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).
. Bowl-Brass, fitted with a glass bottom and has a heavy balancing ring inside bowl. Has a mica covered aperture cut in side to illuminate the card. Inside of bowl painted white. Four lubber lines are deeply scribed into side of bowl. The verge glass has
1870
National Maritime Museum
. French sword, the hilt of the sword consists of a pierced gilt half-basket guard, which is embossed with a foul anchor, cable and ivy leaf motif. The quillon is made in the form of a dolphin's head. The sword has a fluted pommel and the back-piece
1870
National Maritime Museum
. Heavy cut glass tumbler from the RY Osborne 1870. Fluted sides, a star cut in the base. The tumbler is engraved with fouled anchor badge, the Prince of Wales feathers above. 'ROYAL YACHT OSBORNE' on a garter round the anchor.
1870
National Maritime Museum
. This clock was one of nine 'secondary' clocks commissioned by Astronomer Royal George Airy for use with altazimuth and equatorial instruments for observing the 1874 Transit of Venus. These wall-sized regulators, each costing £27, origina
1870
National Maritime Museum
. This is an Islamic quadrant. It is marked on both sides and can be used for a number of astronomical calculations as well as time telling. It also has calendar information and allows prayer times to be calculated.
SInical quadrant on reverse.
1870
National Maritime Museum
A Race on the Mississippi between paddle steamers Eagle and Diana. Print
1870
National Maritime Museum
A wall mounted astronomical regulator with Airy’s spring detent escapement, manufactured by E. Dent & Co. No. 1906, c.1870. This clock was used as The Sidereal Standard at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich for over 50 years until it was supersede
1870
National Maritime Museum
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour (1787-1870). Head-and-torso marble bust on a round socle. The sitter is shown facing forward, in old age, with short hair, balding and with long side-whiskers. He wears civilian dress of an overcoat with an
1870
National Maritime Museum
Badge commemorating HMS 'Ganges', 1870. Badge commemorating HMS 'Ganges', 1870. A uniface badge in the form of a foul anchor, its stock set at an angle and inscribed: 'Chas. Stanton.' and 'H. M. S. Ganges Dec 1870'.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Box of submarine cable samples. A wooden box containing sixteen samples of submarine cables.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1901. Three buttons. Smooth edge. On a lined background is a post-1901 crown over a fouled anchor. The rope comes from under the right-hand stock, goes over the shank to the left, then under the shank to the right and
National Maritime Museum
Cutty Sark Poop Deck Bell. original bell of cutty Sark. 'CUTTY SARK 1870' engraved on front of bell. brass bell mounted on wooden stand. rope (original?) attached to clapper. Was originally fitted to poop deck.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Durban [Zulu warrior]. Model figurehead of the barque 'Durban' ,1870, representing the half-(almost three-quarter) length figure of a bearded Zulu warrior with a shield on his left arm. The right arm is missing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Gun,12pdr. Rifled muzzle loading 12 pdr field gun mounted on a carriage. The gun is stamped W arrow D IRCD 1890 Ref No M706.
1870
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Captain' memorial card. A memorial card to the crew of HMS 'Captain'. Black with gold lettering, a sepia photograph of the ship at the top and a border of naval trophies. Inscription: 'HM Turret ship Captain, Six 25 ton g
1870
National Maritime Museum
H.M.Y. 'Osborne' rope moulding. A rope moulding, made of wood, coloured gold, that has been mounted with a plaque in the middle. Inscribed on the moulding are the words "HMY OSBORNE February 1899 to November 1903". The moulding is slig
1870
National Maritime Museum
HMS Vanguard (1870); Warship; Battleship; Central battery. Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the battleship HMS Vanguard (1870), made entirely in wood and painted pale pink-brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black
circa 1870
National Maritime Museum
Indian Ocean - Northern Portion. Scale: 1:8,220,000. Printed on paper, backed with cloth. North half of two covering whole Indian Ocean. Projection: Mercator. Meridian: Greenwich
1884; 1870
National Maritime Museum
International Yacht Race, Oct. 21 1871. For the Queen's Cup Sappho beating the Livonia. Signed by artist in plate.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Piet Hein (1578-1629). Medal commemorating Admiral Piet Hein (1578-1629). Obverse: Full length figure of Admiral Hein, bare-headed, standing on a pedestal, his right hand with baton extended (right), anchor between his feet. Le
1870
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the improved harbour works at Callao. Medal commemorating the improved harbour works at Callao. Obverse: Within a quarterfoil bird's-eye view of the harbour and wharves. Legend: 'MUELLE DARSENA Y MALECON CALLAO JUNIO 6 DE 187
1870
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the siege of Paris and the French Naval Brigade, 1870. Medal commemorating the siege of Paris and the French Naval Brigade, 1870. Obverse: The head of Republican France, wearing cap of Liberty (left). Below: two hands clasped and the
1870
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Spanish Mediterranean squadron. Medal commemorating the Spanish Mediterranean squadron. Obverse: Head of King Amadeo I of Spain (right). Legend: 'AMADEO PRIMERO REY DE ESPAÑA' (Amadeus the First, King of Spain). Re
1870
