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 l\'angle du portail gauche de la façade occidentale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 384
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Frank Woolfe Haldinstein. Unit: 8th Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 March 1917, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
La maison dite de «l\'enfant d\'Or» ou maison historique, place des Marchés ( actuelle place du Forum), Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 375
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue de l\'Etape, prise de la fontaine Subé, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 382
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les arcades de la place Drouet-d\'Erlon, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 380
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Richard Grenville Bowyer. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Paragon. Death: 17 March 1917 At Sea
Died 17 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
L\'angle de la rue des Elus et de l\'Ecrevisse, place des Marchés (actuelle place du Forum), Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 374
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maison en ruine après un incendie, rue des Marmouzets, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 368
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maison en ruine après un incendie, rue des Marmouzets, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 369
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poissonnerie en ruine, rue Colbert, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 366
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poissonnerie en ruine, rue Colbert, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 367
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private George Thomson 301772. Unit: 16th Platoon, DCompany, 1st/8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 17 March 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 17 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Hubert Emile Funston 7572. Unit: 36th Battalion (Carmichael Riflemen), attached as a runner to the "C" Company, 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 March 1917, Western Front.
Died 17 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Repasseur actionnant sa meule, place Royale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 377
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Repasseur actionnant sa meule, place Royale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 378
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruine de l\'hôtel Thiret de Prain, rue Eugéne Desteuque, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 370
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruine du cloître des Cordeliers, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 373
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines, rue de l\'Université prise de la rue Cérès, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 379
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Second Lieutenant Arthur Elsdale Boultbee , Royal Flying Corps
Died 17 March 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant David Dennys Fowler , Royal Flying Corps
Died 17 March 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George MacDonald Watt , Royal Flying Corps
Died 17 March 1917
Lives of the First World War
Soldats russes devant la fontaine Subé, place Drouet d\'Erlon, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 381
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Soldats russes devant l\'épicerie Félix Potin, place des Marchés (actuelle place du Forum), Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 376
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Une maison en ruine, rue des Elus, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 383
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Usine en ruine vers la rue Saint-Symphorien, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 372
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Usine en ruine, rue Saint-Symphorien, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 371
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine