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).
. Bark cloth decorated with a pattern in brown die. The pattern is on both sides and includes chevrons based on sewn pandanus leaves and flowers. It has painted highlights of discs and rectangles. The material is made from the bark of the Paper Mulberry w
by 1896
National Maritime Museum
. Bark cloth hand painted (siapo mananu) in brown with a geometric pattern of triangles and dots. The edge is cut into a zigzag pattern. The design is likely either Samoan or Niuean. Strings are attached to the top two corners, and a label sewn onto the e
by 1896
National Maritime Museum
. Bark cloth hand-painted in brown with a pattern of star fish and squares known as 'siapo mananu'. The edges are cut in points, suggesting it may be cut from a larger piece most likely a skirt or dress.
An attached paper label is inscribed: &
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Champion Thames barge pennant in red wool bunting, hand-sewn with yellow letters 'MEDWAY CHAMPION PRESENTED BY J. HARRINGTON SAIL MAKER 1896'. With yellow borders and a machine-sewn Union Flag in the canton. Rope and toggle attached.
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Eyepiece. Said to be the eye end of Christie's Altazimuth, used at Greenwich 1899 - 1929. Graduated circle with screw for adjusting inclination (2 verniers) and three other adjusting screws with scales.
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Ironstone china mess dinner plate, white, printed in blue with a 'Blackberry Pattern' border. It shows scrolling blackberry briars, flowers, fruit and leaves, edged with rope. China of this pattern was used in Royal Naval Colleges at the begin
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Ironstone china mess dinner plate, white, printed in blue with a 'Blackberry Pattern' border. It shows scrolling blackberry briars, flowers, fruit and leaves, edged with rope. China of this pattern was used in Royal Naval Colleges at the begin
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Ironstone china mess soup tureen lid, white, printed in blue with a 'Blackberry Pattern' border. It shows scrolling blackberry briars, flowers, fruit and leaves, edged with rope. The tureen has handles moulded with a leaf pattern and a cover w
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Ironstone china mess soup tureen, white, printed in blue with a 'Blackberry Pattern' border. It shows scrolling blackberry briars, flowers, fruit and leaves, edged with rope. The tureen has handles moulded with a leaf pattern and a cover with
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Ironstone china mess soup tureen, white, printed in blue with a 'Blackberry Pattern' border. It shows scrolling blackberry briars, flowers, fruit and leaves, edged with rope. The tureen has handles moulded with a leaf pattern and a cover with
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L) Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX". Reverse: Within a laurel wreath tied with a bow. Inscription: "S.S.DRUMMOND CASTLE 16 JUNE 1896". Legend: "A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FR
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. A model of a Henry Wood's patent anchor sanctioned in 1896. The model is made entirely in brass and there are the remains of a protective lacquer on its surface. The shank swivels in an arc of about 90 degrees with a hinge attached
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Siapo (bark cloth) from Samoa, painted on the front: 'orooso Papauta' - in pen a girls’s name 'Mavin ?Fumipuy'. The cloth is hand painted (siapo mananu) in brown and black with star shapes representing star fish, circles and sq
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Siapo (bark cloth) painted freehand - siapo mananu, in red, black and yellow with triangles (trochus shell pattern) with a net pattern in the centre. The edges are cut in points. A label is sewn on inscribed: 'Samoan Dress. Made of tree fibre.'
1896
National Maritime Museum
. Silver brooch made from three overlapping South African coins. The larger coin in the centre of the brooch is decorated with an oak leaf motif that encircles the inscription 'Z.A.R.1895-6'. The two smaller coins on either side of the central c
National Maritime Museum
10ft Punt or balsa life raft (circa 1896). Scale: 1:8. A plan showing the elevation, plan, section and detail of cask forms for a ten foot punt or balsa life raft (circa 1896).
1896
National Maritime Museum
Barge and other craft on the river. 1. One of the many depictions of shipping in the Thames by the marine artist William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931), showing a number of craft on the river. For another version, see PAF2248.
