This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). 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
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
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 website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Bugia. Burning of the 7 Algiers Men of Warre and 3 Prices, in the Port of Bugia. May 8 1671 by his Maties Fleet under the Command of Sr Edward Spragge Page 576. Print
1671
National Maritime Museum
The Description of ye Loss of His Majestys Ship Northumberland Taken by ye French May ye 8th 1744. Print
1745
National Maritime Museum
Report of the Joint Committee appointed to prepare measures to honor the memory of General George Washington
Taken 8 May 1800
The U.S. National Archives
Resolution of the Joint Committee appointed to prepare measures to honor the memory of General George Washington
Taken 8 May 1800
The U.S. National Archives
From Sir William Hamilton's Collection (caricature). Nelson as a Greek Vase. Hand-coloured.
8 May 1801
National Maritime Museum
Things as they Have Been. Things as they now are (caricature). Technique includes stipple engraving.; Hand-coloured.; No.110.
Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
8 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
Things as they have been. Things as they now are. (caricature). Hand-coloured. Portrait of Lord Cochran taken during his confinement in the Kings Bench prison in 1815 the morning dress as he then was (caricature)
8 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
Things as they have been. Things as they now are. Dedicated without permission to all whom it may concern or please by their obedt servt R. Bothsides (caricature). Hand-coloured.
8 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
'Monsieur Liszt. The Celebrated Pianist'. The full title of this caricature reads:
MONSIEUR LISZT
THE CELEBRATED PIANIST
Sketched at Mr J Parry's Concert May 8th 1840
Franz Liszt (1811-86) was a Hungarian pianist and composer giving conce
8 May 1840
National Maritime Museum
The SW Pier, Calais, showing the damage inflicted by the Bessamer when 200ft of it were carried away. Signed by artist and dated.
8 May 1875
National Maritime Museum
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Lysekil. Demonstrationsmöte 8/5 02." ::
8 May 1902
Bohusläns museum
SS MEDIC departing Dalgetty's wharf at Millers Point
Taken 8 May 1903
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Scenes at the Kingston (N.Y.) Street Fair and Carnival last week (LOC)
Taken 8 May 1904
The Library of Congress
Uncle Sam's newest dreadnought, The Florida, as she will look when cleared for action (LOC)
Taken 8 May 1910
The Library of Congress
Consulat de Russie, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 938
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Deux « peskir » , pièces de tissu brodées, en coton et en soie, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 954
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Deux « peskir » , pièces de tissu brodées, en coton, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 955
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Gorges de la Bistrica, Environs de Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 944
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église épiscopale Saint-Georges, les différentes parties de la ville et la forteresse prises du consulat de Russie, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 953
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église du Saint-Sauveur et son cimetière, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 940
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église du Saint-Sauveur, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 939
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoiselle Ljubica, riche costume, foulard de soie rose vif à la tête, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 935 S
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoiselle Ljubica, riche costume, foulard de soie rose vif à la tête, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 936 S
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoiselle Ljubica, riche costume, foulard de soie rose vif à la tête, vue de dos, manteau brodé d\'or, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 937
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur la Bistrica et ville basse depuis la forteresse, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 945
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur la ville basse depuis la forteresse, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 946
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur la ville basse, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 943
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur la ville basse, traversée par la Bistrica, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 942
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un « jelek », Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 956
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Une rue du quartier turc, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 949
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Une rue du quartier turc, Prizren, Kosovo, Serbie, A 1 950
8 mai 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
« Étangs » du marais, vus de l\'ouest en direction du nord-est, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 545
8 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Able Seaman John Thomas Hodgson 189900. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Bacchante. Death: 8 May 1915, died of wounds received on 25 April 1915 at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Axe central du verger-roseraie photographié non loin de la dépendance, en direction du jardin anglais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 544
8 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Charles Wetherell Hayes-Newington. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Death: 8 May 1915, killed in action at Hooge, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Claude Wilfrid Stanton. Unit: 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1915 Missing, last seen 8 May 1915 being removed in German ambulance.. Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Douglas William Pollock. Unit: Z Company, 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1915 Gallipoli
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Edward Charles Dimsdale. Unit: Rifle Brigade, attached to 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1915 Missing in action Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frederick Henry Ward served with the 23rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. He was from Kyneton, Victoria, Australia. He left Australia on 8 May 1915 as a second lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force. He was promo
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frederick Hugh Sasse. Unit: 1st/2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1915 Wounded at second Battle of Ypres on 6 May 1915 died at 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain George Ernest Weatherhead. Unit: Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 08 May 1915 Killed in Action after being wounded three times in the action. Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Hamilton Hodgson. Unit: Lincolnshire Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Death: 8 May 1915, killed in action during the attack on Achi Baba, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Henry Kent Hughes. Unit: Adjutant, 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 8 May 1915, missing, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Montagu Hill Clephane Wickham MID. Unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers, attached to Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 08 May 1915 Wounded and Missing in Action Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Chemin du « sanctuaire japonais » menant au sôrintô, bordé de rocailles, arbres et bambous, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 577
8 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Harold David Hogben 809. Unit: "D" Company, 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 May 1915, killed in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal William Henry Coultish 9146, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Died 8 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) George King Molineux. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 08 May 1915 Near Ypres western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Andrew Dougles MacArthur Anderson. Unit: 9th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 08 May 1915 near Ypres Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Coventry Anderson , Royal Naval Division
Died 8 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Richard Hicks. Unit: Commander of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Death: wounded at Ypres 8 May 1915, died on 12 June 1915 in London.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Edward Stone Phillips , Monmouthshire Regiment
Died 8 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Frederick Alfred Galagher. Unit: 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 May 1915 Cape Helles Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant George Henry Fosbroke Power. Unit: 6th Battalion, attached to 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 08 May 1915 Missing Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Gerald Henry Broadhurst. Unit: 52nd Battery, 28th Division, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 08 May 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Henry Thomas Ludson Couve. Unit: 8th Battalion, (Victoria) Australian Infantry. Death: 08 May 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Joseph Garnet Dangerfield. Unit: 6th Battalion (Victoria), Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 May 1915 Killed in action at Cape Helles Gallipoli
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Leonard Nithsdale Walford. Unit: 1st/12th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (The Rangers). Death: 08 May 1915 Killed in Action in Flanders by shellfire whilst reconnoitring in front of the lines. Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Montague Christian Cuthbert Clarke. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 08 May 1915 Killed in action near Ypres Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Robert Duncan. Unit: Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Death: 08 May 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Arthur Brabazon Stone MID. Unit: Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1915 MIA near Ypres Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Edmund Styant Williams. Unit: 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1915 Flanders Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major James Louis Foucar. Unit: 1st/12th Battalion, London Regiment (Rangers). Death: 8 May 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major John Cecil Lancaster. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1915 Near Ypres Western Front
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Partie du marais cerné d\'arbustes colorés, vue vers le nord-est, depuis un espace herbacé et fleuri, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 546
8 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
pièces d\'eau du marais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 591
8 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Albert Thomas Andrews 10667, South Wales Borderers
Died 8 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Henry Hammond 922. Unit: "H" Company, 7th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 May 1915, killed in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Henry Lindsay 2052. Unit: 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.. Death: 08 May 1915 At Gallipoli Gallipoli
Died 8 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Heppenstall 2205, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 8 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Claude Rupert Dudley Norris 10087, South Wales Borderers
Died 8 May 1915
Lives of the First World War