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).
. 9ct gold wristwatch with white enamel dial, blued steel hands and brown leather strap.
1924
National Maritime Museum
. Bearing plate-Dia. 11" (28cm). Brass ring with a heavy pendulum weight on underside. At centre of ring is a glass card 8.75" (22.2cm) dia. with black markings, graduated to 1/4 points and to 360 degs. At centre of card a brass spigot is fitted
1924
National Maritime Museum
. Black wooden frame containing six types of card in use prior to 1924.
PATT. 22A. 6.5" dia
PATT. 173. 6.0" dia
PATT. 158. 5.5" dia
PATT. 184. 3.0" dia
PATT. 28P. 3.25" dia
PATT. 182. 4.25" dia
1924
National Maritime Museum
. Card for a boat's compass.
Card: A mica card attached to the float. The card is white marked in black. The graduations are to quarter points.
Needle: The two edge bar needles are attached to the float. Dims 3.5" (8.8 cm) x 0.5" (1.2 c
1924
National Maritime Museum
. Card for a liquid compass.
Card: A mica card attached to a domed float. The card is white with grey markings graduated to quarter points.
Needle: Two edge bar needles attached to float. Dims 3.5" x 0.5" (9 cm x 1.2 cm)
Pivot: The pivot i
1924
National Maritime Museum
. Dwarf brass corrector magnet holder for Type O.2, observer's compass fitted with four tubular tubes fore and aft and four athwartships for 2" horizontal magnets. A sleeve, with spring catch, covers the holes for inserting the magnets in tubes.
1924
National Maritime Museum
. Magnet holder, compass corrector (aircraft)
Dwarf brass corrector magnet holder for type 0.2. observer's compass. Fitted with four tubular tubes fore-and-aft and four athwartships for 2" horizontal magnets. A sleeve, with spring catch, covers
1924
National Maritime Museum
. Type O.2, spider card
Card: Mica ring dia. 2.0" (5.1cm) supported on eight elements which are bent downwards at edge of card and are then bent upwards at their extreme ends. Float dome at centre of spider incorporates an inverted pivot spike on its
1924
National Maritime Museum
Coin commemorating the Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, 1924. A half-dollar. Obverse: Short busts conjoined (both right) of Gaspard de Coligny (1516-1572) in a cap, robe and order and the Stadtholder, William the Silent (1533-1584) in a ruff and armour. Leg
1924
National Maritime Museum
Cunard Line RMS Mauretania jigsaw envelope. A brown envelope for jigsaw. The Cunard Line emblem is in the top left corner. Printed on the envelope are the words 'WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE CUNARD STEAM SHIP CO. LTD. / BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION WEMBL
1924
National Maritime Museum
Cunard Line RMS Mauretania jigsaw puzzle. A jigsaw puzzle, double-sided. On the front, a coloured picture of the ship, inscribed: 'CUNARD LINE R.M.S. MAURETANIA'. On the reverse, four black and white interior views based on a postcard and titled
1924
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Reach and the Isle of Dogs in winter. A winter view apparently taken from an upper window of the old Ship Hotel (destroyed in WWII) at Greenwich Pier, towards the southern riverfront of the Isle of Dogs. Wyllie was staying there to sketch in Ja
1924
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich. A pencil sketch by the marine artist William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931). Here Greenwich is seen from an imagined aerial perspective just above and to the east of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. On the lawn in front of the Queen’s House ca
1924
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Lion', 'Princess Royal' and 'New Zealand' in 1916-17. Signed and dated by the artist, lower left, 'A.B. Cull 24'. Though a little damaged this is a fine example of Cull's watercolour work and a reasonably
1924
National Maritime Museum
L'Avant Port, Marseilles. Mediterranean fishing schooners are shown in the outer port of Marseilles. The harbour entrance is marked on the left by a lighthouse while buildings within the outer wall of the harbour, and a signal station, are shown in t
1924
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'. Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'. Obverse: Bust of Commodore Piquet in a tie-wig and laced tunic (three
1924
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating La Cordeliere and the cruiser 'Primauguet'. Medal commemorating La Cordeliere and the cruiser 'Primauguet'. Obverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted mediaeval ship under sail carrying two flags bearing fleur-d
1924
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the British Empire Exhibition, 1924. Medal commemorating the British Empire Exhibition, 1924. Obverse: View of Trafalgar Square with Nelson's Column in foreground. Legend: 'NELSON'S COLUMN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.' Reverse
1924
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the centenary of the Dutch Society for Saving Life from Shipwreck, 1924. Medal commemorating the centenary of the Dutch Society for Saving Life from Shipwreck, 1924. A uniface plaque. Above, a circular medallion showing a lifeboat pull
1924
National Maritime Museum
Medalet commemorating Save the 'Victory' Fund. Medalet commemorating Save the 'Victory' Fund. Obverse: Port bow view of HMS 'Victory' under studding-sails and two other battleships in line ahead following. Legend: 'SAVE
1924
National Maritime Museum
Outline of gun thought to be from Dreadnought (1742). No scale. An outline plan and section through a cannon thought to be from Dreadnought (1742), a 1733 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. The cannon was one of four guns on display outside N
1924
National Maritime Museum
Persian Gulf. Shatt Al Arab outer bar. Comparison of channels in 1827, 1890 & 1922.. Single sheet. Col. lith. Scale: [ca.1:90 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 30 degrees. Ungraduated. Scale in nautical miles. Additional Places: Iran, Iraq. Cont
1924
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Arbuthnot Trophy. Obverse: Legend: "ARBUTHNOT TROPHY". Inscription: "1924 E of I" (Emperor of India). Reverse within laurel wreath: "J TAYLOR". Fitted with a loop and ring.
