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).
Private Archibald Oliver Jarvis 1887, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Signal Boy Ernest William Simons J/28483, H.M.S."Vivid"
Died 1 February 1916
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Private William Knobes 18652, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 2 February 1916
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Sister Agnes Beryl Corfield , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 2 February 1916
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Gunner Charles Turnbull 82561, Royal Field Artillery
Died 3 February 1916
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Nursing Sister Grace Eleanor Boyd Nourse , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 3 February 1916
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Private Garfield Ward 996, British West Indies Regiment
Died 3 February 1916
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Private Samuel Glossop 15865, Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 3 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant Edwin Francis Chappell , Royal Engineers
Died 3 February 1916
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Sowar Alla Ditta Khan 2262, 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multani's)
Died 3 February 1916
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Gunner John Alfred Turnbull 50403, Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 February 1916
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Lance Corporal Joseph Washington 79122, Royal Engineers
Died 4 February 1916
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Major Thomas Charles Richardson , Special Reserve/Royal Engineers
Died 4 February 1916
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Rifleman Oscar Otto Bertini Greig 2188, London Regiment
Died 4 February 1916
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Sapper Frederick Lawrence Simpson 112866, Royal Engineers
Died 4 February 1916
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Sapper James William Swithenbank 132656, Royal Engineers
Died 4 February 1916
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Sapper Joseph Thomas Bicknell 121597, Royal Engineers
Died 4 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant Alfred Charles Dixon , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 4 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant Arthur James Latham , Special Reserve Officers/Royal Engineers
Died 4 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Reginald Dawson , London Regiment
Died 4 February 1916
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Private Thomas Meadowcroft 3496, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 5 February 1916
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Deck Hand. George Henry Edward Norris 2644/SD, H.M. Trawler 'Corona'
Died 6 February 1916
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Lance Corporal William Lethebe 3110, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 6 February 1916
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Private Harry Andrew Mason G/7290, Middlesex Regiment
Died 6 February 1916
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Driver Ernest Charles Beale 119097, Royal Field Artillery
Died 7 February 1916
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Private Augustus McLenan 2589, British West Indies Regiment
Died 7 February 1916
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Nurse Winifred Stanley Coates , British Red Cross Society
Died 8 February 1916
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Private Isaac Daniel Rhoden 2367, British West Indies Regiment
Died 8 February 1916
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Private Thomas Allen 1660, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 8 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant Wilfrid Hudson H/780, 529th (1st East Riding) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Died 8 February 1916
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Lance Serjeant Albert George Board 1853, London Regiment
Died 9 February 1916
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Private John Herbert Johnson 3685, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 9 February 1916
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Private John Stuart Russell Stevens 3948, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 9 February 1916
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Private Thomas Lockwood 7358, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 9 February 1916
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Drummer Alfred Andrew Adams 1538, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 10 February 1916
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Lieutenant Charles Adolf Max Bingen , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 10 February 1916
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Private William McBride 21406, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 10 February 1916
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Able Seaman Patrick Christopher Allen 181318, HMS 'Arabis'
Died 11 February 1916
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Corporal Colin Charles Mills 2896, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 11 February 1916
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Private Leslie Arthur Hogg 3267, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 11 February 1916
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Private Wilfred Baker 3717, British West Indies Regiment
Died 11 February 1916
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Serjeant Harry William Noble 19638, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 11 February 1916
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Able Seaman Alfred Dales , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Leicester."
Died 12 February 1916
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Lance Corporal Arthur Gurney Rose 2381, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 12 February 1916
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Lance Corporal Edgar Douglas Greenfield Brignell 16454, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Died 12 February 1916
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Private Albert Alexander Taylor 851, Bedfordshire Yeomanry
Died 12 February 1916
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Private Alfred Keay 30038, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 12 February 1916
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Private Charles Jones 12099, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 12 February 1916
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Private Joseph Handley 1675, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 12 February 1916
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Private Robert Whitehorn 10860, Royal Dublin Fusilier
Died 12 February 1916
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Private Thomas E Oliver 11660, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 12 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant Hugh Fabian Barton , Norfolk Regiment
Died 12 February 1916
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Staff Nurse Susie Marie Colbourn Smith 2/Res 670, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 12 February 1916
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Trimmer Francis Herbert Jacques TS 2764, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 12 February 1916
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Air Mechanic 2nd Class Francis Godfrey Haynes F/7919, Royal Naval Air Service, HMS President
Died 13 February 1916
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Bombardier Arthur Baggs 18184, Royal Field Artillery
Died 13 February 1916
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Company Serjeant Major Charles Cassidy 3/7820, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 13 February 1916
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Wilfred Algernon Burfield M18517, HMS Vivid
Died 13 February 1916
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Rifleman William Hebden 1813, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 13 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant John Alexander Thynne , Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
Died 13 February 1916
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Private James William Lee G/3132, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 14 February 1916
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Private John W Longmate 18951, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 14 February 1916
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Second Lieutenant Edwin Spencer Chandler , 10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 14 February 1916
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Serjeant John Nixon R/1433, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 14 February 1916
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Lieutenant Colonel Edwy Sutherland Baxter , Canadian Infantry
Died 15 February 1916
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Private William Hinchcliffe 11672, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 15 February 1916
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