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!
To the Commanders... this view of the Neptune East Indiaman... in a storm... inscribed by... Henry Parker. Print
2 Apr 1776
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sr Richard Onslow Bart. Second in Command on the 11th of Octr 1797. Print
2 Apr 1799
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sr Richard Onslow Bart. Second in Command on the 11th of Octr. 1797. Technique includes stipple engraving.
2 Apr 1799
National Maritime Museum
Battle of Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801. Single sheet. Engraving. Contains a view of the city of Copenhagen from the outer road. The ships involved in the action are depicted in profile and named. Text in a box on the right lists the participant ships. Text
1801
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Copenhagen 2 April 1801 (with key). Medium includes gouache.; Signed by artist and dated.
1803
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. In 1801 the northern powers of Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Prussia, the last three under pressure from the mentally unstable Tsar Paul I - formed an armed coalition that constituted a threat to British interests in
1801
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801, fought to force Denmark out of the hostile ‘Armed Neutrality’ of the Northern Powers – Russia, Sweden, Denmark and Prussia –was the second of Nelson
1806
National Maritime Museum
Victory of Copenhagen April 2 1801. Single sheet. Ms. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Contents Note: There is a numbered key to the Danish and British ships and a list of the British ships and their casualties.
1801
National Maritime Museum
HMS Victory Commissioned by Lord Nelson 2 April 1803. Medium includes pen and ink.
1792
National Maritime Museum
Griper (1804), Furious (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for Griper (1804) and Furious (1804), both 12-gun Gunbrigs built by Messrs Brindley at King's Lynn.
Note that the Admiralty stamp claims Flam
2 April 1804
National Maritime Museum
Imogen (1805); Orestes (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck of a Brig, being built by Mr Bailey of Ipswich. This has been deduced as being Imogen (1805), a 16-gun Brig, athough it could also relate to Orestes (1805), built by
2 April 1805
National Maritime Museum
The Queen Charlotte yacht with her present gracious Majesty on board. A Yacht in a light breeze with a view of Harwich. Hand-coloured.; Technique includes etching.; No.22.
2 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum
The Queen Charlotte yacht with her present gracious Majesty on board. A Yacht in a light breeze with a view of Harwich. Technique includes etching.; No.22.
2 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum
The S.S. Wakatipu sinks the Laira at Dunedin wharf, 2 April 1898
Taken 2 Apr 1898
National Library NZ on The Commons
The S.S. Wakatipu sinks the Laira at Dunedin wharf, 2 April 1898
Taken 2 Apr 1898
National Library NZ on The Commons
Aanleg van het Viaur Viaduct in Frankrijk door de Societé de Construction des Battignolles, 2 april 1901
2 April 1901
Rijksmuseum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Pettersson C. W. Stenungsund".
2 April 1905
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Pettersson C. W. Stenungsund".
2 April 1905
Bohusläns museum
Photograph of Center Market taken from the Corner of C and 9th Streets Northwest, 04/02/1914
Taken 2 Apr 1914
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Back of Center Market along B Street Northwest, 04/02/1914
Taken 2 Apr 1914
The U.S. National Archives
Abgabe von Brot und Mehl nur mehr durch Brotkarten - Kundmachung - Baden
2 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Major Henry Herbert Stanley Marsh. Unit: 4th London Field Company, 2nd London Divisional Engineers, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force). Death: 02 April 1915 Western Front
Died 2 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private (Acting Lance Corporal) Alfred Ernest Edwards 8013, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Henry Knott 9719, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 2 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Eric Montrose Graham , 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
Died 2 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant James Nash. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 2 April 1915
Died 2 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Leslie George Glassington 2038. Unit: 56th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 April 1916, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 2 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Humphrey Stanley Reece, M.C. , Gordon Highlanders
Died 2 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Trooper Alexander Gibson Forsyth 3109. Unit: 4th Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 April 1916, Delhi Military Hospital, Tidworth, Britain.
Died 2 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Sydney Truman Durose , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 2 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Chez un ferrailleur, rue Cérès, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 509
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Chez un ferrailleur, rue Cérès, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 510
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Chez un ferrailleur, rue Cérès, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 511
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Frederick Leonard Goldsmith 30210, Devonshire Regiment
Died 2 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Francis Bales 40218. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 02 April 1917 Croisilles Western Front
Died 2 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Impact sur la façade de maisons rue Saint-André après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 522
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Impact sur la façade de maisons rue Saint-André après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 523
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue de la Grue en ruine, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 512
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue Saint-André, aujourd\'hui rue Raymont Guyot, après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 521
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal George Henry Russell 310280, Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 2 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Clement Lamothe Chauncy , Australian Infantry
Died 2 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant H H Richards. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 02 April 1917 Western Front
Died 2 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant H P Sworder. Unit: The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), attached to 57th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 02 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 2 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Alan Carter. Unit: 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Death: 02 April 1917 Missing in action
Died 2 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Eustace O’Halloran. Unit: 55th or 56th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 April 1917
Died 2 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Maison en ruine, rue Saint-Symphorien, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 513
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maison en ruineen contre jour, rue Eugène Desteuque, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 516
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Ernst Preece 2504. Unit: 56th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 April 1917
Died 2 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Frederick Sumner Miller 2697. Unit: 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 April 1917 Western Front
Died 2 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George T Getley 306180, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 2 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Gilmore Hughes 4497. Unit: 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 April 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 2 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Herbert Ebenezer Abraham Smith 1738, 53rd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Died 2 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Sydney Mattock 45863, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 2 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Ruines de l\'entreprise de zinguerie Berriot Fres, Maurice Hutin et Cie, rue Eugène Desteuque, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 517
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines d\'une maison, rue Saint-Symphorien, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 514
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines d\'une maison, rue Saint-Symphorien, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 515
2 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine