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).
'Attack on Whale Island' (exercise). Inscribed by the artist, as title, and signed, lower left: additional printed text in English added below image. This is an illustration of an amphibious excercise in Portsmouth harbour, apparently for an ill
1907
National Maritime Museum
'[Battle of Cape] St Vincent. Nelson in the Captain engaging Santissima Trinidad, San Josef etc'. Drawing with grey wash entitled "St Vincent. Nelson in the Captain engaging "Santissima Trinidad", "San Josef". The mediu
1904
National Maritime Museum
. A model of a Byers anchor made entirely in wood and stained a dark brown colour. There is a 'D'-shaped ring at the top of the shank. The shank swivels on the crown through an arc of about 90 degrees, the mechanism for which is embedded in the
1904
National Maritime Museum
. A white porcelain cup, as used on the royal yachts. It has a gilt scalloped border around the rim and gilding around the foot. On the front is the royal monogram of Edward VII in gilt with a coloured crown above 'ER VII'. The handles are in th
1904
National Maritime Museum
. Bowl-Brass 2" in depth containing dry card. Below chamber 1.25" in depth containing liquid. The 3.5" deep glass bowl containing liquid is at bottom. Upper bowl has four lubber lines. Has verge ring which is graduated to 180 degs through E
1904
National Maritime Museum
. Brown envelope containing broken, corroded replacement pieces. Contained in a plastic bag
National Maritime Museum
. Champion Thames barge pennant in blue wool bunting, machine-sewn with white letters 'CHAMPION BARGE 1904 PRESENTED BY J G HAMMOND JUNR & CO'. With white borders and a Union Flag in the canton. Rope, toggle and clip attached. Fly end missi
1904
National Maritime Museum
. Ironstone china mess soup 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 beginin
1904
National Maritime Museum
. Ironstone china mess soup 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 beginin
1904
National Maritime Museum
. Porcelain mess plate, issued by government for use in Royal Navy ward rooms. The plate is white with a gold 'WR' monogram and a gold rim on either side of the edge. The maker's mark is printed on the base. This government-issued design wa
1904
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: 1:12. A model of a Byers anchor made entirely in aluminium alloy and patinated a dark, matt, grey colour. The shank is rectangular in section with rounded sides along the lengths of which is inscribed on one side in capital lettering "W.L. B
1904
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. A model of a stockless anchor by John Green patented and sanctioned in 1904. The model is made entirely from aluminium with the shank comprising of a rectangular section with two rounded faces. The pivoting crown piece is secured by a la
1904
National Maritime Museum
7361. An astronomical regulator with a floor-standing case and hood made of teak. The trunk and hood have hinged, glazed, lockable doors. There is one pair of screwed electrical terminals on the left flank of the trunk, and two pairs on the right flank. J
1904
National Maritime Museum
Badge commemorating the action at Chemulpo, 1904. Badge commemorating the action at Chemulpo, 1904. One-sided oval badge, resting on two crossed anchors, and showing the two vessels steaming to right. On the frame, (left), legend in Russian (To the memor
1904
National Maritime Museum
Board of Trade Sea Gallantry Medal 1904-1905. Obverse: Head of Edward VII (left). Below bust 'E.R.I.' Legend: 'AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE'. Reverse: Three men, one of whom is signalling to a rescuing lif
1904
National Maritime Museum
Edward VII. Black-and-white painted and part-gilded figurehead in the form of a half-length bust of King Edward VII, in naval uniform with epaulettes, emerging from a foliate scroll head. It comes from a model brig built by Edward VII in 1904 for his gra
1904
National Maritime Museum
England - South Coast Portsmouth Hbr. Fareham Creek Surveyed by the Sub-Lieuts Class HMS Mercury March 1904. Single sheet, coloured manuscript. Scale: 1:7,308. Ungraduated. Soundings in feet. Scale in cables. Additional Places: Solent. Contains a memoir o
1904
National Maritime Museum
Explorations in northern Canada and adjacent portions of Greenland and Alaska 1904 James White FRGS geographer. Single sheet. Col. lith. Scale: [ca 1:5 000 000]. Contents Note: Explorations of coasts and explorers' tracks shown in colour, with keys.
1904
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Pensioner John Rome [Roome], Seaman. Letter from Mrs C. Davis, dated October 1904, says: 'This is a photo of Old Pensioner Roon - Lord Nelson's Signal Man - who hoisted "England Expects &c', at the time it was taken in 18
1904
National Maritime Museum
KIng Edward VII. Carving, plaque or stern board bearing the name 'King Edward VII', from a model brig. It comes from a brig built by order of King Edward VII for his grandchildren and sailed on Virginia Water in 1904. For details see FHD0065.1.
