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 box containing two packs of cards in original wrapping. The box is white leather with a gold trim. Written on the box is 'CORONATION NAVL REVIEW, SPITHEAD, SS ORCADES 15 JUNE 1953'. The back of the playing cards shows an image of two ships i
1953
National Maritime Museum
. Plaque presented to 'Dunnottar Castle' celebrating 20,000,000 tonnes of shipping calling at Las Palmas in 1953, the first time this has occured in the seventy years of the port's history. The wooden plaque is mounted with two engraved sil
1953
National Maritime Museum
. White dinner plate with a gold Admiralty seal device surmounted by a Tudor crown (a foul anchor surrounded by the inscription 'SIGIL : OFFI : MAG : ADMIR : MAG : BR : &C'). Government issued china, as used by Royal Navy commanding officer
1953
National Maritime Museum
. Wooden step, specially made for Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Eton College on board the Windrush on 16th June 1953.
1953
National Maritime Museum
10 cents. Canadian 10 cents coin. Obverse: Head of Queen Elizabeth II (right). Legend: 'ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA.' Reverse: Port bow of a schooner under sail. Legend: 'CANADA' Exergue: '10 CENTS.' (Right): '1953
1953
National Maritime Museum
10 cents. Obverse: Head of Queen Elizabeth II (right). Legend: 'ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA.' Reverse: Port bow of a schooner under sail. Legend: 'CANADA'. Exergue: '10 CENTS.' (Right): '1957'.
1953
National Maritime Museum
Button, Canadian Navy uniform: pattern 1935. Three buttons. Rope twist outer edge. Within a raised circular border on a smooth background is a post-1952 crown. Beneath it is CANADA with a fouled anchor at the bottom.
1953
National Maritime Museum
Button, Canadian Navy uniform: pattern 1953. Three buttons. Smooth outer edges. Within a raised circular border on a lined background is a post-1952 crown. Beneath it is CANADA with a fouled anchor at the bottom. Rating's buttons.
1953
National Maritime Museum
Button, Women's Royal Naval Service uniform: pattern 1953. Five buttons. Rope twist edge. Within a raised circular border on a smooth background is a post-1953 crown above a fouled anchor.
1953
National Maritime Museum
Button, Women's Royal Naval Service uniform: pattern 1953. Four buttons. Rope twist edge. Within a raised circular border on a smooth background is a post-1953 crown above a fouled anchor.
1953
National Maritime Museum
Button, Women's Royal Naval Service uniform: pattern 1953. Three buttons. Rope twist edge. Within a raised circular border on a smooth background is a post-1953 crown above a fouled anchor.
1953
National Maritime Museum
Byers Improved Stockless anchor. Chain for the Byers Improved Stockless anchor
1953
National Maritime Museum
Byers Improved Stockless anchor. Chain for the Byers Improved Stockless anchor
1953
National Maritime Museum
Celestial navigational globe. Celestial navigational globe. Astronomical details on the sphere are almost exactly the same as Henry Hughes & Son, GLB0065, but there are a few exceptions. The polar calottes for this globe are not coloured, and 'H.
