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!
Elevation of the East front of the Boys School and Dormitory. An architectural elevation print of the east front of the Greenwich Hospital School building of 1783, designed by William Newton, Clerk of Works to the Hospital Surveyor of the time, James
22 Sep 1789
National Maritime Museum
Elevation of the East front of the Infirmary. An architectural elevation print of the east front of the Infirmary of Greenwich Hospital, built to James 'Athenian' Stuart's design in 1764-68, but later considerably reconstructed including ad
22 Sep 1789
National Maritime Museum
The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by Islands of Ice in the South Seas, on which she struck, 24th December 1789, in her passage to Botany Bay, with the departure of the Crew in the Jolly Boat. This mezzotint shows the crew of t
22 Sep 1790
National Maritime Museum
Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the midship section for Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837), a two-masted Water Carrier built for service in Malta.
22 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837), a two-masted Water Carrier built at Chatham Do
22 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the deck with after platform detail for Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837), a two-masted Water Carrier built at Chatham Dockyard for service in Malta.
22 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Egmond, a beach scene with a light tower and a beached vessel on rollers. Mounted with PAE6098, PAE6100.
22 Sep 1838
National Maritime Museum
A pair of Topi, dated 22 Sept 1857. Mounted with PAE5614-PAE5615.
22 Sep 1857
National Maritime Museum
The Clipper Screw Steamer Corcyra 791 Tons. The property of the Anglo Ionian Steam Navigation Company limited. Print
22 Sep 1862
National Maritime Museum