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Koopman. Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Koopman. Obverse: An anchor, a rudder and short sword in scabbard of antique design resting upon a laurel wreath tied with ribbon. Legend: 'DE AMSTEL, DE VICE - ADMIRAAL KOOPM
1870
National Maritime Museum
Medal die commemorating the siege of Paris and death of Lieutenant Edgard Saisset, 1870. Medal die commemorating the siege of Paris and death of Lieutenant Edgard Saisset, 1870. A die, uniface. Inscription, incuse: 'MORT DU LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU EDG
1870
National Maritime Museum
Medal die commemorating the siege of Paris, 1870-1871, and the woman-gunner Farcy. Medal die commemorating the siege of Paris, and the woman-gunner Farcy. A die, uniface. Inscription: 'LE 2 XBRE 1870 SUR LES BORDS DE LA MARNE LA CANONIÈRE FARC
1870
National Maritime Museum
Medal die commemorating the siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Medal die commemorating the siege of Paris, 1870-1871. A die, uniface. A small anchor above. Inscription: 'COURAGE ET BRAVOURE DE NOS MARINS FRANÇAIS.' (Courage and bravery of our Fre
1870
National Maritime Museum
Mediterranean Suez Canal Port Said Surveyed by Captain G.S. Nares, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. Newport 1870. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:13 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Contents Note: View of harbour entrance.
1875; 1870
National Maritime Museum
Portable altazimuth telescope. This was one of 5 altazimuth instruments commissioned from Troughton and Simms for the British Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874.
An altazimuth instrument is a telescope with scales and mounting that allow both local co
1870
National Maritime Museum
Portable transit telescope. A transit instrument is the name given to a telescope mounted at right angles to a crossbar support. It is generally used to measure the �transit� or passage of the stars across a meridian. This instrument was used on one o
1870
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1864. Box containing two Staff Commander's epaulettes
1870
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1864. Key for padlock. Has blue and white loop of string attached to it.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Sir Fairfax Moresby, c. 1786-1877, Admiral of the Fleet. In 1806 Moresby was first lieutenant of the ‘Ville de Paris’, flagship of Lord Collingwood in the Mediterranean. He remained on that station until the end of the war, commanding the &lsq
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable connecting Bombay to the Suez region in 1869 - There are nine wires in outer sheathing covered individually with a serving of hemp soaked in tar, india rubber and pitch.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable that was used in the region of Bombay. It consists of ten wires in outer sheathing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable that was used in the region of Aden. It consists of ten wires in outer sheathing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable that was used in the region of Aden. It consists of ten wires in outer sheathing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable that was used on the shore end of Aden. It consists of ten wires in outer sheathing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable are the words "BOMBAY-SUEZ- 1869" There are twelve wires in outer sheathing covered indivdually witha serving of hemp soaked in tar, india rubber and pit
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable are the words "BOMBAY-SUEZ- 1869". It consists twelve wires in outer sheathing covered indivdually witha serving of hemp soaked in tar, india rubber and
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable are the words "BOMBAY-SUEZ- 1869". There are nine wires in outer sheathing covered individually with a serving of hemp soaked in tar, india rubber and pi
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable are the words "INTERMEDIATE BOMBAY". it consists of ten wires in outer sheathing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable are the words "INTERMEDIATE BOMBAY". It consists of ten wires in outer sheathing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable are the words "SHORE END ADEN". It consists of ten wires in outer sheathing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable are the words "SHORE END BOMBAY" The outer sheathing consists of thirty-six iron wires in twelve strands.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable are the words "SHORE END SUEZ". The core consists of seven copper wires coated with four layers of gutta percha alternating with four layers of Chattert
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed at the bottom of the cable section are the words "SHORE END BOMBAY". The outer sheathing consists of thirty-six iron wires in twelve strands.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Inscribed on the cable are the words "INTERMEDIATE BOMBAY". It consists of ten wires in outer sheathing.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Submarine cable section. A section of submarine cable. Shore end Suez - the core consists of seven copper wires coated with four layers of gutta percha alternating with four layers of Chatterton's compound covered with a cushion of tarred jute. The o
1870
National Maritime Museum
Suriname. Een Plantaadge Slavenkamp. Published by F. Buffa & Zonen, Amsterdam. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
1870
National Maritime Museum
The Great Mississippi steamboat race from New Orleans to St Louis, July 1870. Between the R E Lee... and Natchez.... Hand-coloured.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Zenith sector. Mount for the one-off experimental type of zenith sector known as Airy's water telescope.
