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 white tile with a blue, printed design showing a bow view of 'Endeavour' under sail surrounded by the inscription 'CAPTAIN COOK BICENTENNIAL BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA'. In the field are the dates '1778 1978'. The tile has a
1978
National Maritime Museum
. Presentation plaque, Port of Long Beach. On a rectangular wooden backboard, a circular brass plaque. The centre of this is filled with blue resin with at the top the flag of Long Beach, inscribed 'PORT OF LONG BEACH'. Below, a gold-coloured ma
1978
National Maritime Museum
. Two plaques on a rectangular wooden mount. The top shows the port of Los Angeles with the suspension bridge in the background and 'Harbor Light' in the foreground. The lower plaque is inscribed in black: 'PORT OF LOS ANGELES' and
1978
National Maritime Museum
Erini (fl.1970); Recreation vessel; Yacht; Silhouette class yacht. Full hull model of the 'Erini' (active 1970), a Silhouette class cruising yacht. Built plank on frame at a scale of 1:8, it is a working model and can be displayed rigged or unri
1978
National Maritime Museum
Great Eastern (1858); Passenger/cargo vessel; Liner. Topographic model of John Scott Russell's shipyard, Millwall (1858), built at a scale of 1:200. This model shows the ‘Great Eastern’ at Millwall on the Isle of Dogs on the north bank of
1978
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of Cook's discovery of Hawaii, 1978. Medal commemorating the bicentenary of Cook's discovery of Hawaii, 1978. Medal with a milled edge. Obverse: Bust of Captain James Cook (1728-1779) in uniform (based on Jo
1978
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-1779) at Nootka Sound, 1778. Medal commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-1779) at Nootka Sound, 1778. Obverse: A lamppost with five globe-shaped lamps, two baskets of flowers suspended from the cross-piece. Le
1978
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of Captain James Cook (1728-1779) meeting Chief Maquinna, 1778-1978. Medal commemorating the bicentenary of Captain James Cook (1728-1779) meeting Chief Maquinna, 1778-1978. Obverse: Bust of Captain Cook (half right) as
1978
National Maritime Museum
Reproduction medal commemorating the track of Drake's voyage, 1577-1580. Case for the reproduction medal commemorating the track of Sir Francis Drake's voyage, 1577-1580.
1978
National Maritime Museum
Reproduction medal commemorating the track of Drake's voyage, 1577-1580. Reproduction medal commemorating the track of Sir Francis Drake's voyage, 1577-1580. On a silver plate, on one side the eastern hemisphere and on the other the western, sho
1978
National Maritime Museum
The barque 'Elakoon' with a cargo of splitwood for London. Ship portrait. Oil painting by Lars Gronstrand of Abo in Finland, entitled 'The barque 'Elakoon' with a cargo of splitwood for London'.
1978
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Head-and-shoulders plaster bust on a round socle of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson.
Nelson is shown facing forward, his head turned slightly to his left. He is in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform, with the emp
1978
National Maritime Museum
A Normandy port. This view of sailing ships in a harbour, two with sail spread in light airs, is non-specific both as to place and era. It may, in fact, be the outer harbour of St Malo, but the artist has avoided easily recognized landmarks and it is not
about 1978
National Maritime Museum
Captain Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward VC , Wiltshire Regiment
Died 17 January 1978
Lives of the First World War
Hon Lieutenant-Colonel Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 1 February 1978
Lives of the First World War
Lance-Corporal Henry Devenish Skinner DCM, MiD, CBE 8/1837,
Died 9 February 1978
Lives of the First World War
Captain Leslie Phillips Marshall , West Yorkshire Regiment
Died 28 February 1978
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Charles Bevis 44635, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 March 1978
Lives of the First World War
Private George Frederick Shilling 267078, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 15 March 1978
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Henry A C Browning 77175, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 23 March 1978
Lives of the First World War
Staff Sergeant Stanley Reuben. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29870 'Big Moose.' Prisoner of War (POW), Missing Air Crew Report #1038. Earlier, on 4 Oct 1943 returning from mission to Frankfurt, B17 #42-300
Died 8 April 1978
American Air Museum
Matron Anna Violetta Thurstan , Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee, French Red Cross]
Died 13 April 1978
Lives of the First World War
Private Archibald Simeon Quick 27621, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 19 April 1978
Lives of the First World War
First Lieutenant Gordon Dennis. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel
Died 22 April 1978
American Air Museum
Elizabeth Blackall Knocker now Baroness de T'Serclaes , British Red Cross Society
Died 26 April 1978
Lives of the First World War
Surgeon Probationer Richard Sydney Allison , HMS ACORN
Died 27 April 1978
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Basil Driver Ball 28210, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 16 May 1978
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Clarence Aldbrough Brise Johnson 90715, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 24 May 1978
Lives of the First World War
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Norman Boehm. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 31 May 1978
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Burns Byram. Bombardier; Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. After WW II, Burns completed medical school and became a doctor. He established his medical practice in Marengo, Iowa. He continued his interest in aviation, became a licensed pilot, a
Died 5 June 1978
American Air Museum
Brigadier General Murray Woodbury. Fighter Wing Commander; Commanding General, . Murray C. Woodbury was born in 1899 in Burlington, Vt. He graduated from the Florida Military Academy in 1917, and attended Norwich University, Vt. He served as a private and
Died 25 June 1978
American Air Museum
A Dordrecht kaag in the Texel. This painting has a previously title of 'A Barge on the Texel'. (It may be inscribed on the back, which remains to be checked as does the apparently inscribed date, since not on the image.) Assuming the location is
1881
National Maritime Museum
Lieutenant General Charles Westover. Commanding Officer of 448th BG; Chief of Staff, 448th Bomb Group. Commanding Officer of the 448th Bomb Group based at Seething from November 1944 to May 1945.
AM/ DFC
Died 23 July 1978
American Air Museum
Private First Class John Flores. Military Occupation Specialty 903-Small Arms Weapon Mechanic, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 29 July 1978
American Air Museum
Vera Deakin White , Australian Red Cross, Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau
Died 9 August 1978
Lives of the First World War
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Thomas Dewlaney. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 August 1978
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Bernard Chapman. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Served as Nose Turret Gunner on crews of Robert C. Moore and Rufus A. David.
Died 1 September 1978
American Air Museum
Serjeant Christopher Grieve 64020, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 9 September 1978
Lives of the First World War
Wallace Drury, M.M. 1000303, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Died 21 September 1978
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Harold Cyr. Tail Gunner, 401st Bomb Group. Shot down during bombing mission over Brunswick, Germany 30 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37856 'Fancy Nancy III. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 28 September 1978
American Air Museum
Private Frederick Ancel Carne 524511, Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 30 September 1978
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Frank Burford T3/023284, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 17 October 1978
Lives of the First World War
Coulson Norman Mitchell VC 596, 2nd Division Signal Company
Died 17 November 1978
Lives of the First World War
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Newell Sherwood. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 26 November 1978
American Air Museum
Private Robert Edward Ryder VC G/3281, Middlesex Regiment
Died 1 December 1978
Lives of the First World War