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!
A View of the Harbour of St Philips Castle for the Entrance to the Town of Mahon in the Island of Minorca with all the different Coves and Islands &c. Print
17 Feb 1766
National Maritime Museum
Plate I. The Lady Juliana struck with Lightning in the Gulf of Florida... 16th Septr 1782. Print
17 Feb 1783
National Maritime Museum
Plate II. The Lady Juliana in tow of the Pallas Frigate. The Sailors Fishing the main Mast which was shatter'd by Lightning. Print
17 Feb 1783
National Maritime Museum
Plate III. The Lady Juliana with other ships in Distress on the Night of the 16th of Septr, when the Fleet was dispersed. Print
17 Feb 1783
National Maritime Museum
Plate IV. A View of the Sea on the Morning after the Storm, with the distressed situation of the Centaur, Ville de Paris and the Glorieux as seen from the Lady Juliana, the Ville de Paris passing to Windward under close reef'd Topsails. Print
17 Feb 1783
National Maritime Museum
A chart of Lord Howe Island,discover'd by Lieut. Henry Lidgbird Ball, in His Majesty's arm'd tender Supply on the 17th Feby. 1788.. Single sheet. Engraving. Scale circa 1:45,000 (bar). Bar scale in miles. Ungraduated chart. North at 302 deg
1789
National Maritime Museum
The capture of Trinidad, 17 February 1797. 'The capture of Trinidad, 17 February 1797'.
1800
National Maritime Museum
Passengers disembarking from a ferry with a cargo of barrels. Medium includes graphite. The drawing is dated off the image lower right.
17 Feb 1834
National Maritime Museum