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).
. Vitreous stoneware dinner plate. It has a white body with a blue line and the Townsend Thoreson company logo printed on the rim. The maker's mark and date code are printed on the base.
1972
National Maritime Museum
Cruiserfix Solar Navigator. This instrument is one of a number of examples of attempts to produce a cheap and easy to use instrument for the determination of latitude, longitude and time at sea, principally for the leisure market.
The instrument is made
1972
National Maritime Museum
Erith Reach towards Dagenham. Oil painting. Signed in lower right:Derek. G. M. Gardner
circa 1966
National Maritime Museum
Flag of the IPC Sailing Club. Flag IPC Sailing Club. White skull and cross bones on red. 'HOSTS PIRATES WINNERS 1972'. The club was based at Iver and sponsored by the Mirror Group.
1972
National Maritime Museum
Little Industry (fl.1880); Cargo vessel; Barge; West Country sailing barge. Scale: 1:48. Full hull model of the 'Little Industry' (active 1880), a West Country sailing barge. Model is decked, equipped and rigged, with sails furled, towing a smal
1972
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Centennial Diamond Jubilee of USS 'Constellation', 1972. Medal commemorating the Centennial Diamond Jubilee of USS 'Constellation', 1972. Obverse: American eagle within a circle of stars. Legend: 'CENTENNIA
1972
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the US Frigate 'Constellation'. Medal commemorating the US frigate 'Constellation'. Obverse: A monument. Legend: '175th ANNIVERSARY . CITY OF BALTIMORE.' Inscription: 'JAMES CALHOUN MAYOR . 1797 WM.
1972
National Maritime Museum
Engineer's Dept rubber stamp. A rubber stamp with a wooden handle painted black. It was used by Port Line and is inscribed with the words 'ENGINEERS DEPT.'
194-1972
National Maritime Museum
Major Wilfred Edwards VC 13303, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 4 January 1972
Lives of the First World War
Major Jay Evans. Group Engineering Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 January 1972
American Air Museum
Private Whiri Tangatake, M.M 16/1275, 3rd Pioneer Battalion New Zealand
Died 21 January 1972
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Burnell May, M.C. , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 25 January 1972
Lives of the First World War
Driver George Hennessey 68473, Royal Field Artillery, 67 Brigade.
Died 28 January 1972
Lives of the First World War
Major Percy Edgar Eyres Chappell DCM , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 15 February 1972
Lives of the First World War
Private Fred Gilbertson 1857, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 24 February 1972
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Ena Stow 21/847, West Yorkshire Regiment
Died 5 March 1972
Lives of the First World War
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) George Strickland. Top Turret Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 5 April 1972
American Air Museum
Shoeing Smith Frederick Polston 1207, Royal Field Artillery
Died 8 April 1972
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Chamberlain Hope, D.C.M. 1040, British West Indies Regiment
Died 27 May 1972
Lives of the First World War
Major Edward Albert Christian Geo. Andrew Patrick David His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales , Grenadier Guards
Died 28 May 1972
Lives of the First World War
Private David Ross Lauder VC 7709, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 4 June 1972
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Edward John Jones 27813, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1972
Lives of the First World War
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Frank Kemp. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 July 1972
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Ronald Fox. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 July 1972
American Air Museum
Colonel Jack Shuck. Commander, 95th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group, Base Commander, 452nd Bomb Group. Deputy C/S for Operations, 3rd Air Division, Deputy C/S for Operations, 92nd Combat Bomb Wing. Commander 95th Bomb Group 15 October 1944 - April 1945. Comm
Died 16 August 1972
American Air Museum
Serjeant John George Moule 330451, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 24 August 1972
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Bruce de la Coeur Hylton-Stewart , Officers Training Corps
Died 1 October 1972
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Commander Cecil Burnaby Prickett , HMS Princess Royal
Died 7 October 1972
Lives of the First World War
Major Robert Francis Traill, DSO , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 8 October 1972
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Madden 9340, South Wales Borderers Depot
Died 21 October 1972
Lives of the First World War
Gordon Winn Findlay Smith , Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Died 26 October 1972
Lives of the First World War
Major General Don Ostrander . Ordnance and Armament Officer, . General Ostrander was born in Stockbridge MI, attended local schools and studied engineering at Western State College, MI. He entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in June 1933 and g
Died 26 October 1972
American Air Museum
Commander David George Hogarth , Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died 6 November 1972
Lives of the First World War
First Lieutenant John Ennis. Bombardier & Pilotage Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Original member of the 466th BG/786th BS
Was bombardier on the Russell J. Willer Crew - Crew #604
Trained as a Pilotage Navigator and flew in the role with the Fred A. McC
Died 7 November 1972
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Arnold Nugent Strode Jackson CBE DSO and three Bars , Rifle Brigade
Died 13 November 1972
Lives of the First World War
Captain Francis Joseph Breeden, M.C. , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 19 November 1972
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Emma Charlotte McLEOD , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 19 November 1972
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Henry Albert White 31395, Royal Ordnance Corps
Died 27 November 1972
Lives of the First World War
Temporary Captain Edward Montagu Compton Mackenzie ,
Died 30 November 1972
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Leslie Poles Hartley , 4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
Died 13 December 1972
Lives of the First World War
Chaplain Philip Thomas Byard Clayton , Chaplain to the Force
Died 16 December 1972
Lives of the First World War
First Lieutenant Jack Bartuska. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Served combat tours in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel
Died 25 December 1972
American Air Museum