1904
National Maritime Museum
Lt-Col. Llewellyn Wood Longstaff (1841-1918). Bronze bas-relief plaque in a carved wooden frame. The sitter, a balding bearded figure in a suit jacket, collar and tie, is shown head and upper torso, in left profile. In the top right corner is a heraldic c
1904
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Captain V. Rudnev and the action at Chemulpo, 1904. Medal commemorating Captain V. Rudnev and the action at Chemulpo, 1904. Obverse: The Captain's bust (three-quarter right), uniform undress coat. Below inscription in Russian (R
1904
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and the Inauguration of the Theatre Colon, Rosario, 1904. Medal commemorating Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and the inauguration of the Theatre Colon, Rosario, 1904. Obverse: Bust of the discoverer i
1904
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating HMS 'Argonaut', China Station. Medal commemorating HMS 'Argonaut', China Station. Obverse: A very bare cherry tree. Right, five naval officers in a row; left, a large number of naval officers moving up in single fil
1904
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating HMS 'Argonaut', China Station. Medal commemorating HMS 'Argonaut', China Station. Obverse: A very bare cherry tree. Right, five naval officers in a row; left, a large number of naval officers moving up in single fil
1904
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the action at Chemulpo, 1904. Medal commemorating the action at Chemulpo, 1904. Obverse: The Cross of the Order of Valour of St George, on a black and yellow striped ribbon, within an open laurel wreath. Legend in Cyrillic (For the act
1904
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the action at Chemulpo, 1904. Medal commemorating the action at Chemulpo, 1904. Obverse: Two vessels steaming to right. Legend, above is in Cyrillic ('Varyag' and 'Koreets'). Reverse: The Naval Ensign on a staff cr
1904
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the dredging and installation of lighted buoys on the rivers La Plata, Parana and Uruguay. Medal commemorating the dredging and installation of lighted buoys on the rivers La Plata, Parana and Uruguay. Obverse: A female figure standing
1904
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Inauguration of the opening of St Nicolas, Rio de la Plata, 1904. Medal commemorating the Inauguration of the opening of St Nicolas, Rio de la Plata, 1904. Obverse: Mercury, seated on a rock, a sheaf of wheat at his feet, stretchin
1904
National Maritime Museum
Memorial plaque commemorating Admiral Makarov and the sinking of the Petropavlovsk, 1904. Memorial plaque commemorating Admiral Makarov and the sinking of the 'Petropavlovsk', 1904. Obverse: (upright), bust of Admiral Makarov (three-quarter rig
1904
National Maritime Museum
Polar Medal 1904. Obverse: Bust of King Edward VII in naval uniform with order and medals. Legend: 'EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a barque-rigged steamer (Discovery) fast in the ice; a volcano in the distance;
National Maritime Museum
Polar Medal 1904. Obverse: Bust of King Edward VII in naval uniform with order and medals. Legend: 'EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a barque-rigged steamer (Discovery) fast in the ice; a volcano in the distance;
National Maritime Museum
Printing block. A printing block for bookplates for the Cadets' Library at the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Inscription: 'CADET'S LIBRARY, 'ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, OSBORNE.' The plate depicts ships and boats through the ages, a prop
1904
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Shield shaped. Round design on a background of the stars and stripes. Obverse: Two female figures, the taller representing Columbia is about to envelope the smaller figure representing Louisiana in the stars and
1905
National Maritime Museum
Royal Geographical Society Medal: Scott's Antarctic Expedition 1902-1904. Royal Geographical Society Medal, of the type presented to Captain Scott and members of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901. Obverse: A bust of Captain Robert Falco
circa 1904
National Maritime Museum
Royal Geographical Society Medal: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. Royal Geographical Society Medal, of the type presented to Ernest Schackleton and members of the Antarctic Expedition of 1907. Obverse: Bust of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
1909
National Maritime Museum
Silver napkin ring commemorating the maiden voyage of RMS 'Port Kingston'. Silver napkin ring commemorating the maiden voyage of RMS 'Port Kingston'.
The band has chased floral borders and a coloured enamel house flag in red, white an
1904
National Maritime Museum
. Anodised brass three-circle pattern frame, wooden handle, which has been signed on the limb 'Frodsham & Keen, Liverpool'. The brass limb has an inlaid silver scale from -5° to 150° by 10', measuring to 133°.
The silver v
about 1904
National Maritime Museum
8232. A marine chronometer numbered 8232, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day full-plate movement with reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. It is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison's maintain
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
8248. A marine chronometer numbered 8248, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day, full-plate movement with reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison'
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
8310. A marine chronometer numbered 8310, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day full-plate movement with reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. It is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison's maintain
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
8357. A marine chronometer numbered 8357, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day full-plate movement with a reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
8461. A marine chronometer numbered 8461, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day full-plate movement with a reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
Lady Strathcona (1904); Cargo vessel. Scale: 1:96. A mirror-backed half hull model of the starboard side of the Lady Strathcona (1904), made entirely in wood with gold and silver-plated metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is carved i
Cica 1904
National Maritime Museum
Serial number: 8232. Parts in 'magnified chronometer' in Longitude Gallery Display FHG744:
Fusee & Barrel; 4th wheel; Seconds hand; Escape wheel & detent; Balance & spring; Balance cock
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
Serial number: 8248. Box for marine chronometer containing the chronometer.
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
Serial number: 8248. Parts in 'exploded chronometer' in Longitude Gallery Display FHG744:
Bezel & glass; Dial, hands & motion work; Pillar plate & train; Potence plate & escapement;Bowl
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
Silver statuette of a explorer pulling a sledge. Silver statuette presented to Sir Clements Robert Markham (1830-1916) by the officers and men of 'Discovery'.
The statuette depicts an explorer in polar dress manhauling a Nansen sledge laden wi
1904-5
National Maritime Museum
HMS Minotaur (1906). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the fore/aft body, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth of the armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur (1906).
August 1904
National Maritime Museum
27ft Whaler (1904). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 27ft Whaler.
Signed by Edwin Beaton [Chief Constructor, Sheerness Dockyard, (lent) 1903, (permenant), 1904-1913]
15 August 1904
National Maritime Museum