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!
Delineation Des erschreflihen... 1653. The inscription in German above the scene gives the title "The Terrible and Bloody Battle between the Dutch and the English which occurred on the 20th February 1654". The inscription in German below, flanke
24 Mar 1653
National Maritime Museum
Fowey (1749). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Fowey (1759), a 1745 Establishment. 24-gun Sixth Rate. She was fitted at Sheerness prior to being dispatched to North America i
24 March 1772
National Maritime Museum
The Gentleman Pedlers, or Menere Reviewing his Grand Fleet (caricature). Hand-coloured.
24 Mar 1781
National Maritime Museum
'Assistant' (1791). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Assistant' (1791?), an Armed Tender as fitted for a Transport at Deptford Dockyard in 1794.
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25 March 1794
National Maritime Museum
Sir Henry Trollope. A Braver or more Dauntless Spirit Did never float upon the swelling Tide. Shakespear. Print
24 Mar 1798
National Maritime Museum
'Dr Duncan Stewart's residence Chouringee'. Pen and ink drawing of Chouringee or Chowringhee, an area of Calcutta, India, where Duncan Stewart, Margaret Brodie Herschel 's brother lived. Duncan worked as a medical doctor with the East
24 March 1850
National Maritime Museum