1896
National Maritime Museum
Gun, 3pdr Quick-firer. Rifled breechloading quick-firer gun. Calibre: 3in. This gun was fitted on HMS DIDO, a 2nd class cruiser launched in 1896 and broken up in 1926. She served in China during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and later was used as a submarin
1896
National Maritime Museum
Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea 1896. Obverse: Leucothoe handing her scarf to Ulysses, who in clinging to a floating spar. Legend: "LEUCOTHOE NAUFRAGO SUCCURRIT". Exergue: "W.WYON R.A.1839". Reverse: Within sprays of oak tied with
1896
National Maritime Museum
Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea 1896. Obverse: Leucothoe handing her scarf to Ulysses, who in clinging to a floating spar. Legend: "LEUCOTHOE NAUFRAGO SUCCURRIT". Exergue: "W.WYON RA.1839". Reverse: Within sprays of oak tied with r
1896
National Maritime Museum
Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea 1896. Obverse: Leucothoe handing her scarf to Ulysses, who is clinging to a floating spar. Legend: "LEUCOTHOE NAUFRAGO SUCCURRIT". Exergue: "W.WYON R.A. 1839". Reverse: Within sprays of oak tied with
1906
National Maritime Museum
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps. Obverse: Within a large anchor and cable surrounding legend a marine standing holding a lanyard attached to the breach of a large gun. Inscribed ribbon below. Legend: "UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS"
1896
National Maritime Museum
Martini-Enfield Pattern 1876. Carbine. The stock is fitted with steel butt plate. The fore-end is secured by pins to the barrel and has a steel nose cap which incorporates a band passing over the barrel itself. The lock is a falling block of the Peabody-M
1896
National Maritime Museum
Martini-Enfield Pattern 1896. Martini Enfield carbine. The stock consists of a slight drop to the butt which has a steel plate secured by two screws. The fore-end is secured by pins to the barrel and has a steel nose cap which incorporates a band passing
1896
National Maritime Museum
Monthly current charts - Indian Ocean from information collated & prepared in the Meteorological Office. October.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:5 000 000].
One of series of 28 charts.
1896
National Maritime Museum
Monthly Current Charts -- Indian Ocean. From Information Collated & Prepared in the Meteorological Office.. October.
1896
National Maritime Museum
Pierhead House at the Shadwell entrance to London Docks, 1896. A view looking towards Pierhead House, surrounded by trees and bushes. On the right in the distance are the warehouses of the wharves on the south bank dominating the skyline. The house, built
1896
National Maritime Museum
Royal Geographical Society Medal: Nansen's Arctic Exploration 1893-96. Royal Geographical Society Medal, of the type presented to Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) and his crew for the voyage across the Arctic Ocean in 'Fram' and the attempt to r
circa 1896
National Maritime Museum
Royal Humane Society Medal 1869. Awarded to Adm Sir Walter Henry Cowan. 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.L
1896
National Maritime Museum
Silver Royal Victorian Medal 1902. Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria, crowned and wearing a veil (L), and order. Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX". Reverse: The Royal Cypher upon an ornamental shield, within a wreath of scrolls on top of the
1896
National Maritime Museum
Success to HMS Illustrious. Poem by Philip Thompson printed on silk in pink - 'Success to HMS Illustrious'. Commemorates her launch at Chatham 17 September 1896.
1896
National Maritime Museum
The capture of Mlozi's stockade. Article detailing the capture of Mlozi’s stockade, with two illustrations: ‘The breach made in Mlozi’s stockade’ and ‘Slaves found in Mlozi’s town after its capture’. Mlozi le
1896
National Maritime Museum
The coaling derrick, 'Atlas 1'. Oil painting, signed and dated lower right 'Corny Wagner / London 96'. 'Atlas 1' was a coaling derrick or pontoon operated from 1862 in the Port of London by William Cory and Sons - one of the
1896
National Maritime Museum
HMS Whiting (1896); Warship; Destroyer, Torpedo boat. Scale: 1:48. Builder's full hull model of the torpedo-boat destroyer HMS 'Whiting' (1896). The model is decked, equipped and rigged. Built at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmers Shipbuilding &
Circa 1896
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1897). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with thick plating and armour plating areas, and longitudinal half-breadth for the Canopus class battleship. The class consisted of Albion (1898), Canopus (1897), Glory (1899), Goliath
30 May 1896
National Maritime Museum