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).
A ketch rigged lighter under sail at Penang. A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of a two masted lighter under sail at Penang. She has a ketch rig and she has set a staysail and a loose-footed mainsail. Her mizzen sail is stow
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A ketch rigged lighter under sail at Penang.. A port broadside view of a two masted lighter under sail at Penang. She has a ketch rig and she has set a staysail and a loose-footed mainsail. Her mizzen sail is stowed. She is lightly laden and has four m
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A port beam view of the two masted trading junk P.194 at Penang. A slightly distant port broadside view of a two masted trader type junk under sail at Penang. She has a raking stem, an occuli on her bow and an awning rigged aft. She has two lug sails se
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A port broadside view of a single masted trading junk under sail at Penang. A port broadside view of a single masted trader type junk anchored at Penang. She has a raking stem and an awning rigged aft. She has a lug sail hoisted even though she is at an
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A port broadside view of a small fisher type junk anchored at Penang. A port broadside view of a small two masted fisher type junk anchored at Penang. She has occuli on the bow, her lug sails are stowed, she has an accommodation shelter aft and a sampan
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A port broadside view of the trader type junk P.194 under sail at Penang. A port broadside view of a two masted trader type junk under sail at Penang. She has a raking stem, an occuli on her bow and an awning rigged aft. She has two lug sails set. Her
28 Fenruary to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A port broadside view of the trader type junk P.194 under sail at Penang. A slightly distant port broadside view of a two masted trader type junk under sail at Penang. She has a raking stem, an occuli on her bow and an awning rigged aft. She has two lug
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A port near broadside view of the trader type junk P.194 under sail at Penang. A port very near broadside viewtaken from just ahead of the beam, of a two masted trader type junk under sail at Penang. She has a raking stem, an occuli on her bow and an awn
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A port quarter view of a junk at Penang. A port quarter view, taken from fine off the stern, of a junk at anchor in Penang harbour. She is a three masted type and her lug sails are stowed fore and aft. The vessel has an highly decorated transom and a sa
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A sampan being skulled in Penang harbour. A distant starboard quarter view of a sampan being skulled by a standing man in Penang harbour. The boat is not laden. Local and coastal steamships are in the background, including a ship owned by the Straits St
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A sampan under sail and one being skulled in Penang harbour. A slightly distant starboard side view of two sampans in Penang harbour. Both boats have occuli on the bow. The nearest boat has a crew of two, a single mast raised and a lug sail set. The ot
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A sampan under sail in Penang harbour. A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of a sampan under sail in Penang harbour. The boat has occuli on the bow, has a single mast with a lug sail set and has a crew of two. She is well lade
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A single masted lug rigged lighter sailing at Penang. A port broadside view of a single masted lug rigged lighter under sail at Penang. She has four men on deck and three of them are poling her along. She appears to be lightly laden. Her stern is out o
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A small two masted junk anchored at Penang. A port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of a small two masted fisher type junk anchored at Penang. She has occuli on the bow, her lug sails are stowed, she has an accommodation shelter aft and a sampan is
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A starboard quarter view of a junk in Penang harbour. A starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of a junk at anchor in Penang harbour. She is of the three masted type, her lug sails are stowed fore and aft and she has an accommodation shel
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A starboard quarter view of a small fisher type junk anchored at Penang. A starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of a small two masted fisher type junk anchored at Penang. She has occuli on the bow, her lug sails are stowed, she has an a
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A starboard quarter view of the trader type junk P.194 under sail at Penang. A slightly distant starboard quarter view of a two masted trader type junk under sail at Penang. She has a raking stem, an occuli on her bow and an awning rigged aft. She has t
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
A stern view of a two masted trader junk anchored at Penang. A slightly distant port quarter view, taken from fine off the stern, of a deeply laden two masted trader type junk anchored at Penang. Her lug sails are stowed fore and aft but her mainsail has
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
On board a two masted trader type junk which is anchored at Penang. On board a two masted trading junk which is anchored in Penang harbour. The photographer is on the port side of the deck abreast the forward hold looking aft. The after hold has tarpaul
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
On board a two masted trading junk which is anchored at Penang. On board a two masted trading junk which is anchored in Penang harbour. The photographer is on the port side of the deck abaft the after hold but ahead of the poop looking forward. Both hol
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
Running rigging on a fisher junk at Penang. A close view of some running rigging on board a fisher junk at Penang. The photographer is looking up from the deck showing the end of a stowed lug sail. In the rigging are two single sheave blocks and one twin
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
Running rigging on board a two masted trader type junk in Penang harbour. A close-up of running rigging close to a boom on board a two masted trading junk which is anchored in Penang harbour. The photographer is looking at three different types of wooden
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
Sampans in the sampan harbour near the FMS Railway Station pier at Penang. Five sampans moored stern-on to the quay in the sampan harbour near the FMS Railway station pier at Penang. The boats all have occuli on their bow. People and bicycles are on the
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum
The bow of the trader type junk P.646 anchored at Penang. A close-up view of the port bow of a three masted trader junk at anchor in Penang harbour. She has the port number P.646 and has asharp stem and an occuli on her bow. Her lug sails are stowed for
28 February to 7 March 1938
National Maritime Museum