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!
. Log chip and reel
All wood, lead base to ship. Key and plug fitting to release
Replica
1959
National Maritime Museum
. Planisphere. The projection is geocentric and equidistant from the North Pole to South 40 degrees. Only the principle stars, connected by dotted lines, are included. On the back, there is a magnitude table which is labelled 'Magnitudes [1-5]. The M
1959
National Maritime Museum
. White earthenware plate, inscribed on the back: 'To commemorate the opening of the ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY by HM Queen Elizabeth II Canada 1959'. The front of the plate is printed in colour with a map of the Great Lakes. Above, portraits of Queen E
1959
National Maritime Museum
Crown. Bermuda Crown. Obverse: Head of Queen Elizabeth II, crowned (right). Legend: 'ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA.' Reverse: Map of Bermuda between a Bermuda sloop and dinghy. Legend: '1609 BERMUDA 1959 ONE CROWN.'
1959
National Maritime Museum
Crown. Bermuda Crown. Obverse: Head of Queen Elizabeth II, crowned (right). Legend: 'ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA.' Reverse: Map of Bermuda between two ships. Legend: '1609 BERMUDA 1959 ONE CROWN.' In plastic case of issue.
1959
National Maritime Museum
HMS Jewel (1944); Warship; Minesweeper. Scale 1:192. HMS ‘Jewel’ was built by Harland & Wolff and launched in July 1944. This model was made by the same maker as the model of HMS ‘Jervis’ (SLR1549), to the same standard, and in
1959
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959. Case for medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959.
1959
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959. Case for the medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959.
1959
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959. Information card for the medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959.
1959
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959. Information card for the medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959.
1959
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959. Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959. Obverse: Busts of Generals Montcalm (three-quarter right) and Wolfe (left), a scene of the landing below. Inscription:
1959
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959. Medal commemorating the bicentenary of the capture of Quebec, 1959. Obverse: Busts of Generals Montcalm (three-quarter right) and Wolfe (left), a scene of the landing below. Inscription:
1959
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Suez Canal Clearance 1956-1957. Medal commemorating the Suez Canal Clearance 1956-57. Obverse: Suez Canal Company Offices, Port Said, a sheer lighter raising a wreck in front, in the foreground a chain cable being broken by the hoo
1959
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Suez Canal Clearance 1956-1957. Medal commemorating the Suez Canal Clearance 1956-57. Obverse: Suez Canal Company Offices, Port Said, a sheer lighter raising a wreck in front, in the foreground a chain cable being broken by the hoo
1959
National Maritime Museum
Prize medal, Royal Society of Arts. Awarded to Captain R J Ryder MN. Obverse: Head of H R H the Duke of Edinburgh. Legend: "PRINCE PHILIP.PRESIDENT MCMLII". Reverse: Front of the Royal Society of Arts building. Legend: "ROYAL SOCIETY OF AR
1960
National Maritime Museum
Royal Netherlands Navy uniform: pattern 1959. Vice-Admiral's monkey jacket. Among the medals is the riband of the Order of the British Empire.
1959
National Maritime Museum
SS 'Oriana' ashtray. Green pottery ashtray with a gold rim in the form of a letter 'O'. In gold letters in the bowl of the ashtray 'ORIANA'. Designed and made for the Orient Line ship Oriana 1959.
1959
National Maritime Museum
View of Deptford Power Station from Greenwich. The painting depicts a view of Deptford Power Station from Greenwich, with its three concrete chimneys rising up on the left, belching black smoke into the pale sky. In front of the power station, various ves
1959
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938), illustrating the planned 1956-1959 extended refit.
A note on the plan states that it is correct to January 1959.
April 1956
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the platform in hold [no. 4 deck] and hold [no. 5 deck] of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938), illustrating the planned 1956-1959 extended refit.
A note on the plan states that it is correct to
April 1956
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the upper [no. 2] and lower [no. 3] decks of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938), illustrating the planned 1956-1959 extended refit.
A note on the plan states that it is correct to January 1959.
April 1959
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the hull sections at stations 13, 30, 46, 72, 96, 126, 145, 172, 198, 218, 232, 251, and the aft peak of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938), illustrating the results of her 1956-1959 extended re
October 1959
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938), illustrating the results of her 1956-1959 extended refit.
October 1959
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the platforms in hold [no. 4 deck] and hold [no. 5 deck] of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938), illustrating the results of her 1956-1959 extended refit.
October 1959
National Maritime Museum