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 William Lewis 469, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 30 April 1817
Lives of the First World War
Stoker Class II Stephen Joseph Kelly K22102, HMS Pembroke
Died 17 April 1914
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Corporal James MacKenzie 8855, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Died 1 April 1915
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First Mate John Alfred Glover 92016, Mercantile Marine, SS Seven Seas
Died 1 April 1915
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Private (Acting Lance Corporal) Alfred Ernest Edwards 8013, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 April 1915
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Private Joseph Henry Knott 9719, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 2 April 1915
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Second Lieutenant Eric Montrose Graham , 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
Died 2 April 1915
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Private Joseph Harbird Hewlett 2010, East Kent Regiment
Died 4 April 1915
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Private George William Burge 7961, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 5 April 1915
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Private Thomas Henry Diment 15326, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 6 April 1915
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Rifleman Theodore Leonard Martin , 1/21st Battalion London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Died 6 April 1915
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Private Frederick Sangster 2652, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 7 April 1915
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Private Arthur Buttrick 8396, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 9 April 1915
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Stoker 1st Class George Wherrell K11615, HM Torpedo Boat O26
Died 9 April 1915
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Private Robert Henry George Butcher SD/1218, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 10 April 1915
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Corporal Edwin Reginald Thomas Powell 1742, Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 11 April 1915
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Private Edward Daniel Curtin 34593, Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 11 April 1915
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Private Sydney John Abbott 9218, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 11 April 1915
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Private William Herbert Lawton 2009, Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 11 April 1915
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Private Alexander Steele 3479, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 12 April 1915
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Private William Quested Harvey L/10235, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 12 April 1915
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Second Lieutenant Alexander Reginald Newton-King , Royal Irish Regiment
Died 12 April 1915
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Lieutenant William Glynne Charles Gladstone, M.P. , 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 13 April 1915
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Major George Godfrey Massy Wheeler VC , Cavalry/ Hariana Lancers
Died 13 April 1915
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Private Robert Charles William Leavens 9492, Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 13 April 1915
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Private Frederick Scadden DCM 8405, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 14 April 1915
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2nd-Lieutenant Sir Roland James Corbet, Baronet , Coldstream Guards
Died 15 April 1915
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Private Thomas Lancelot Gawain Turnbull 1549, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 15 April 1915
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Private Ernest Baker 2825, Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry
Died 16 April 1915
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Private Walter Turnbull 11164, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 16 April 1915
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Private William Jefferies 20405, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1915
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Second Lieutenant Harold F Marion-Crawford , Irish Guards
Died 16 April 1915
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Captain John Joseph Esmonde, M.P. , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 April 1915
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Lieutenant Commander Theodore Stuart Brodie , HM Submarine E15
Died 17 April 1915
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Private Albert Cottrell 3045, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1915
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Private Ronald Blyth Pulman 1490, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 17 April 1915
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Private Thomas Hesketh 1978, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 17 April 1915
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Private Thomas Jukes 13003, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 17 April 1915
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Lance Corporal Alfred Dawson 8345, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 18 April 1915
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Lieutenant Charles Mervyn Payton , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 18 April 1915
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Lieutenant Frederick Rennell Thackeray , West Riding Regiment
Died 18 April 1915
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Private Hermanns Bertram Rupert Alphonse De Leur 4661, Royal West Kent
Died 18 April 1915
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Private Charles Beckett S/8579, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 18 April 1915
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Private Theodore Flaxman 1674, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 18 April 1915
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Private Walter Barker 14949, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 18 April 1915
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Corporal George Edward I Rogers 11495, Royal Engineers
Died 19 April 1915
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Captain Lyon George Henry Lyon Playfair , Royal Field Artillary
Died 20 April 1915
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Private Albert Edward Snellgrove 2196, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 20 April 1915
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Private Charles Thomas Turner 111, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 20 April 1915
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Private Ernest Edward Jones 2384, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 20 April 1915
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Serjeant Albert Victor George Barrett 341, London Regiment
Died 20 April 1915
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Dudley Leycester Summerhays , 9th London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 21 April 1915
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Captain Gilbert Basil Jocelyn Fazakerley-Westby , 9th London Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 21 April 1915
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Corporal Edgar Stanley Carpenter 1494, London Regiment
Died 21 April 1915
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Major Thomas Prior Lees , 9th London Regiment Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 21 April 1915
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Rifleman George Harold Clegg C/234, Kings Royal Rifles Corps
Died 21 April 1915
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Captain Henry Atholl Charles Wallace , Canadian Regiment (Alberta Regiment)
Died 22 April 1915
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Company Sergeant Major Henry Vincent Ramsay 28932, Canadian Infantry
Died 22 April 1915
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Private Erving George Ritchie 20916, Canadian Infantry
Died 22 April 1915
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Private Maxwell Green 2168, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 22 April 1915
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