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 'Luxborough Galley' burnt nearly to the water, 25 June 1727. This is the second of a set of six scenes, ‘The loss of the 'Luxborough Galley' in 1727 and the escape of some of her crew’. The ‘Luxborough’ is
1760
National Maritime Museum
The 'Luxborough Galley' on fire, 25 June 1727. This is the first of a set of six scenes showing ‘The loss of the 'Luxborough Galley' in 1727 and the escape of some of her crew’ (BHC 2385-8 and BHC2391). It shows some of the
1760
National Maritime Museum
London (1766). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for 'London' (1766), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. This plan includes the names of the storerooms and cabins, unlike ZAZ0307.
Initialled by Thomas Slade [S
circa 1762
National Maritime Museum
The Greenwich Pensioner Written and composed by Mr Dibdin, For his Entertainment called The Oddities (caricature). The four verses of Charles Dibdin's song, 'The Greenwich Pensioner' are printed below the image, which shows a one-legged Gre
25 Jun 1791
National Maritime Museum
Lord Howe they run or the British Tars giving the Carmignols a Dressing on Memorable 1st Of June 1794 (caricature). Framed etching entitled "Lord Howe they run or the British Tars giving the Carmignols a Dressing on Memorable 1st Of June 1794 (carica
25 Jun 1794
National Maritime Museum
The 'Victory' in Naples Bay, 25 June 1804. The sixth in a series of ten drawings (PAF5871–PAF5874, PAF5876, PAF5880–PAF5881 and PAF5883–PAF5885) of mainly lesser-known incidents in Nelson's career, apparently intended for
1810
National Maritime Museum
To the Members of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, this print of the Cutter Yacht Alarm (T. Wanhill Esqre.) winning the Silver Cup, June 25th 1840 (shows yacht Sabrina. This coloured lithograph shows the Alarm winning the Silver Cup on 25 June, 1840. The yach
Jul 1840
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns on her passage from Lisbon to Gibraltar on the morning of the 30th Jany 1849. Hand-coloured.
25 Jun 1849
National Maritime Museum
Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with details for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by Samuel Read [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard 1848
25 June 1850
National Maritime Museum
Mersey (1858); Orlando (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines with alterations to the gunports, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Mersey (1858) and Orlando (1858), both 40-gun screw frigates.
27 June 1856
National Maritime Museum