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).
Absentee. Suspended sculpture consisting of glass "panes" wired with stainless steel cable in form of ship's hull
1999
National Maritime Museum
Confectionary tin. A souvenir confectionary tin commemorating the total solar eclipse of the sun for 111 August 1999. It was made in Alderney, Guernsey. The box shows a map with path of eclipse across the English Channel.
1999
National Maritime Museum
Faedm. Foam sphere with blue polyurethane coating: partially imploded, figures inscribed in black marker pen
1999
National Maritime Museum
Matthew (1497); Cargo vessel; Ship. Crutches for the full hull model of the 'Matthew' (1497) made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings and partly painted. The model is displayed on a pair of wooden crutches connected by a si
1999
National Maritime Museum
Matthew (1497); Cargo vessel; Ship. Scale: 1:25. A modern full hull plank on frame model of the three-masted sailing ship ‘Mathew’ (1497) from the port of Bristol, and used by John Cabot in 1497 for a voyage to ‘discover’ the &lsqu
1999
National Maritime Museum
WRN Ratings Overcoat. Overcoat, Woman's RN Ratings. Sealed Pattern 1999, no 28977. Wool blend, Lined at front and at top of back. Double breasted with eight gilt buttons. Fastens at throat with one plastic button. Hook for belt (missing)
1999
National Maritime Museum
First Lieutenant Charles Katzenmeyer. Fighter Pilot, 365th Fighter Group.
Died 1 January 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Bernard Massing. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 January 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Edward Karolkiewicz. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 30 bombing missions
DFC/Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters
Died 10 January 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant George Cooley. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. On 11 September 1944 he successfully baled out of his aircraft near Liege, Belgium. He subsequently returned to his squadron on 15 September. End Tour of
Died 13 January 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant John Ferra. Crew Chief, 4th Fighter Group. John Ferra was the one time crew chief of Captain Don Gentile for which he is most famous for. After Gentile was sent home, Ferra took care of 4 other kites until he was sent home in September 1945
Died 15 January 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant William Kopczynski. Radio Operator, 446th Bomb Group. Bill Kopczynski trained as a gunner and was sent overseas. He served in the 446th Bomb Group / 705th Bomb Squadron at Bungay, England. He was Ball Turret Gunner on B-24 “Quiver
Died 17 January 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Jack Simon. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. End Tour of Duty (ETD).
Died 8 February 1999
American Air Museum
Major Joe Kilgore. Pilot, . Joe Madison Kilgore (December 10, 1918 – February 10, 1999) served from 1955 to 1965 as a U.S. Representative from Texas's 15th congressional district. Born in Brown County, near Brownwood in west central Texas, Kilg
Died 10 February 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Ambrose Lucidi. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 February 1999
American Air Museum
Sergeant Roger Wolcott. Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17 42-97271 JD-H, BOSS LADY on 20 March 1945. Missing Air Crew Report #13565.
Died 18 February 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harold Braun. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Master Sergeant.
Died 22 February 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Emerson Hall. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 February 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Alfred Thompson Denning , Royal Engineers
Died 5 March 1999
Lives of the First World War
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Gerald Knollenberg. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 March 1999
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Ellis. Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. Served as air attache in several European capitals after war. Detached to 98th BG during war
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/ploesti-pilots-diary?page=7
Died 18 March 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Noel Breen. Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Noel Breen was born July 30, 1923, the son of Williams and Gertrude McGrath Breen in Lowville, New York. After his service as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, he was a Systems Ana
Died 19 March 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Arel Bye. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Transferred 466th BG.
Died 20 March 1999
American Air Museum
Captain Calvin Beason. Fighter pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM [4OLC], WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.
Post War: Promoted Captain USAF. Served in Korean War.
Died 27 March 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Albert Ramm. Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Albert Ramm was a Pilot in the 55th Fighter Group / 338th Fighter Squadron. Assigned to the Squadron on 11 August 1944, he flew a total of 67 missions and is listed as a Flying Ace, credited with :
Died 2 April 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Arden Mills. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 25 missions before being seriously wounded
Died 13 April 1999
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Aloysius McCloskey. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Waist gunner on B-24 Liberator, bailed out 20 February 1945 after the control cables on his a/c snapped over Belgium.
Died 13 April 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Paul Kochenash. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. After the war he was a design draftsman for Mack Trucks for 22 years.
