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!
John Adams, alias John Wilkinson (b. 1762), Greenwich Pensioner, boatswain's mate of the 'Agamemnon' while commanded by Nelson 8 Apr 1793 - 16 Sep 1798. Mounted with letter from artist. This is one of two versions of this portrait of the fo
June 1840
National Maritime Museum
Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with sections through stations at A, B, C, D illustrating the barrel stowage, magazine, water tanks and stores for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at
8 April 1850
National Maritime Museum
Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck illustrating the tiller ropes, shot layout and fittings for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by Sameul Read [Mast
8 April 1850
National Maritime Museum
Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck illustrating the details of the store rooms for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by Samuel Read [Master Shipwrigh
8 April 1850
National Maritime Museum
A catted anchor inscribed ' Porter's anchor improved Trotman'. S.S. Delta. Mounted with PAE6442.
8 Apr 1861
National Maritime Museum
The anchor windlass, companionway and pump of a steamer (S.S. Delta 8 Apr 1861). Inscribed 'Bow of a steamer'. Mounted with PAE6443.
8 Apr 1861
National Maritime Museum
The Lady Franklin Sound Sledge Party prior to departure from Discovery.. Lt. Robert Archer of Discovery led the 12-man sledge Westward Ho to determine the continuity of Grant Land, as well as deciding whether Lady Franklin Strait is a bay, fiord or channe
8 April 1876
National Maritime Museum
Lok nr 1 "HULTENHEIM" byggt 1869 vid Hatcham Ironworks, London, enligt Fairlies patent. Loket, fortfarande med originalpanna, exploderade den 8 april 1902 kl 11.25 inne i verkstaden i Eksjö. En ångpanneexplosion är mycket ovanlig
8 April 1902
Tekniska museet
"May American manhood be sturdy as the oak" - President Roosevelt planting a tree, Fort Worth, Texas.
Taken 8 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
President Roosevelt meeting his fellow Americans - speaking at Fort Worth, Texas.
Taken 8 Apr 1905
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)
Taken 8 Apr 1913
The U.S. National Archives
Captain Gerald Charles Binsteed MC. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 08 April 1915 Le Gheer Western Front
Died 8 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Harold George Copsey 93822, Royal Field Artillery
Died 8 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Patmore 16310, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 8 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William H Southerton 22734, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 8 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Dering Stainbank , Royal Field Artillery
Died 8 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Gunner John Russell Whatling 86559, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Thomas Richard Carter 70697, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Walter E Haylett 79091, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant R A Logan. Unit: Royal Flying Corps.. Death: 08 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 8 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Mensen temidden van rotsblokken aan de oever van een rivier in Nederlands-Indië met Pasen
8 April 1917
Rijksmuseum
Pioneer George William Burroughs 222210, Royal Engineers
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Willie Dredge S/16350, Royal Highlanders
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis John Bond 4763. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 April 1917 Boursirs Western Front. Son of Richard and Rose Bond, of Ranelagh, Huon, Tasmania.
Died 8 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry Bingham 200600, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Glendinning Jemison 2178. Unit: 10th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 April 1917 Western Front.
Died 8 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William G Calder 531538, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Harry Edward Burnham 7388, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Keith Ingleby MacKenzie , Royal Flying Corps
Died 8 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Alfred C Wootton 9716, Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 8 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Francis Alfred Mills 43319, Manchester Regiment
Died 8 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Deux membres de l\'élite locale, Yanbu, Arabie, A 15 583
8 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Entrée de la gendarmerie, Yanbu, Arabie, A 15 585
8 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La grande place, Yanbu, Arabie, A 15 584
8 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La porte de Médine, Bab al-Madina, Yanbu, Arabie, A 15 581 S
8 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine