This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. 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
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 code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Deptford; Warship; Sixth rate; 24 guns. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull block model of the storeship ‘Deptford’ (1735), built in ‘bread and butter’ fashion. Measuring 124 feet along the gun deck by 33 feet in the beam and wit
1735
National Maritime Museum
Rippon; Warship; Fourth rate; 60 guns. Scale: 1:48. A block design model of the ‘Rippon’ (1735), a 60-gun, two-decker ship of the line. Like Anson’s ‘Centurion’, it was built to the modified 1719 Establishment as an intermedi
1735
National Maritime Museum