September 1869
National Maritime Museum
32ft Galley (1869). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32ft 14 oared Galley. The plan was later passed to Devonport Dockyard in 1875.
Signed by W.B. Robinson [Master Shipwright (late
11 September 1869
National Maritime Museum
32ft Galley or Gig (1869). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32ft 14-oared Galley or Gig.
Signed by William B. Robinson [Master Shipwright (later Chief Constructor), Portsmo
11 September 1869
National Maritime Museum
Schooner Yacht Dauntless, 262 Tons, New-York Yacht Club. Hand-coloured.
15 Sep 1869
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of rocks with sea and hills beyond. North side of cove in Dooagh promontory (continued from PAF9461). Bound with PAF9440-PAF9461, PAF9463-PAF9467.
30 Sep 1869
National Maritime Museum