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 capture of Saint Paul near the Isle de Bourbon, 21 September 1809. In September 1809 the British attacked the French on Reunion. They disembarked their troops five miles to the north of St Paul. They took the town and turned the guns in the batteries
1812
National Maritime Museum
Ramsgate harbour wall. A conical navigation buoy being lifted by crane with a mooring chain and anchor. Vessels alongside and one entering. Also a small scene with the buoy swung over the wall, Sept 21 1830. original art: drawing
21 Sep 1830
National Maritime Museum