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).
Carnatic (1783); Leviathan (1790); Colossus (1787); Minotaur (1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for the Carnatic (1783), and Leviathan (1790). Later the plan was used for Colossus (1787), and Minotaur (1793), all 74-gun Third Rate, two-
17 March 1780
National Maritime Museum
The Halsewell East Indiaman... was wreck'd off Seacombe in the Isle of Purbeck on the 6th of Jany 1786, when Capt Pierce... two daughters, and two nieces... Capt Pierce... perished along with them. A view of the quarter deck of the Halsewell, occupie
17 Mar 1786
National Maritime Museum
Diligence (1795); Harpy (1796); Hound (1796); Seagull (1795); Racoon (1795); Kangaroo (1795); Camelion/Cameleon (1795); Curlew (1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal h
17 March 1795
National Maritime Museum
'Harmony' (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the midship section, profile, and deck plan proposed [and not approved] for a sixty-six foot barge named 'Harmony'.
Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 17
17 March 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Hawke' (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Hawke' (1820), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1837. The plan also includes alterations suggested in a letter dated 25 March 1837.
Signed William S
17 March 1837
National Maritime Museum
'Hawke' (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile to waterline for 'Hawke' (1820), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1837. The plan also includes alterations suggested in a letter dated 25 March 1837.
Signed Wi
17 March 1837
National Maritime Museum
'Hawke' (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for 'Hawke' (1820), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1837. The plan also includes alterations suggested in a letter dated 25 March 1837.
17 March 1837
National Maritime Museum
'Hawke' (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the roundhouse, quarterdeck, and forecastle for 'Hawke' (1820), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1837. The plan also includes alterations suggested in a letter dated 25 March 1837
17 March 1837
National Maritime Museum
'Hawke' (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Hawke' (1820), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1837. The plan also includes alterations suggested in a letter dated 25 March 1837.
Signed William Stone [Maste
17 March 1837
National Maritime Museum
Ship Viscount Melbourne Capt Wm Drayner, H.C.S. off Folkestone. Hand-coloured.
17 Mar 1841
National Maritime Museum
HB Sketches No.767. A cutter for sale or a Br--m at the Mast Head (caricature). Print
17 Mar 1843
National Maritime Museum
Erebus (1826); Terror (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the two elevations of the rudder and stern post with deadwood to illustrate the screw propeller in postion and the replacement chock as fitted on Erebus (1826) and Terror (1813), both converted Bomb
17 March 1845
National Maritime Museum
Rome, inscr. 'From the steps of the church of (St) Pietro Vincoli' Dated 17 Mar [18]46. Throughout his career as a painter, Edward Cooke travelled extensively in Europe, visiting France, Holland, Italy, Spain, North Africa and Scandinavia. Paint
17 March 1846
National Maritime Museum
Bermuda (1848). SCale: 1:96. Plan showing two sail plans (superimnposed) for Bermuda (1848), a 3-gun Schooner. However, this plan is recorded as being cancelled. ZAZ6194 supersedes it in date.
Initialled by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-
17 March 1847
National Maritime Museum
Arrival of General Baraguay D'Hilliers at Ledsund, in His Imperial Majesty's Yacht La Reine Hortense. A view of a fleet of ships with smoke from cannon fire. The Inflexible is shown in starboard-bow view 2nd from the right, the 1st ship being Be
17 Mar 1855
National Maritime Museum
Karnak, Egypt, inscribed and dated 17 March 74. Signed by artist.
17 Mar 1874
National Maritime Museum
28 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 28 ft Cutter, with standing lug, prepared with reference to the Controller's circular dated July 1878 for fitting gatling and other guns. Signed W. B. Robinson [Chief Constructor, Portsmou
Originally dated: November 1880, corrected to 17 March 1881
National Maritime Museum
HMS Inflexible (1876). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the aft superstructure deck of the masted turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876), illustrating the arrangement of her boat stowage arrangements with alterations marked in red ink.
17 March 1882
National Maritime Museum
HMS Inflexible (1876). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the hold and sections of the masted turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876), illustrating her appearance as completed with alterations marked in red ink.
17 March 1882
National Maritime Museum
HMS Inflexible (1876). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the lower deck of the masted turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876), illustrating her appearance as completed with alterations marked in red ink.
17 March 1882
National Maritime Museum
HMS Inflexible (1876). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the main deck of the masted turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876), illustrating her appearance as completed with alterations marked in red ink.
17 March 1882
National Maritime Museum
HMS Inflexible (1876). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the superstructure deck of the masted turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876), illustrating her appearance as completed with minor alterations marked in red ink.
17 March 1882
National Maritime Museum
HMS Inflexible (1886). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck of the masted turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876), illustrating her appearance as completed but with minor alterations are marked in red ink.
17 March 1882
National Maritime Museum
Colossal bar of masonry nearing completion in a recent haunt of the savage Apache. (LOC)
Taken 17 Mar 1907
The Library of Congress
Captain Arbuthnott John Dunbar , Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Michael Reginald Kirkman Hodgson. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 March 1915, killed in action near Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Mc Gheyne Linnell , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Guardsman Ernest Victor Message 10000, Grenadier Guards
Died 17 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant (Temporary) John Raymond Waddy MC MRCS LRCP MID. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 17 March 1915 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Bernard Francis Gotch Berrill. Unit: 6th Reserve, attached to 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 17 March 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Walter Burgess Fry. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 17 March 1915, died of typhus, prisoner of war camp, Wittenberg, Germany.
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private William Charles Richings 15172, Grenadier Guards
Died 17 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alan Hood Wilson. Unit: 6th Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 17 March 1915
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Alexander Dalzell Sprunt. Unit: 4th Battalion (Extra Reserve), Bedfordshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 17 March 1915 Wounded at Givenchy near Neuve Chapelle, on 10 March 1915, died of wounds
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
2nd Lieutenant Edward Arnold Abigail , Royal Marine Artillery
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal William George Stenner G/904, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Leading Mechanic Frank Aylward Ball F/7, Royal Naval Air Service
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Bent Ball , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Major Lindsay Alfred Barrett MC MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, attached to 1st/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 March 1916 Western Front
Died 17 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Bertie Alexander Pengelley 12312, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Douglas Johnson 10694, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 17 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
A l\'angle du portail gauche de la façade occidentale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 384
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Frank Woolfe Haldinstein. Unit: 8th Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 March 1917, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
La maison dite de «l\'enfant d\'Or» ou maison historique, place des Marchés ( actuelle place du Forum), Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 375
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue de l\'Etape, prise de la fontaine Subé, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 382
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les arcades de la place Drouet-d\'Erlon, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 380
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Richard Grenville Bowyer. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Paragon. Death: 17 March 1917 At Sea
Died 17 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
L\'angle de la rue des Elus et de l\'Ecrevisse, place des Marchés (actuelle place du Forum), Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 374
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maison en ruine après un incendie, rue des Marmouzets, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 368
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maison en ruine après un incendie, rue des Marmouzets, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 369
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poissonnerie en ruine, rue Colbert, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 366
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poissonnerie en ruine, rue Colbert, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 367
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private George Thomson 301772. Unit: 16th Platoon, DCompany, 1st/8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 17 March 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 17 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Hubert Emile Funston 7572. Unit: 36th Battalion (Carmichael Riflemen), attached as a runner to the "C" Company, 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 March 1917, Western Front.
Died 17 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Repasseur actionnant sa meule, place Royale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 377
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Repasseur actionnant sa meule, place Royale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 378
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruine de l\'hôtel Thiret de Prain, rue Eugéne Desteuque, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 370
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruine du cloître des Cordeliers, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 373
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines, rue de l\'Université prise de la rue Cérès, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 379
17 mars 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Second Lieutenant Arthur Elsdale Boultbee , Royal Flying Corps
Died 17 March 1917
Lives of the First World War