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).
'Battle Cruisers in the Forth'. Signed by artist above an inscription, as title, lower left (both in pencil).This atmospherically misty finished watercolour shows, on the left, a battlecruiser which is either the 'Indomitable' or '
1917
National Maritime Museum
'HMS Lion in the Forth'. Signed by the artist and inscribed , as title, lower right. The battlecruiser 'Lion' is shown in starboard-bow view, at moorings and with her forward guns trained to starboard. She is wearing the flag of Vice
1917
National Maritime Museum
. A bearing plate or pelorus for use in airships. A copy of one taken from a Zeppelin brought down. The whole made in alloy.
Revolving dial: Graduated to 360 degrees fitted with two screws for clamping dial to base plate, base plate has two two pointers w
1917
National Maritime Museum
. A course and distance indicator made of cellulose-based plastic with some metal components. It comprises three plastic discs with two nickel plated arms with sliding cursors. All rotate around the centre of the device. The instrument was intended to be
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Aircraft pelorus
Frame: Black painted alloy, with mounting arm but no bracket. Carries an alloy circle, graduated to 360 degrees, which can be rotated and set to course steered. Two lubber lines are engraved on frame, 180 degrees apart. At centre of pla
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Black basalt model based on Nelson's column. It disassembles into seven pieces - the base, column and figure with four separate lions. The four neo-classical reliefs on the base differ from those on the actual monument and symbolise music, literatu
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Bowl- Grey painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base incorporated with glazed bottom. Inside of bowl painted white with two black lubber lines painted on white strips attached to side. Mounted in grey painted brass gimbal ring 11.5&q
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Bowl-Black painted brass, fitted with a rotating verge ring which has a directional arrow and is graduated on side to 360 degs. Fitted with a "Schmalcalder" type prism and a thumb ring. Hinged lid has a sighting line engraved on glass at centr
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Card- White painted mica (?) with black markings graduated to 1/2 points.
Needle- Unsighted (set to variation of the North of europe so that a true course would be recorded by card).
Pivot- Unsighted
Mounted in a glazed wooden frame 11.4cm x 7.6cm x 1.0
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Epitaph to three officers who died on Shackleton's 1914-17 expedition, recovered from McMurdo Sound by Rear Admiral R. H. Cruzen U.S. Navy in 1947. A copper tube made of soldered sheet, the top turned over a wire ring, the bottom solid.
It con
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Holster. Made of leather with brass studs. The letters 'N EFC' are inscribed over an arrow.
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Linen handkerchief embroidered in the centre with a yellow airship, bearing a red/white/blue flag, beneath two shields diagonally opposite, one showing the union jack, the other a white ensign. In the top left and right hand corner are embroidered wings
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass
Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed, white on inside with white and black arrow across the underside of glass. This arrow has inverted spike which fits into cap on arrow to stop it coming off. Expansion chamber at base and fill hole on side
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass
Bowl: Grey painted brass, filler plug on foreside, combined air trap and corrector magnet carrier at top. Inside of bowl in poor condition and liquid is very contaminated. A white wire lubber is fitted to the foreside. Mounted in two lugs
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass
Card: Thin metal strip marked to four cardinal points and 3, 6, 12, 15, 21, 24, 30, 33. Has cap at centre with spike. Has four struts.
Needle: Two needles slung beneath card.
Pivot: Stalk and cup.
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. A model of a Perkin's patent anchor, sanctioned in 1917, and made entirely in aluminium alloy. The shank is a rounded rectangle in section and on one broad face is inscribed in capital lettering "Joseph Wright & Co Ltd Tip
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Toby jug modelled as a seated figure of Admiral David, Earl Beatty (1871-1936). Depicted in uniform and wearing a cap; he holds a shell inscribed 'Dreadnought' between his knees.
The blue plinth depicts a submarine on one side, and a torpedo
1917
National Maritime Museum
1914 Star. 1914 Star awarded to Dame Katherine Furse (1875-1952). A uniface star of four points, the upper covered by a crown, with two crossed swords entwined by a scroll. Inscription: 'AUG. 1915. NOV.'. An oak garland superimposed upon the who
1917
National Maritime Museum
1914 Star. Awarded to Arthur Robert Blore. A uniface star of four points, the upper covered by a crown, with two crossed swords entwined by a scroll. Inscription: "AUG. 1915. NOV.". An oak garland superimposed upon the whole. Inscription: "
1917
National Maritime Museum
1914 Star. Awarded to G H Boots, stoker RN, killed at Gallipoli. A uniface star of four points, the upper covered by a crown, with two crossed swords entwined by a scroll. Inscription: "AUG. 1915. NOV.". An oak garland superimposed upon the whol
1917
National Maritime Museum
A view along the shore with penguins in the foreground, South Georgia. Looking along the coast across a snow covered beach towards a high cliff. In the foreground penguins can be seen on the slope and snow field below. It is believed that this photograph
1917
National Maritime Museum
Bow-view studies of HMS Canada' and 'Royal Sovereign'. Two bow-view pencil studies identified by artist's inscriptions below as 'Canada' and 'Royal Sov'. They show the battleships 'Canada' (1913) and
1917
National Maritime Museum
Command flag, Admiral, RN. Admiral's command flag, in silk. Presented to Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty by the crew of HMS 'Lion' in 1917. With toggle and two Inglefield clips attached. Flag formerly contained in cas
1917
National Maritime Museum
Dardanelles Operations (1915-17). Folder 9 contains the cloth bound album with a broken spine and thirty-two empty pages. The cloth bound album (spine broken) once contained 341 8x6 inch captioned photographs.
1917
National Maritime Museum
Dardanelles Operations (1915-17). The operations in the Dardanelles (1915-16), principally from the military side, but includes views of Mudros harbour, the beaches and the following vessels, warships - Implacable, Queen Elizabeth, Lord Nelson, Roberts A
1917
National Maritime Museum
Fountain pen used by King George V. Fountain pen in the shape of a torpedo mounted in an oak-framed, glazed case. On a silver plaque inside the case: 'Pen used by H.M. the King 24 June 1917.' George V used the pen when signing documents on a vis
1917
National Maritime Museum
Gold cigarette case. Gold cigarette case presented 1917 to Admiral Sir Guy Reginald Arthur Gaunt KCMG CB (1870-1953).
14 carat gold case with a sprung hinge along the narrow side, and a gold sprung retaining clip inside. The cover with reeded decoration
1917
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Royal Oak,'. Inscribed by the artist 'Royal Oak', lower right. A port proadside study of the battleship 'Royal Oak' in her spring 1917 configuration. The range finding baffles on her funnel were only fitted for a very s
1917
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Royal Sovereign'. Inscribed 'Royal Sov' by the artist, lower right. The battleship is shown in her 1918-19 condition, from astern at anchor, with other ships beyond, off a hilly coast probably in Scotland. She has a flying-off pla
1918-19
National Maritime Museum
HMS Lion at full steam, 1917. Medium includes bodycolour.; Signed by artist and dated.
1917
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating minesweepers and patrol vessels. Medal commemorating minesweepers and patrol vessels. Obverse: Britannia standing on a rock in the sea, her shield behind her, spearing with her trident one of the several sea monsters around her. Inscri
1917
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the rescue of the crews of seven Dutch merchantmen. Medal commemorating the rescue of the crews of seven Dutch merchantmen. Obverse: Two sailors, Dutch and English, standing, shaking hands; others in background, two (right) holding oa
1917
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the severence of diplomatic ties with Germany by the USA. Medal commemorating the severence of diplomatic ties with Germany by the USA, shortly before her entry into the First World War. Obverse: Stern view of a boat under square-rigge
1917
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the SS 'Amstelstroom' torpedoed, 1917. Medal commemorating the SS 'Amstelstroom' torpedoed, 1917. Obverse: The German Emperor, dressed as Lohengrin, stands on the deck of a submarine shaped like a swan. Legend:
1917
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the SS Amstelstroom torpedoed, 1917. Medal commemorating the SS Amstelstroom torpedoed, 1917. Obverse: The German Emperor, dressed as Lohengrin, stands on the deck of a submarine shaped like a swan. Legend: 'DE "KAISER"
1917
National Maritime Museum
Model of Nelson's column - base. Black basalt model based on Nelson's column. It disassembles into seven pieces - the base, column and figure with four separate lions. The four neo-classical reliefs on the base differ from those on the actual mo
1917
National Maritime Museum
Model of Nelson's column - column. Black basalt model based on Nelson's column. It disassembles into seven pieces - the base, column and figure with four separate lions. The four neo-classical reliefs on the base differ from those on the actual
1917
National Maritime Museum
Model of Nelson's column - figure. Black basalt model based on Nelson's column. It disassembles into seven pieces - the base, column and figure with four separate lions. The four neo-classical reliefs on the base differ from those on the actual
1917
National Maritime Museum
Model of Nelson's column - lion. Black basalt model based on Nelson's column. It disassembles into seven pieces - the base, column and figure with four separate lions. The four neo-classical reliefs on the base differ from those on the actual mo
1917
National Maritime Museum
Model of Nelson's column - lion. Black basalt model based on Nelson's column. It disassembles into seven pieces - the base, column and figure with four separate lions. The four neo-classical reliefs on the base differ from those on the actual mo
1917
National Maritime Museum
Model of Nelson's column - lion. Black basalt model based on Nelson's column. It disassembles into seven pieces - the base, column and figure with four separate lions. The four neo-classical reliefs on the base differ from those on the actual mo
1917
National Maritime Museum
Model of Nelson's column - lion. Black basalt model based on Nelson's column. It disassembles into seven pieces - the base, column and figure with four separate lions. The four neo-classical reliefs on the base differ from those on the actual mo
1917
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1917. Staff Surgeon's tunic, khaki dress. One sewn on medal ribbon bar and one arm badge.
1917
National Maritime Museum
Seagulls in flight and standing on the piles of a sea marker with the name 'Sea Pie'. Signed by artist.
1917
National Maritime Museum
Study of HMS 'Queen Elizabeth', battleship. Inscribed by the artist, 'Queen Elizabeth', lower left. This battleship (laid down in 1912 and commissioned in 1915) is shown here in starboard-broadside view after February 1917, as refitted
1917
National Maritime Museum
Supplying the Navy - a Battleship coaling at sea, 1917 (from series Transport by Sea - The Great War, Britain's Efforts and Ideals). This print is from a portfolio series entitled ‘The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideals’, which
1917
National Maritime Museum
Transporting Troops: A convoy of Transports with attendant Destroyers (from series Transport by Sea - The Great War, Britain's Efforts and Ideals). This print is from a portfolio series entitled ‘The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideal
1917
National Maritime Museum
Two 'Queen Elizabeth'-class battleships, one identified as 'Warspite'. Inscribed 'Warspite' by the artist, at the bottom. This shows two 'Queen Elizabeth'-class battleships in 1917 but that called 'Warspite
1917
National Maritime Museum
U-Boat alarm gong. Alarm gong from a U-boat. A large electric bell inscribed: 'Siemens & Halske BJ 1917 F. Nr 213173 110 Volt GLR strom'.
1917
National Maritime Museum
With the Grand Fleet 2. On Board a Battle-Cruiser (HMS Lion). In March 1917, Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was sent as an Official War Artist to the Grand Fleet at Rosyth, Scotland, where he spent three weeks recording daily life at sea, including oiling and
1917
National Maritime Museum
With the Grand Fleet 3. A Battle at Night. In March 1917, Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was sent as an Official War Artist to the Grand Fleet at Rosyth, Scotland, where he spent three weeks recording daily life at sea, including oiling and firing practice. Th
1917
National Maritime Museum
With the Grand Fleet 4. Inside the Turret. In March 1917, Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was sent as an Official War Artist to the Grand Fleet at Rosyth, Scotland, where he spent three weeks recording daily life at sea, including oiling and firing practice. Th
1917
National Maritime Museum
With the Grand Fleet 6. The Boiler Room of a battleship. In March 1917, Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was sent as an Official War Artist to the Grand Fleet at Rosyth, Scotland, where he spent three weeks recording daily life at sea, including oiling and firin
1917
National Maritime Museum
With the Grand Fleet by Muirhead Bone Torpedo being loaded (title page). In March 1917, Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was sent as an Official War Artist to the Grand Fleet at Rosyth, Scotland, where he spent three weeks recording daily life at sea, including
1917
National Maritime Museum
Womans Royal Naval Service identity bracelet. Identity bracelet inscribed 'W.R.N.S. 23-11-17' Reverse: 'KATHARINE FURSE V.A.D. BOULOGNE 14.7.16 R.E.C 1910.1914.1917'. With box. It belonged to Dame Katharine Furse (1875-1952) the first
1917
National Maritime Museum
. Cellulose-based plastic plotting instrument for air navigation. The protractor is square with a central circular degree scale marked from 0 to 360 in degrees. Along the top and bottom edges are scales in metres and yards (corresponding to scales commonl
about 1917
National Maritime Museum
. Slide rule made of boxwood, with a celluloid covering and a metal cursor with cellulose-based plastic window. The slide rule has two scales, one marked for distance (from 4000 to 20000), the other for angle. It is used to solve oblique-angled triangles
about 1917
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Roberts', monitor. Inscribed by the artist, lower left, 'Roberts', this is a reasonably accurate and good quality study of the monitor 'Roberts' (1915), under way in almost starboard-broadside view. It was probably done
probably 1917
National Maritime Museum
'1st Battle squadron in North Sea'. Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. This is 1st Battle Squadron of R-class and 'Iron Duke'-class battleships in the North Sea in 1917. It is essentially a study of the distant appearance
1917
National Maritime Museum
Badge and star: Order of the British Empire, 1st class (civil). Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross awarded to Dame Katherine Furse in 1917. Badge: A silver-gilt cross patonce enamelled blue.
Obverse: In the centre, the seated figure of Britan
1917
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Royal Victorian Order, 1st class. Badge: uniface. A gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, in the centre of which as an oval of crimson enamel with the cypher "V.R.I." in gold letters. Encircling this is a blue enamel riband
1917
National Maritime Museum
Miniature: Royal Victorian Order, 1st class. Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton in 1917. Badge: uniface. A gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, in the centre of which as an oval of crimson enamel with the cypher "V.R.I.&q
1917
National Maritime Museum
Star: Royal Victorian Order, 1st class. Star: a silver chipper star of eight points charged with the badge (worn on the left breast).
1917
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce enamelled blue grey on reverse. Obverse: In the centre Britannia within a red enamelled band bearing motto "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE". Reverse: The Royal
1917
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce the arms enamelled blue grey on reverse. In the centre within a circle enamelled red the motto "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE" gilt conjoined busts of King Geo
after 1937
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce with blue grey enamel on reverse only . Obverse: In the centre Britannia within a red enamelled band bearing motto "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE". Reverse: Th
1917
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross pattonee with blue grey enamel on reverse only . Suspended from a purple ribbon. Obverse: In the centre Britannia within a red enamelled band bearing motto "FOR GOD
1917
National Maritime Museum
Miniature: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (military). Miniature of MED1291. Awarded to Capt.C.W.Thomas CBE. RN. Can be found in MED1291.1.
1917
National Maritime Museum
Newspaper clipping from the Willesden Chronicle 9 February 1917.. Clipping from the Willesden Chronicle February 9 1917, reporting Hayward’s death.
1917-02-09
National Maritime Museum
Newspaper clipping from the Willesden Chronicle 16 February 1917.. Clipping from the Willesden Chronicle 16 February 1917, giving further details of Hayward’s death.
1917-02-16
National Maritime Museum
'Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O.' (1859-1935). Coloured photogravure print, including the lined surround and title at the bottom, as given above: it is probably that published on Dodd's series 'Admirals of the British
18 May 1917
National Maritime Museum
HMS Caledon (1917). Scale 1:96. A plan showing an outline profile and topsides view of the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1917), illustrating the rigging arrangement as completed in 1917.
7 June 1917
National Maritime Museum
Caledon (1916). Scale 1:48. A plan of the shell expansion showing the arrangement of plating and rivetting for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1916).
The shell is mostly H.T steel. the side Protective Plating is 80lbs (2 inch) H.T. over 40 lbs (1 inch
11 June 1917
National Maritime Museum
Caledon (1916). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the general arrangement plan of sections for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1916), as fitted in 1917. The sections are starboard side half sections at frame 197 looking aft (l/a), 183 l/a, 167 l/a, 149 l/a, 135
11 June 1917
National Maritime Museum
Caledon (1916). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the general arrangement plan of the forecastle deck and bridges for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1936), as fitted in 1917. The plan includes alterations dated March 1928 in sienna.
Also annotated in pencil &q
11 Jun 1917
National Maritime Museum