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!
The European Race. Heat IIId Anno Dom. MDCCXXXIX (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
9 Apr 1739
National Maritime Museum
The Modern Perseus endeavouring to save Britannia (caricature). Hand-coloured.
9 Apr 1829
National Maritime Museum
'Buffalo' (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section and elevation of bed spaces and water closet for 'Buffalo' (1813), a purchased East Indiaman, as fitted as an emigrant ship to Australia.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipw
9 April 1835
National Maritime Museum
Truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a front and side elevation, and plan of a truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers, and to be modified for Cutters of 25ft or less in length.
Signed J. B. Huddy [Chief Constructor, Devo
9 April 1886
National Maritime Museum