1953
National Maritime Museum
Coronation medal, Elizabeth II 1953. Awarded to Capt. Ronald Neil Stuart, VC, DSO, RD, RNR. Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II crowned & robed (R). Reverse: Royal cypher surmounted by a crown. Legend: "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2ND JUNE 1953&q
1953
National Maritime Museum
Coronation medal, Elizabeth II 1953. Awarded to Adm-Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II crowned and robed (R). Reverse: Royal cypher surmounted by a crown. Legend: "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2ND JUNE 1953". Aw
1953
National Maritime Museum
Coronation medal, Elizabeth II 1953. Awarded to Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Tovey. Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II crowned and robed (R). Reverse: Royal cypher surmounted by a crown. Legend: "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2ND JUNE 1953". Fitted
1953
National Maritime Museum
Coronation medal, Elizabeth II 1953. Awarded to Captain Edmond Oswald Ormsby RCN. Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II crowned & robed (R). Reverse: Royal cypher surmounted by a crown. Legend: "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2ND JUNE 1953". Fitt
1953
National Maritime Museum
Coronation medal, Elizabeth II 1953. Awarded to Carpenter Robert Knox, MN. Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II crowned and robed (R). Reverse: Royal cypher surmounted by a crown. Legend: "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2ND JUNE 1953". Fitted with a
1953
National Maritime Museum
Coronation medal, Elizabeth II 1953. Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II crowned and robed (R). Reverse: Royal cypher surmounted by a crown. Legend: "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2ND JUNE 1953". Awarded to "G.F.BOOKER". Fitted with a rin
1953
National Maritime Museum
Coronation medal, Elizabeth II 1953. Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II crowned and robed (R). Reverse: Royal cypher surmounted by a crown. Legend: "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2ND JUNE 1953". Uninscribed: Awarded to Ralph Herbert Thomas Curram
1953
National Maritime Museum
Current Meter. Carruthers ‘Fishermens’ Current Meter (1953)
By Mr. Sv. Woldseth (of ‘Bergen Nautik’: made the Conical mesh) and Kelvin & Hughes (produced the instruments contained within the mesh and made the solid metal nose c
1953
National Maritime Museum
Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:126 and 1:10. A tracing dated June 1953 of plan ZAZ0243 showing the section of the keel at the midships, and a longitudinal elevation of the main and false keel for the Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, illustrating
circa June 1953
National Maritime Museum
Halfpenny. South African halfpenny. Obverse: Head of Queen Elizabeth II (right). Legend: 'ELIZABETH II REGINA'. Reverse: Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a frigate in full sail. Legend: 'SOUTH AFRICA . 1953 . SUID-AFRIKA.' Below: &
1953
National Maritime Museum
Korea Medal 1950-53. Awarded to E M Bacon RM. Obverse: Laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II (R). Legend : "ELIZABETH DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN:REGINA F:D:" Reverse: Hercules armed with a dagger, with his left arm out horizontally holding Hydra, which he
1953
National Maritime Museum
Korea Medal 1950-53. Obverse: Laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II (R). Legend : "ELIZABETH DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN:REGINA F:D:" Reverse: Hercules armed with a dagger, with his left arm out horizontally holding Hydra, which he is also holding off with
1953
National Maritime Museum
Korea Medal 1950-53. Awarded to Commander Peter Worth. Obverse: Laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II (R). Legend : "ELIZABETH DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN:REGINA F:D:" Reverse: Hercules armed with a dagger, with his left arm out horizontally holding Hydra,
1953
National Maritime Museum
Pack of Naval Coronation playing cards in box. A box containing two packs of cards in original wrapping. The box is white leather with a gold trim. Written on the box is 'CORONATION NAVL REVIEW, SPITHEAD, SS ORCADES 15 JUNE 1953'. The back of th
1953
National Maritime Museum
Penny. A South African penny. Obverse: Head of Queen Elizabeth II (right). Legend: 'ELIZABETH II REGINA'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a frigate under sail. Legend: 'SUID-AFRIKA . 1953 . SOUTH AFRICA' Below: '1D.'
1953
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Awarded to Sir Harold Spencer Jones. Dull and bright work. Obverse: On a lotus flower a circular inscription: "INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE CULTIVATION OF SCIENCE", and within it two
1953
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval uniform: 1951 pattern. Rating's raincoat with detachable lining belonging to PO S J E Winter, RNR. Gaberdine, navy-blue, lined with light brown wool. Double breasted, with four buttons to button three each side. Half belt at back with adj
1953
National Maritime Museum
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. A three-quarter-length portrait, slightly to the left, showing Churchill seated wearing the uniform of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports with the ribbon and star of the Garter. The painting
1953
National Maritime Museum
Tea caddy. Coronation souvenir tea caddy depicting Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II. It is decorated with a double portrait of the couple - the Queen wears a blue dress and tiara, Prince Philip is in naval mess dress. The other sides show Windsor Cast
1953
National Maritime Museum
United Nations Service Medal for Korea 1950-53. Awarded to Commander Peter Worth. Obverse: A world globe within a laurel wreath. Reverse: Inscription: "FOR SERVICE IN DEFENCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS". Bar: "KO
1953
National Maritime Museum
United Nations Service Medal for Korea 1950-53. Awarded to E M Bacon RM. Obverse: A world globe within a laurel wreath. Reverse: Inscription: "FOR SERVICE IN DEFENCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS". Bar: "KOREA"
1953
National Maritime Museum