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).
'Pleasure Cruise' design for the P&O liner, SS 'Salsette'. This watercolour appears to be a design promoting a cruise on the P&O liner ‘Salsette’ (1908) It reads: 'P&O / Pleasure Cruise / SS Salsette 6000
1908
National Maritime Museum
. A brass circle with a counter-balance opposite sight. Sight contains a moveable prism set above magnifyer in short tube. There are two moveable filters above prism and a spirit level in front and below it.
1908
National Maritime Museum
. A porcelain plate, printed in blue with a portrait of Edward VII in naval uniform based on a photograph. Inscribed on a ribbon below 'KING EDWARD VII receiving the Address at the Custom House'. Around the centre of the plate is 'OPENING O
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Bowl: Black painted brass, expansion chamber at base, two filler plugs at side. Inside of bowl painted white, with black lubber pointer extending from side of bowl to edge of card. Black painted brass verge ring has two fixing holes for mounting prism
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Bowl: Brass painted black. Detachable base which also houses expansion chamber. Two filling plugs. White inside. Mounted in brass gimbals. Has compensating spheres on U shaped bracket underneath bowl. Fixed prism mount attached to verge.
Card: White w
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed top and bottom. Fill hole and expansion chambers on side. Set in gimbals. White on inside walls with black lubber line.
Card: Mica. Has three sets of graduations. Outer: White with black markings graduated to 1/4 p
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Card for a liquid compass.
A card for early projector compass in submarines.
Card: The card is made of mica attached to the float by a wire complex. There are two bands of graduations. The outer band is white with black markings graduated to quarter p
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Dirk, after 1856, which belonged to Admiral Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton (1890-1957). The hilt of the dirk consists of a straight crossbar, with inversed acorn ends. On the cross on the obverse of the crossbar, in the centre is a crown over a foul anchor
1908
National Maritime Museum
. For use in submarines. There is a counter balance opposite the sight. Sight consists of magnifier at top of short tube, spike at bottom. An adjustable prism and two circular shades and spirit level.
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass
IN BAD CONDITION
Card: A dished metal card attached direct to needles. The card is hand painted white with black markings graduated to quarter points. There is also a printed 0 - 360 degree band stuck around the edge.
Needle: The fo
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass card
Card: A mica band 1.5" wide attached to the float by screws. The card is white with black markings graduated to quarter points and 0 - 360 in degrees. There is also an anti-clockwise degree scale used for taking bearings, it i
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Rifle owned by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham 1883-1963. The stock is fitted with a steel trigger guard and brass butt plate with hinged cap which covers a compartment bored into the butt to store cleaning equipment. Two loops for slings are also
1908
National Maritime Museum
. Table centre. Red and cream stripe cloth, fringed on three sides. With painted silver sea birds. Made for Vice-Admiral E.W.E Wemyss by his sister in law.
1908
National Maritime Museum
7460. A three-tier mahogany deck box with abrass insert holding the watch under a screwed brass bezel. The silver open-face case now has its back missing, the dome is glazed, and the pendant is stamped with the sponsors mark ‘F.T.’ (Frederick
circa 1912
National Maritime Museum
Captain John Paul Jones (1747-92). (Updated March 2015) Head-and-shoulders solid plaster bust on a round socle, the sitter's head turned slightly to his left. He is dressed in uniform, with epaulettes, and with the Swedish Order of the Sword on his l
1908
National Maritime Museum
Civil War Naval Service Medal, 1861-1865. Obverse: View of the action in Hampton Roads between the Federal Ship "Monitor" and the Confederate Ship "Merrimac"; two vessels in distance, one sinking. Legend: "THE CIVIL WAR". Exe
1908
National Maritime Museum
Humorous Naval Sketches Illustrating the King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions by H.H.G.B. King's Regulations 1706 A Stowage of Spirits (caricature). Stored with PAD4762-PAD4766.
1908
National Maritime Museum
Marine Corps Service Medal 1900. Obverse: The wall and gate of Pekin, a dragon below. Legend: "CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION 1900". An eagle, wing outspread perched on an anchor; below a wreath of oak and bay tied with a bow. Legend: "UNITED STAT
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating HMS 'St Vincent'. Box base for the medall commemorating HMS 'St Vincent'.
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating HMS 'St Vincent'. Box lid for the medall commemorating HMS 'St Vincent'.
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating HMS 'St Vincent'. Medal commemorating HMS 'St Vincent'. Obverse: Crest of St Vincent. Inscription: 'HMS ST VINCENT'. Reverse: Battleship 'St Vincent'. Hallmarked on reverse. Mounted as a brooch.
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Imperial Maritime League. Box base for the medal commemorating the Imperial Maritime League.
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Imperial Maritime League. Box lid for the medal commemorating the Imperial Maritime League.
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Imperial Maritime League. Medal commemorating the Imperial Maritime League. Obverse: Britannia, standing, trident in right hand, left hand resting on shield. Lighthouse (left), sailing ship (right). Oak leaves below and Naval crown
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the visit of the second Cruiser squadron to South Africa and South America, 1908. Medal commemorating the visit of the second Cruiser squadron to South Africa and South America, 1908. Obverse: Figure of a girl, her skirt and veil blowi
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the visit of the second Cruiser squadron to South Africa and South America, 1908. Medal commemorating the visit of the second Cruiser squadron to South Africa and South America, 1908. Obverse: Figure of a girl, her skirt and veil blowi
1908
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating trade beyond the seas. Medal commemorating trade beyond the seas. Obverse: On pale blue enamel the harp of Ireland, gilt; above, one, below, two trefoils of green enamel. Legend is Gaelic. Reverse: On a black enamel shield a lion ramp
1908
National Maritime Museum
Mediterranean Sea Malta Channel from the latest British and foreign government surveys. Scale: circa 250,000. Lights coloured.
1913; 1908
National Maritime Museum
Messina Earthquake Medal. Awarded to Eng.Lt. Harold Hugh Huxham. Obverse: Head of King Victor Emmanuel III (L). Legend: "VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA". Reverse: Inscription within an oak wreath tied with a bow: "MEDAGLIA COMMEMORA
1908
National Maritime Museum
Messina Earthquake Medal. Awarded to H. Jorden, Chief Yeoman of Signals. Obverse: Head of King Victor Emmanuel III (L). Legend: "VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA". Reverse: Inscription within an oak wreath tied with a bow: "MEDAGLIA
1908
National Maritime Museum
Messina Earthquake Medal. Awarded to Paymaster Rear-Adm Frederick A Frith Banbury. Obverse: Head of King Victor Emmanuel III (L). Legend: "VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA". Reverse: Inscription within an oak wreath tied with a bow: "
1908
National Maritime Museum
Messina Earthquake Medal. Obverse: Head of King Victor Emmanuel III (L). Legend: "VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA". Reverse: Inscription within an oak wreath tied with a bow. "MEDAGLIA COMMEMORATIVA TERREMOTO CALABRO-SICULO 28 DICEMB
1908
National Maritime Museum
Messina Earthquake Medal. Obverse: Head of King Victor Emmanuel III (L). Legend: "VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA". Reverse: inscription within an oak wreath tied with a bow. "MEDAGLIA COMMEMORATIVA TERREMOTO CALABRO-SICULO 28 DICEMB
1908
National Maritime Museum
Messina Earthquake Medal. Obverse: Head of King Victor Emmanuel III (L). Legend: "VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA". Reverse: Inscription within an oak wreath tied with a bow: "MEDAGLIA COMMEMORATIVA TERREMOTO CALABRO-SICULO 28 DICEMB
1908
National Maritime Museum
Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) self Portrait (small plate), 1908. A drypoint self portrait of the artist. Bone wears a cap, and looks up from his writing to meet the viewer’s gaze. The man makes eye contact with the viewer, as if surprised to have been i
1908
National Maritime Museum
Nagant Pattern 1891. Rifle. The barrel is secured to the stock by brass pins and the midsection of the barrel to the fore-end is encased in wood. There is a slot cut in the underside of the stock which contains a cleaning rod. A sling swivel is attached t
1908
National Maritime Museum
Naval Service Medal 1898. Obverse: A view of Morro Castle and lighthouse, Cuba; a pile of shells below. Legend: "SPANISH CAMPAIGN". Exergue: "1898". Reverse: An eagle, wings outspread perched on an anchor; below, a wreath of oak and ba
1908
National Maritime Museum
Rear-Admiral Sir William Wharton (1843-1905). A half-length portrait to the left showing Wharton in his rear-admiral's full dress uniform, 1901-04, wearing the star and neck decoration of a KCB (civil); his arms are folded. The painting is posthumous
c. 1908
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval Reserve and RN Volunteer Reserve Decoration 1908-1910. Obverse: Bust of King Edward VII (L) full dress uniform of Admiral of the Fleet with ribbon and star of Garter. Legend: "EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR". Inscription: "DE S"
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval Reserve and RN Volunteer Reserve Decoration 1908-1910. Obverse: Bust of King Edward VII (L) in full dress uniform of Admiral of the Fleet with ribbon and star of the Garter. Legend: "EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR. Inscription "DE S. (G
1908
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1919. Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander's coat, full dress
1908
National Maritime Museum
Royal Standard (after 1837). Modern pattern Royal Standard from HMY 'Alberta' 1863. The standard is made of machine-sewn silk, with the design printed. A rope and two Inglefield clips are attached for hoisting. The maker's name is stencille
1908
National Maritime Museum
Royal Standard (after 1837). The Royal Standard of the Prince of Wales. It is made of silk, machine-sewn and painted on the right side. It was flown on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert 1899. The Prince of Wales in question would have been the future Ge
1908
National Maritime Museum
Seascape from the 'Venedolian'. A sketch from the deck of the 'Venedolian'. It shows the relationship between sea, sky and the ship on the horizon, with the red stack clearly visible. In this sketch Everett demonstrates an interest in
1908
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe stand. Stand that came with the terrestrial facsimile globe. It has a frame wrapped in tissue paper and securely tied to the stand.