1870
National Maritime Museum
Zenith sector. This is a one-off experimental type of zenith sector known as Airy's water telescope. It was designed by the Astronomer Royal, Sir George Biddell Airy and built by Troughton and Simms with the aim of testing the nature of aberration.
1870
National Maritime Museum
'At Yokohama' [Japan]. No. 42 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/70'. It shows a street scene of wooden houses amid spindly trees, above which the cone of Mount Fuji is vis
January 1870
National Maritime Museum
'Japanese Junks'. No. 43 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/70'. The view shows two single-masted Japanese sailing craft with patched square cotton or canvas sails, others b
January 1870
National Maritime Museum
'Near Yokohama' [Japan]. No. 39 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '1/69'. A delicately lit country view, probably towards evening, with the sun coming from the left (west), rural
January 1870
National Maritime Museum
. Stick mounted barometer with thermometer also attached to the tube by brass and steel fittings. At foot of the glass tube a steel casing protects the mercury reservoir. The whole instrument is mounted on a mahogany blackboard with special wooden support
circa 1870
National Maritime Museum
6391. Electric twenty-four hour dial slave clock movement designed to operate with the Royal Observatory's Shepherd master clock system. It has a brass and steel, four pillar movement, the front plate stamped: ‘JM8274’, the black paper-co
circa 1895
National Maritime Museum
Great Equatorial Telescope (Merz 12.8-inch Visual Refractor). This hand-coloured print is of the Great Equatorial Telescope (the Merz 12.8-inch visual refractor) at Greenwich in the dome subsequently occupied by the 28-inch visual refractor [AST0932]. Thi
1870s
National Maritime Museum
Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Ltd. photograph album relating to port panorama, company offices and steamers. Contents (plate number):
[New Zealand]
Littelton Harbour Oct.1877 [large panoramic photograph – linen backed and folded] - Negative number: B1978(B
1870s-1880s
National Maritime Museum
Oshima, south coast of Japan. No. 44 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'Oshima, S. coast of Japan' and dated 1/70: also, 'Oshima' on the bottom of the drawing. The view appears to be of wooded rocks
January 1870
National Maritime Museum
Revolver. Revolver. The stock has a wooden chequered grip fitted with a lanyard ring. The frame is a brass with a blued steel cylinder and steel octagonal barrel. The cylinder is chambered for six shots. Centrefire, double action. The barrel is of steel f
1870s
National Maritime Museum
View of San Sebastian. A dramatic evocation of the coast at San Sebastian in northern Spain. Monte Urgull rises up in the centre of the painting with the buildings of the Castillo de Santa Cruz de la Mota shown on the sides and summit. In the background l
1870s
National Maritime Museum
'At Oshima (return from whale fishing)' [Japan]. No. 46 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '2/70'. While there is more than one Japanese island called Oshima, the probable location
February 1870
National Maritime Museum
At Simoda [Shimoda], south coast of Japan. No. 41 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'At Simoda - Japan. S. Coast. 2/70'. Shimoda, now Shimoda City, is a coastal town on the eastern side of the peninsula which
February 1870
National Maritime Museum
Captain (1869). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the profile (to hurricane deck) for the masted turret ironclad HMS Captain (1869), as fitted at Lairds, but with later alterations.
Marked "Alterations and additions shown in red ink" . Drawing carri
3 February 1870
National Maritime Museum
Captain (1869). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the hold with sections as fitted for the masted turret ironclad HMS Captain (1869). The plan includes later alterations in 1870. The sections illustrated are at frames (not numbered) ca.140, 134 looking forward
3 February 1870
National Maritime Museum
Captain (1869). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the profile, main (upper) deck and beams under for the masted turret ironclad HMS Captain (1869), as fitted and later altered.
Marked "Alterations and additions shown in red ink" . Drawing carries red
3 February 1870
National Maritime Museum
Captain (1869). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for the masted turret ironclad HMS Captain (1869), as fitted and with later alterations.
Marked "Alterations and additions shown in red ink". Drawing carries red (Admiralty) Portsmouth Ya
3 February 1870
National Maritime Museum
Captain (1869). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the profile and plan for the lower deck on the masted turret ironclad HMS Captain (1869), as fitted and with later alterations.
Marked "Alterations and additions shown in red ink". Drawing carries red (
3 February 1870
National Maritime Museum
Riconoscente Antonio Oneto Promotore Della Compagnia Questa Cromatica Litografia Dello Italo-Platense. Hand-coloured.
Apr 1870
National Maritime Museum