Died 14 April 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Otto Krause. Navigator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Whilst flying on a mission over the Rhine on, 6 January 1945. Krause's Aircraft was flying alongside B-17 "Little Miss Mischief" flown by 1Lt Herman W. Balaban&
Died 15 April 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Frederick Bradley. Top Turret Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. My Dad flew with the Howard Traeder crew, 24 missions from 1/45 to 4/45 24th mission was supposed to be a milk run however it didn't turn out that was. The 398th's B-17
Died 15 April 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Roy Latham. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 April 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Clyde Bush. Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air crew Report #838.
POW
Died 20 April 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) George Koc. Ground Crew Chief, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 April 1999
American Air Museum
Private John Leonard Whitehurst ASHBY G/53284, Middlesex Regiment
Died 17 May 1999
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Shanklin. Co-Pilot/Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 May 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Willard Lockyear. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Reported to the ETO in June 1943. Completed approx. 17 missions.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230779. POW at Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumba
Died 18 June 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Eddie Choate. Waist Gunner; Ball Turret Gunner, 445th Bomb Group.
Died 18 June 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harold Logan. Nose Gunner, 34th Bomb Group.
Died 11 July 1999
American Air Museum
Captain John Brown. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, transferred to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF, Tour expired ETD.
Died 25 July 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Donald Patchen. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber support mission to Berlin, his P-51B Mustang 43-6584 was hit by flak in cooling system, Lt Patchen abandoned A/C 10 miles N
Died 25 July 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lawrence Brustrom. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 13 August 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Claudius Belk. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, Lykes Henderson Crew, 2 combat missions.
Prisoner of War (POW) 26 June 1943, B17 42-3003
Died 14 August 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Mark Meyer. Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29935 'CAT'S SASS'. Plane ditched in The North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #1725.
POW
Died 19 August 1999
American Air Museum
Major Kenneth Keene. Pilot/784th BS Operations Officer, 466th Bomb Group. 26 combat missions: 1943 - Dec 11 Emden; 13 Kiel; 16 Bremen; 20 Bremen; 1944 - Jan 14 Pas de Calais; 21 Bois Carre/ 31 Siracourt; Feb 4 Frankfurt; 5 Tours; 8 Siracourt; 11 Siracourt
Died 31 August 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Mosher. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #119 dated 22 June 1944, John R. Bennett crew. 19 combat missions.
Died 3 September 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant George Mirsch. Pilot, 495th Fighter Training Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to 495th Fighter Ferry Group.
Post war: Air Traffic Controller, FAA.
Died 9 September 1999
American Air Museum
Sergeant Clayton Christiansen. Tail Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 10 September 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Henry Wynia. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 September 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Lyonel Campbell. Flight Engineer, 467th Bomb Group.
Died 19 September 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Richard Grimm. Radio Operator, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Flew 35 missions. He flew 6 missions with the 303rd from 24 July 1943 to 19 August 1943. Then he flew 29 missions with the 306th BG/367th BS from 19 Feb 194
Died 19 September 1999
American Air Museum
Murdock Barrineau. , . Murdock and twin brother Thomas Barrineau lived in Waycross, Georgia with their parents and younger sister Stella. Both brothers attended the Waycross High School and after their graduation the family moved to Naples, Florida. Murd
Died 1 October 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Wilcox. Bombardier, 351st Bomb Group. Bob Wilcox enlisted in the National Guard at Decatur in 1941. Training as a bombardier in the Army Air Corps, he graduated from the bombardier school at Childress, Texas and was commissioned a
Died 1 October 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant John Murchake. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
Died 7 October 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Mearl Houck. Aerial Engineer; Top Turret, 390th Bomb Group. 21 October 1943 B17#42-3327 'Tete T'Mete' was retuning to base when mission was abandoned with full bomb load and fuel tank. Tire blew out on landing with heavy
Died 10 October 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Edwin Zisler. Mechanic; Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. EAME ribbon w 4 battle stars; Overseas Serv. Bar; Purple Heart; Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster; DFC
Died 18 October 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Jesse LeBlanc. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 October 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Eugene Gjertsen. Navigator; Radar Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Flew about 15 missions with original crew, then transferred to 784th BS. Flew on B-24 #4251240 (on overseas movement trip from U.S. This a/c was surrendered at Valley Wales.
Died 12 November 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Leslie Dunger. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 November 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Lyle Powell. Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. Lyle James Powell Jr was a Gunner on the John P. Roberts crew - 458th BG / 752nd BS.
Died 26 November 1999
American Air Museum
Flying Officer Jackson Mahon. Pilot, . Mahon was born in Bakersfield, California, and learned to fly while in high school. In 1941 he joined the Royal Air Force, and by the winter was flying combat with No 121 (Eagle) Squadron, composed of American volunt
Died 4 December 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant George Corrar. Ball Turret Gunner, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 4 December 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) James Chancellor. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 December 1999
American Air Museum