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Tekniska museet 59
Rijksmuseum 57
Sjöhistoriska museet 42
Bohusläns museum 41
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 30
Vänersborgs museum 20
Images of Old Cluj 19
Marinmuseum 5
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 4
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 2
Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs 2
Miliseum 1
Flygvapenmuseum 1
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 1
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 1
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 1
Sundsvalls museum 1
Riksantikvarieämbetet 1
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 1
Flickr Commons
bibliothequedetoulouse 51
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 26
The Library of Congress 14
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 8
Deseronto Archives 2
National Library of Australia Commons 2
Swedish National Heritage Board 1
State Library of Queensland, Australia 1
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 1
State Library and Archives of Florida 1
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 1
NASA on The Commons 1
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 1
Imperial War Museums
Other 5
National Maritime Museum
Orders & Medals 14
Historic Photograph Albums 7
Oceanography 7
Prints & Drawings 6
Coins & Commemorative Medals 6
Oil Paintings 5
Uniforms 4
Relics 3
Miscellaneous Antiquities 2
Charts & Maps 2
Historic Photographic Prints 2
Historic Photographic Negatives 1
Flags 1
Navigational Instruments 1
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 1
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1801 9
1802 2
1803 3
1805 7
1806 4
1808 53
1809 4
1810 16
1811 7
1813 2
1815 2
1816 2
1817 1
1818 2
1819 3
1820 68
1821 4
1822 1
1823 3
1824 7
1825 47
1826 5
1827 1
1828 3
1829 14
1830 20
1831 7
1832 1
1833 9
1834 16
1835 12
1836 9
1837 3
1838 12
1839 13
1840 23
1841 15
1842 10
1843 7
1844 14
1845 41
1846 12
1847 38
1848 9
1849 57
1851 55
1852 14
1853 8
1854 17
1855 43
1856 12
1857 17
1858 11
1859 20
1861 27
1862 22
1863 19
1864 10
1865 1
1866 21
1867 4
1868 29
1869 42
1870 1
1871 6
1872 23
1873 12
1874 30
1875 1
1876 20
1877 23
1879 23
1880 1
1881 14
1882 28
1883 3
1887 11
1888 1
1889 4
1890 14
1891 1
1892 2
1893 1
1894 10
1895 5
1896 9
1897 43
1898 8
1899 26
1900 58
1901 45
1902 59
1903 12
1904 21
1906 3
1907 7
1908 9
1909 38
1910 20
1911 25
1912 25
1913 22
1914 19
1915 15
1916 9
1917 10
1918 9
1919 16
1920 12
1921 29
1922 11
1923 4
1924 7
1925 33
1926 24
1927 21
1928 33
1929 22
1930 46
1931 13
1932 59
1933 6
1934 8
1935 22
1936 20
1937 11
1938 3
1939 20
1940 13
1941 31
1942 25
1943 32
1944 7
1945 12
1946 3
1947 20
1948 26
1949 35
1950 8
1951 6
1952 14
1953 3
1954 1
1955 7
1956 1
1959 10
1960 14
1961 3
1962 2
1963 2
1964 2
1965 21
1966 3
1967 12
1968 9
About this site
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
Data sources
Update 16 October 2018
- Addition of nearly 60,000 superb dated autochromes (one of the earliest commercial colour processes) from the Musée Albert Kahn, accessed through the Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
- Complete refresh of Flickr Commons, Europeana, and National Maritime Museum data
- Added pagination as many dates now have signifcantly more than 100 images!
Current totals by data source
- Europeana - 72434 items
- Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines - 58556 items
- Imperial War Museums - 38229 items
- Lives of the First World War - 33134 items
- National Maritime Museum - 29529 items
- Flickr Commons - 13362 items
- American Air Museum - 5054 items
Current totals by date accuracy
- Precise date - 206835 items
- Accurate to month only - 16699 items
- Accurate to year only - 26764 items
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;
Technology overview
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).
Licence
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).