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!
Belfast penny token. Belfast penny token. Obverse: A bell between inscription 'I' and 'S'. Legend: 'IOHN : STEWART : HIS . 1D. 1657'. Reverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted ship under sail on a shield. Legend: 'T
1657
National Maritime Museum
Portrait of a Dutch two-decker Indiaman?. Viewed from the starboard quarter. On the tafferel, a crowned shield bearing the monogram ‘DVA’, with seven small shields suspended above. On the rail above are the arms of Amsterdam (three saltires on
1657
National Maritime Museum
The south part of Virginia. Made by Nicholas Comberford dwelling in Redcliffe, anno 1657. Single sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum mounted on two hinged boards each 39 x 25cm. Scale: [ca. 1:1 350 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Drawn on a
1657
National Maritime Museum
Token depicting a sailing ship. Token depicting a sailing ship. Obverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted ship under sail. Legend: 'ABRAM . PITTS . OF'. Reverse: An anchor between inscription 'A' and 'P'. Legend: 'L
1657
National Maritime Museum