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!
'England Expects' [Nelson's ghost in front of the Queen's House, Greenwich]. Framed and glazed drawing showing a ghostly figure of Nelson standing in Greenwich Park, gesturing with his hat in his left hand towards the Queen's Hou
1927
National Maritime Museum
. Bowl-Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber incorporated with glazed bottom of bowl. Black painted brass verge ring graduated to 360 deg. Inside of bowl silvered with two black painted lubber lines carried on white strips attached t
1927
National Maritime Museum
. Commander's coat, full dress. Has a mourning band on the left hand sleeve.
1927
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass
Bowl: Brass, grey painted. Filler plug on side of bowl, expansion chamber fitted to base. A frame incorporating a short directional arrow and carrying the top pivot of the double pivot system is fitted across diameter of bowl below verge
1927
National Maritime Museum
. Scale 1" to the foot. Model of the cockpit of Victory shortly after Trafalgar. A seaman regards a wreath marking the spot where Nelson died. Model inside wooden box with peephole.
1927
National Maritime Museum
. Triple expansion engine inscribed with the words 'W SISSON & Co LTD ENGINEERS & NAVAL ARCHITECTS GLOUCESTER No. 2601 1927' and 'TESTED TO 100LBS 2.5.27'. Installed in the Thames river steamer 'Mapledurham' owned by
1927
National Maritime Museum
Button, Australian Naval uniform: pattern 1927. Three buttons. Twisted rope edge. Within a raised circular border on a smooth background is ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. In the centre is a post-1901 crown above a stockless fouled anchor that is slanting downwar
1927
National Maritime Museum
Button, Royal Australian Naval uniform: pattern 1927. Button. Smooth edge. Within a raised circular border on a lined background is a post 1901 crown with on a right slanting stockless fouled anchor beneath it. Written around the edge is ROYAL AUSTRALIA
1927
National Maritime Museum
Cape St Vincent. original art: drawing. A late drawing of the Cape and lighthouse, from the south, probably taken from a liner. Wyllie was a frequent guest of shipping companies, for which he produced drawings for advertising purposes. He and his wife wer
1927
National Maritime Museum
Chart showing the Vicinity of King William Island with the various positions in which relics of the Arctic Expedition under Sir John Franklin have been found.
Compiled by Lieut-Commdr R.T. Gould R.N.. Scale approx. 1:1,000,000.
This British Admiralty pub
1927
National Maritime Museum
Chart showing the vicinity of King William Island with the various positions in which relics of the Arctic Expedition under Sir John Franklin have been found.. Scale approx. 1:1,000,000.
This British Admiralty publication records the locations where reli
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Armistice, 1918. Medal commemorating the Armistice, 1918. Obverse: Within sprays of laurel (right) and oak (left), tied with closed gun muzzles the coat of arms of the town of Compiegne. Legend: 'VILLE DE COMPIÈGNE'
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the centenary of the battle of Navarino, 1927. Medal commemorating the centenary of the battle of Navarino, 1927. Obverse: Busts (left to right) of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), Rear-Admiral Henri Gauthier de Rigny (1783-1
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Navarino, 1927. Medal commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Navarino, 1927. Obverse: Busts (left to right) of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), Rear-Admiral Henri Gauthier de Rigny (1783-1
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Navarino, 1927. Medal commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Navarino, 1927. Obverse: Busts (left to right) of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), Rear-Admiral Henri Gauthier de Rigny (1783-1
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Navarino, 1927. Medal commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Navarino, 1927. Obverse: Busts (left to right) of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), Rear-Admiral Henri Gauthier de Rigny (1783-1
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918. Base of box for medal commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918.
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918. Lid of box for medal commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918.
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918. Medal commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918. Near rectangular plaque. Obverse: Victory rising from a cloud, St George slaying the dragon in the background 'ZEEBRUGGE ON ST GEORGE'S DAY APRIL 2
1927
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the voyage of the 'Meteor', survey ship, 1925-1927. Medal commemorating the voyage of the 'Meteor', survey ship, 1925-1927. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of the topsail-schooner-rigged steamship 'Meteor
1927
National Maritime Museum
Moth Type 5/2D. Liquid compass
Bowl: Brass, grey painted, contained in outer protective casing,diameter 4.6" (11.6cm), containing ant-vibration system and securing lugs. Inside of bowl painted white. Fitted with an Alexander Godsave domed glass to ma
1927
National Maritime Museum
Plaque commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918. Plaque commemorating the raid on Zeebrugge, 1918. Near rectangular shape. Obverse: Victory rising from a cloud, St George slaying the dragon in the background. 'ZEEBRUGGE ON ST GEORGE'S DAY APRIL
1927
National Maritime Museum
Princess Elizabeth (1927). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the 'as fitted' General Arrangement of the Main and Lower Decks for the excersion paddle steamer Princess Elizabeth (1927). Drawing no. 2161; no archive? number.
See also DAS0141 to DAS0209
Circa 1927
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Chatham Port Rifle & Revolver Meeting. Obverse: Crossed rifles upon a wreath, a star above. Legend: "CHATHAM PORT RIFLE & REVOLVER MEETING 1927". Reverse: a wreath. inscribed: "PORT X". (Won by H.Brigden). Suspende
1927
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Chatham Port Rifle and Revolver Meeting. Obverse: Crossed rifles upon a wreath, a star above. Legend: "CHATHAM PORT RIFLE & REVOLVER MEETING 1927". Reverse: a wreath. inscribed: "PORT X". (Won by H.Brigden). Suspended
1927
National Maritime Museum
Sir Philip Watts (1846-1926). (Updated, May 2014) Head-and-torso plaster bust, painted black/bronze, standing on its own flat base on a plywood baseboard, the sides ending at the points of the shoulders in rough-modelled vertical faces: the back is simila
1927
National Maritime Museum
St Malo, November 1927. Oil painting, inscribed with the place and date.
1927
National Maritime Museum
Thames Barge Match, 1927. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist and dated.
1927
National Maritime Museum