1924
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, RN Barracks I.R.C.. Silver medallion, with gilt edging and plain gilt centre. Uniface. Reverse, inscribed: "R.N.BARRACKS I.R.C.1924". Hallmarked.
1924
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval College, Greenwich; a study from the north-west. A study of the Royal Naval College from the north-west, apparently from an upper window in the old Ship Hotel (destroyed in WWII) which stood by Greenwich Pier at the north end of the present Cu
1924
National Maritime Museum
Type 6/18 Mark III. Liquid compass
Bowl: Grey painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Electric light socket fitted to side, for illuminating spider at night. Mounted on a frame, containing anti-vibration mechanism, by four locatin
1924
National Maritime Museum
Type O.1. Liquid compass
Bowl:White metal. Glazed with domed glass. Four support strutts on side of bowl, these are connected to a plate. This plate is connected to angle iron springs which is in turn connected to a base plate. Base plate has a vernier. F
1924
National Maritime Museum
Type O.2. Brass standard. Upper end of tube is fitted with 4 fore and aft and 4 athwartship tubes for carrying corrector magnets, fitted with brass sleeve which when in place prevents magnets coming out of tubes. Below this is a brass knob which operates
1924
National Maritime Museum
Type O.2. Liquid compass
Bowl: Brass painted grey. Has domed glass. Azimuth circle and sights. Has fill hole on side of bowl. Bowl held in a brass outer bowl. White inside with black lubber wire. White lubber line on outside of bowl.
Card:Thin rim with ho
1924
National Maritime Museum
Type O.2. Liquid compass
Bowl: Brass. Glazed. Fill hole at side. Held in brass bowl holder. White on inside with black lubber spike. Set on brass pillar with locking screw and holes for compensating magnets.
Card: White with black markings graduated to 36
1924
National Maritime Museum
Type O.2. Liquid compass
Bowl: Glazed. Held in outer bowl of white metal. White inside with black lubber line. Fill hole on side. Tripod attachment with holes for compensating magnets. Azimuth circle. White lubber line on outside of bowl.
Card: Thin strip
1924
National Maritime Museum
Type P.1. Liquid compass
Bowl: Black painted brass, two filler plugs at side, expansion chamber at base. Mounted at 45 degrees in protective case 5.5" x 5.5" x 3.0" (14cm x 14cm x 7.6cm) containing anti-vibration system. Verge ring carries
1924
National Maritime Museum
Type P.2. Liquid compass
Bowl: White metal, held in holder painted black. Three deck brackets, one with vernier. Glazed. Has azimuth circle with two locking nuts. Fill hole on side. White inside with black lubber spike, Expansion chamber underneath.
Card:
1924
National Maritime Museum
Winter trees, Greenwich. Medium includes watercolour. Apparently a study in Greenwich Park: for notes regarding the date (likely to be January 1924), see PAF1305.
probably 1924
National Maritime Museum
'Empress of Asia' (1913). The passenger liner 'Empress of Asia' (1913), viewed from a position off the starboard bow. Bedford Lemere & Co daybooks record this as a copy negative made on 17 May 1924; the original photographer is unk
circa 1924
National Maritime Museum
Deptford. A view of the busy quayside and the working river at Deptford. A steamer is shown discharging its cargo into lighters. Rowboats shuttle across the right, from a dock at the bottom left. Cranes dot the shoreline and contribute to the impression o
2 June 1924
National Maritime Museum
Spithead review of the fleet 26th July 1924 London published.. 4th July 1924. Scale: 1:28,000 bar. Two copies. Chart of the south coast of England, Solent, coloured. Ungraduated. Ship positions marked for the review.
4 July 1924
National Maritime Museum
Spithead review of the fleet 26th July 1924 London published.. 4th July 1924. Scale: 1:28,000 bar. Two copies. Chart of the south coast of England, Solent, coloured. Ungraduated. Ship positions marked for the review.
4 July 1924
National Maritime Museum