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!
Aile Denon du Palais du Louvre depuis la place du Carrousel, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 460 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Aile Denon du Palais du Louvre depuis la place du Carrousel, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 461 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Aile Denon du Palais du Louvre depuis la place du Carrousel, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 462 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Aile Denon du Palais du Louvre depuis la place du Carrousel, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 463
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Aile Denon du Palais du Louvre depuis la place du Carrousel, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 464 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Aile Denon du Palais du Louvre depuis la place du Carrousel, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 465
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Aile Denon du Palais du Louvre depuis la place du Carrousel, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 467 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Aile Richelieu du Palais du Louvre depuis la place du Carrousel, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 466 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Driver James William Bairstow 161188, Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Le Louvre, de la place du Carrousel vers le quai des Tuileries, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 458 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le Louvre, de la place du Carrousel vers le quai des Tuileries, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 459 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Major Sir Archibald Leonard Lucas Lucas-Tooth , Honourable Artillery Company
Died 12 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Ada Janet Ross , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 12 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Ordinary Seaman Stanley Edis or Edes Clark J55741, H.M.S. "Velox"
Died 12 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Plaque «avenue de l\'Alma» , actuelle avenue Georges-V et soupirail fermé contre les bombardements, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 456
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Plaque «avenue de l\'Alma» , actuelle avenue Georges-V et soupirail fermé contre les bombardements, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 457
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Plaque «Cours-la-Reine» , à l\'angle de la place de la Reine-Astrid (1936) et de l\'actuel Cours-Albert-Ier, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 454 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Plaque «Cours-la-Reine» , à l\'angle de la place de la Reine-Astrid (1936) et de l\'actuel Cours-Albert-Ier, Paris (VIIIe arr.), France, A 14 455 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Plaque de rue «Quai Debilly», Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 14 452 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Plaque de rue «Quai Debilly», Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 14 453 S
12 juillet 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Cyril Wilfrid Lewis 241221, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 12 July 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Sumpter 7578. Unit: 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 July 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 12 July 1918
Imperial War Museum