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!
. Merchant Navy summer uniform belonging to Edward Miller, trainee officer born on 9 June 1922, died at sea on 28 Nov 1940 when the ship he was apprenticed to, the SS Aracataca, was sunk by a German U-boat whilst transporting bananas from Jamaica.
1940
National Maritime Museum
. Merchant Navy summer uniform belonging to Edward Miller, trainee officer born on 9 June 1922, died at sea on 28 Nov 1940 when the ship he was apprenticed to, the SS Aracataca, was sunk by a German U-boat whilst transporting bananas from Jamaica.
1940
National Maritime Museum
. Merchant Navy summer uniform belonging to Edward Miller, trainee officer born on 9 June 1922, died at sea on 28 Nov 1940 when the ship he was apprenticed to, the SS Aracataca, was sunk by a German U-boat whilst transporting bananas from Jamaica.
1940
National Maritime Museum
. Merchant Navy summer uniform belonging to Edward Miller, trainee officer born on 9 June 1922, died at sea on 28 Nov 1940 when the ship he was apprenticed to, the SS Aracataca, was sunk by a German U-boat whilst transporting bananas from Jamaica.
1940
National Maritime Museum
Arm badge, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1940-1948, Coder. Coder's arm badge.
1940
National Maritime Museum
Fleet Air Arm uniform: pattern 1924. Lieutenant-Commander's monkey jacket. One sewn on medal ribbon bar
1940
National Maritime Museum