1908
National Maritime Museum
The first Part of the Bataile fought on y, 11 of August...About 4 in the morning. A photographic reproduction showing the battles of Solebay and Texel. It depicts a large number of different types of warships in a line. Written underneath the repoduction
1908
National Maritime Museum
White Ensign. British naval ensign. It is made of wool bunting, machine sewn with a linen hoist. A rope is attached and there are metal grommets in the hoist. There is a hand sewn repair at the fly edge.
Worn by HMS 'President' (ex 'Gann
1908
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. 'Gladiator' staff truck. Pole truck from HMS 'Gladiator' 1896. It has a flat top, a square hole in the centre and three sheaves. A metal band is placed round the outside and the surface is painted gold. HMS 'Gladiator'
pre1908
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Geographical details on the gores are the same as Behaim GLB0253. There are numerous symbols for cities and mountain ridges, huts for local inhabitants and flags with coats of arms, ani
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908; Facsimile gores: 1986
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. They form a set with GLB0071 and GLB0268, but the copies described here are not exact reproductions of the original. The gores were reproduced by Rand McNally & Company at reduced s
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908; Facsimile gores: 1960
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. They form a set with GLB0071 and GLB0269, but the copies described here are not exact reproductions of the original. The gores were reproduced by Rand McNally & Company at reduced s
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908; Facsimile gores: 1960
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. They form a set with GLB0268 and GLB0269. The gores were reproduced by Rand McNally & Company at reduced scale, from the facsimile reproduction of a Behaim globe by E.G. Ravenstein.
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908; Facsimile gores: 1960
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Terrestrial facsimile globe. Geographical details on the sphere show symbols for cities and mountain ridges, huts for local inhabitants and flags with coats of arms, animals and ships. The map represents the world as it was kn
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908
National Maritime Museum
. The Mauretania was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson at Wallsend-on-Tyne and launched in 1906. Prior to completion, the owners of the Mauretania, the Cunard Line, agreed with the Admiralty that the ship was to be available to the country in ti
19 Mar 1908
National Maritime Museum
Minotaur (1906). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the forecastle and boat stowage as fitted of Minotaur (1906), a first class armoured cruiser.
24 June 1908
National Maritime Museum
Minotaur (1906). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the hold as fitted of Minotaur (1906), a first class armoured cruiser.
24 June 1908
National Maritime Museum
Minotaur (1906). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the lower deck as fitted of Minotaur (1906), a first class armoured cruiser.
24 June 1908
National Maritime Museum
Minotaur (1906). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the platform deck as fitted of Minotaur (1906), a first class armoured cruiser.
24 June 1908
National Maritime Museum
Minotaur (1906). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the profile as fitted of Minotaur (1906), a first class armoured cruiser.
24 June 1908
National Maritime Museum
Minotaur (1906). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the sections as fitted of Minotaur (1906), a first class armoured cruiser.
24 June 1908
National Maritime Museum
Minotaur (1906). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck as fitted of Minotaur (1906), a first class armoured cruiser.
24 June 1908
National Maritime Museum
Minotaur (1906). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck as fitted of Minotaur (1906), a first class armoured cruiser.
24 June 1908
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1897). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with outboard detail for the First Class Battleship HMS Canopus (1898), as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1899.
The plan includes alterations in red ink from the refit between 1903-4 at Cam
2 March 1900
National Maritime Museum