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All 32697American Air Museum
American Air Museum 329
Europeana
Sjöhistoriska museet 6758
Bohusläns museum 6122
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 2170
Tekniska museet 1757
Vänersborgs museum 1595
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 707
Miliseum 685
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 677
Skansen 612
Örebro läns museum 565
Flygvapenmuseum 447
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 356
Marinmuseum 298
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 239
Kulturarv Västernorrland 212
Rijksmuseum 198
Riksantikvarieämbetet 137
The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland 95
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 56
Sundsvalls museum 49
Länsmuseet Gävleborg 37
CODA Museum 36
Upplandsmuseet 29
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 20
Postmuseum 18
Vasamuseet 14
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 12
Historisch Museum Ede 12
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 10
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 8
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 2
Ajuntament de Girona 2
Nederlands Tegelmuseum 2
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 1
jNederlands Openluchtmuseum 1
Slovak National Library 1
Flickr Commons
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 38
The U.S. National Archives 31
NASA on The Commons 28
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 25
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 24
State Library of Queensland, Australia 12
State Library and Archives of Florida 11
MissouriStateArchives 10
UW Digital Collections 9
State Library of New South Wales collection 7
bibliothequedetoulouse 6
The Library of Congress 4
National Library of Norway 3
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 3
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 2
Costică Acsinte Archive 2
Deseronto Archives 1
Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University 1
Australian War Memorial collection 1
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 1
National Archives of Estonia 1
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 1535
Imperial War Museums
Other 563
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 478
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 470
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 395
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 138
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 37
Womens War Work 26
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 17
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 15
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 10
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 8
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 7
War Office Second World War Official Collection 7
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 6
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 6
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 6
Joel H 5
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 December 1917 - February 1918 4
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 4
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August 1918 4
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 3
Slater Percival James (colonel) Collection 3
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August - September 1917 3
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 October - November 1917 3
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 3
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 3
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June - July 1918 3
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 3
Admiralty Official Collection 3
Canadian First World War Official Exchange Collection 2
Deaths: Nurses General 2
Imperial War Museum First World War Maps Collection 2
War Diary In Four Volumes 2
Ministry Of Information First World War Unofficial Collection 2
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 2
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Red Cross (joint War Committee) 1920 2
The Road To War 2
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 2
Ministry Of Information Second World War Official Collection 2
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 2
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 2
The Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 1
Belfast Telegraph Collection 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Scottish Nursing Services 1
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 1
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 1
War Office First World War Official Collection 1
Pilkington Christopher (sergeant) Collection 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 July 1918 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 2683
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 1546
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 88
Oil Paintings 26
Coins & Commemorative Medals 21
Charts & Maps 11
Orders & Medals 10
Glass 6
Sculpture 5
Miniatures 3
Uniforms 1
Figureheads & Carved Decorations 1
Relics 1
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 1
Historic Photographic Negatives 1
Ship Models 1
Year
All 26831914 178
1915 89
1916 1839
1917 203
1918 226
1919 37
1920 8
1921 16
1922 1
1931 2
1932 1
1936 1
1937 1
1940 2
1941 1
1942 1
1943 1
1944 1
1945 1
1946 1
1947 1
1948 1
1949 4
1950 5
1951 3
1952 1
1953 3
1954 1
1956 2
1958 3
1959 2
1960 2
1961 3
1962 3
1963 2
1964 5
1965 1
1966 2
1967 3
1969 3
1970 2
1971 5
1972 1
1973 5
1974 1
1977 1
1978 2
1979 2
1982 2
1983 1
1986 1
About this site
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
Data sources
Update 16 October 2018
- Addition of nearly 60,000 superb dated autochromes (one of the earliest commercial colour processes) from the Musée Albert Kahn, accessed through the Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
- Complete refresh of Flickr Commons, Europeana, and National Maritime Museum data
- Added pagination as many dates now have signifcantly more than 100 images!
Current totals by data source
- Europeana - 72434 items
- Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines - 58556 items
- Imperial War Museums - 38229 items
- Lives of the First World War - 33134 items
- National Maritime Museum - 29529 items
- Flickr Commons - 13362 items
- American Air Museum - 5054 items
Current totals by date accuracy
- Precise date - 206835 items
- Accurate to month only - 16699 items
- Accurate to year only - 26764 items
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;
Technology overview
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).
Licence
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).
