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).
The Pirates of Penzance. A poster of Director Mike Leigh’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s "The Pirates of Penzance" at the English National Opera from 9 May to 27 June 2015, designed by Toby Leigh. Signed by Mike Leigh (on the
2015
National Maritime Museum
Staff Sergeant Leonard Hurley. Ball Turret Gunner, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. 33 sorties over occupied ETO.
A detailed biography can be found at :
http://carol_fus.tripod.com/army_ac_hero_ljhurley.html
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 9 January 2015
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Harry Freivogel. Navigator. B24. 2nd Air Division, 448th Bomb Group, 714 Bomb Squadron, 29 complete missions, 446th Bomb Group. After marriage in 1941, Harry enlisted for the draft, and in his own words " being patriotic or probably
Died 10 January 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Vermillion. Radio Operator, 323rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) B-26C 41-35000. On mission to V-1 target near Devres, FR a direct flak hit near the left engine forced crew to bail-out. Losses of 9th AF indicates Vermillion was
Died 12 January 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Frank Perez. Ball Turret Gunner, 401st Bomb Group. From 4 April 1944 to 7 October 1944, he flew 32 missions as a Ball Turret Gunner. On 6 June 1944, D-Day he and his crew flew to Caen, in order to bomb a nearby airfield. However, cloud cove
Died 16 January 2015
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Henry Ayon. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Post War: Served as a Sergeant in the US Army for 22 years. He retired with honors with the highest rank of a noncommissioned officer. In 1970, he and his family retu
Died 21 January 2015
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Walter Harvey. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31346 'Shack Rabbit.' Evaded, MACR 4355. E&E Report #1103.
Died 28 January 2015
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant (1st Grade) Victor Hadley. Ground Crew Chief, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 February 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Francis Anderson. Engineer / Top Turret Gunner, 351st Bomb Group. Francis Anderson was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He was a 1941 graduate of Live Oak Street High School, New Smyrna Beach. He enlisted in the Air Corps in October 1942
Died 10 February 2015
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Owen Cooper. Bombardier / Navigator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars.
Died 18 February 2015
American Air Museum
Sergeant Leroy Kuest. Crew Chief, 94th Bomb Group. Crew chief, maintaining B17s at Rougham. He met his wife, Margaret McCurdy, at a dance in London,and they were married in 1946, in Odessa, Washington. Throughout his life, Leroy helped to keep the history
Died 21 February 2015
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Jones. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #239 dated 5 December 1944. Ranald MacDonald Crew, 26 combat missions.
Robert passed away Feb 26, 2015 here
Died 26 February 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Walter Filippi. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #85 dated 6 May 1944, Edward Lynch Crew.
33 missions from 4 June to 18 August 1944.
AM/ DFC
Died 27 February 2015
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Stanley Sturak. Radio Operator / Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231346 'Shack Rabbit. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 11 March 2015
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Hafeman. Radio Operator / Backup Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 March 2015
American Air Museum
Captain Foy Higginbottom. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Bud Higginbottom served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group.
Air Medal with 14 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Died 20 March 2015
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Richard Sharp. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. 12 missions flown: 7 wing position, 4 deputy lead, 1 lead
At 18 he volunteered in December 1942 wanting only not to be in the infantry. The AAF table was the first table he came to upon entering th
Died 30 March 2015
American Air Museum
Major General Donald Strait. Fighter Pilot, 356th Fighter Group. Being one of the few pilots in his class to be designated as a fighter pilot, Strait was assigned to the 356th Squadron, flying a P-47 Thunderbolt. He trained in Massachusetts and then
shipp
Died 30 March 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) William Shiffer. Flight Engineer; Gunner, 490th Bomb Group. William J. Shiffer, flying on a bombing mission out of Eye on 1 September 1944, was one of 3 airmen to survive a mid-air collision over France between two USA bomber pl
Died 3 April 2015
American Air Museum
Flight Officer John Fuller. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Raid on Berlin with 3000 airplanes front and back all flying to Berlin.
Died 13 April 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Andrew Banko. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 April 2015
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Johnie Young. Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. 3 Feb 1945, B-17 44-6592 SO-S (Stardust) damaged by flak over Berlin. Pilot 2nd Lt. Ruckman flew damaged a/c behind Soviet lines and force landed at an airfield near Torun, Poland. Crew
Died 20 April 2015
American Air Museum
Sergeant Wesley Borgeson. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Wesley C. Borgeson (Wes) B-17 Tail Gunner, USAAF 8th AF, 384th BG, 545th BS, Grafton-Underwood, England. On 30 November 1944, his B-17 was blown apart and he rode the tail section from 27,500 feet
Died 30 April 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Edwin Fulkerson. Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17 42-31048, 13 April 1944. Prisoner of War. Missing Air Crew Report 3866.
Died 1 May 2015
American Air Museum
Sergeant Leslie Jackson. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 4 May 2015
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Odis Dean. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 May 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Herbert Achterberg. Draftsman, 466th Bomb Group. Worked in Group operations as a draftsman. Memorable days -- years -- in England
Good Conduct & 'Mouse Medal'
Died 9 May 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Houston Bell. Tail Gunner, 446th Bomb Group.
Died 10 May 2015
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Gene Goodrick. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, as crew pilot, 35 combat missions.
Silver Star
Died 18 May 2015
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Thomas Dunmire. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Had a long career in the USAF retiring in 1968 as a Lt. Colonel. During his career he crewed on B-17's, B-24's, B-29's, B-36's and B-52's.
Died 13 June 2015
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Pierini. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. On 7 June 1944, on one of his first combat missions he collided with Lt Kenneth B Smith's aircraft while taking off and climbing through clouds. H
Died 19 June 2015
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Earl Newton. Pilot, 491st Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by flak and crashed at Baltringen on 21-Jul-44 in B-24 #41-28987. Crew R129.
My father lived an extraordinary life. After serving in WWII, he married my mother and ha
Died 19 June 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Joseph Anfuso. Remote Control Turret Mech/Gunner, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 15 July 2015
American Air Museum
Eddie Brighty. , 466th Bomb Group. English boy who lived near the 785th BS officer's quarters. Befriended the officers of the Charles Saxon Crew and the Earl Wassom Crew among others.
Died 23 July 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Edmiston. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on 7 January 1944 in B-17F #41-24525 'What's Cooking Doc?' Prisoner of War (POW). Crashed at Port-le-Grand, France. Missing Air Crew Report #1608
POW
Died 25 July 2015
American Air Museum
Colonel Gordon Batdorf. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x damaged. Transferred to 9AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war remained in the reserves rising to rank of Colonel. Joined Mound Metalcraf
Died 11 August 2015
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Fields Hathorn. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 August 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Ben Kuroki. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Crew member B-24 #41-24105, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, returning safely to Libya. Second generation Japanese. Finished war as one of most highly decorated sergeants
Died 1 September 2015
American Air Museum
Major General Thomas Sadler. B-17 Nose Gunner, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. (USAF Bio)
Major General Thomas M. Sadler is commander, 21st Air Force, with headquarters at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. It is one of three numbered air forces in th
Died 7 September 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Frank Schaeffer. Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. S/Sgt Frank N. Schaeffer was Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-24 "My Peach", Serial 42-100415. On a mission to bomb the La Perthe airfield
Died 12 September 2015
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant William Francis. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Bill flew 27 missions over France and Germany as a Tail Gunner on a B-24.
in 1945 he graduated as a Flight Engineer on the B-29
Died 15 September 2015
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Thomas Cuddeback. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17 42-3188, 'MISS CARRIAGE' on a mission to Villacoublay Airfield, 26 June 1943. Initially attacked east of Caen, France by enemy aircraft; the ship lost altitude rapidl
Died 16 September 2015
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Willis Jones. Co-Pilot, 96th Bomb Group. Damaged by flak on a mission to Watten, FR on 13 Feb 1944, B-17F #42-3556 'Dear Mom' returned to England and landed at RAF West Malling, Kent. RTD.
Shot down on his 26th mission on 13
Died 4 October 2015
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Rodney Roehm. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Born in Ontanagon where he spent his youth, Rodney Roehm was raised by his uncle and aunt Clyde and Irene (Roehm) Haygood. He graduated in 1940 from the Ontanagon High School. In the summer of 1942,
Died 8 October 2015
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Roland Wright. Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Roland Wright was assigned to the 357th Fighter Group on 14 November 1944. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 10 February 1945.
In total Wright shot down three enemy aircraft during the war
Died 19 October 2015
American Air Museum