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).
Spy (1756); Bonetta (1756); Merlin (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth of Spy (1756), Bonetta (1756), and Merlin (1756), all 10-gun early two-masted, snow-rigged Sloops.
Dated: 9 July 1755
National Maritime Museum
'Pelican' (1757) 16-gun sloop. Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the foremost platform, upper deck, and inboard profile with scroll head, as proposed for converting the 'Pelican' (1757), a 16-gun ship sloop, into a bomb vessel to carry one
9 September 1758
National Maritime Museum
42ft Gunboat (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 20-oared, 42ft Gunboat with a stern-mounted gun, for the defence of Gibraltar in 1782.
9 October 1782
National Maritime Museum
Monarca (1780). No scale. Plan showing a part elevation, and two sections illustrating a method of stopping shot holes in warships, as tried in Portsmouth Dockyard on Monarca (1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, fitted as a 68-gun Third Rate, two-decke
9 August 1791
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 6-oared 26 ft Yawl. Thsi plan recorded as Draught No. 3 [See ZAZ7122 for Draught No. 1].
Annotation dated: 9 August 1794
National Maritime Museum
23ft Launch for HMS Texel (1799). No scale. Plan showing the profile, rigging and sails, and section, and sheer legs for lowering a cannon onto the 23ft launch of the Texel (1799) a 64-gun Third Rate converted to a Floating Battery. The plan also shows
9 February 1804
National Maritime Museum
Anchor Crane Number 5 (1806). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the plan, elevation and section for the Anchor Crane Number 5. Signed George Parkin [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, June 1806 - June 1812].
9 September 1806
National Maritime Museum
Midefart (captured circa 1807) [Alternative spelling: Middelfart]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, deck plan, sections, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth for Midefart (captured circa 1807), a 64ft Danish gunboat, possibly taken at t
9 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
'Gull Stream' (fl. 1809). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for the 'Gull Stream' (fl. 1809), a captured Dutch vessel, as converted to a single-masted sixty-nine foot light vessel.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master S
9 June 1809
National Maritime Museum
'Gull Stream' (fl. 1809). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the lower deck, and upper deck of 'Gull Stream' (fl. 1809), a captured Dutch vessel, as converted to a single-masted sixty-nine foot light vessel.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Ma
9 June 1809
National Maritime Museum
Dart (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan,, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Dart (1810), a Cutter, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsm
Dated: 9 November 1810
National Maritime Museum
Sidney (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with satern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half-breadth for Sidney (1813), a 6-gun Brig, as fitted for Surveying. Signed William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford D
9 October 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sidney (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Sidney (1813), a 12-gun Brig as fitted for surveying. Signed William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, August 1813 - February 1830].
9 October 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sidney (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Sidney (1813), a 12-gun Brig as fitted for surveying. Signed William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, August 1813 - February 1830].
9 October 1813
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the manner of attaching the beams to the sides using iron knees, and sketches of the waterway and binding strakes for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-deck
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
Raleigh (1806). Scale: 1:24 & 1:6. Plan showing the elevation of the rudder and fittings, a section through the rudder head, a plan of the Pintle and Brace, and a plan and elevation of the Pintle for Raleigh (1806), an 18-gun Ship Sloop. Signed Oliv
9 September 1830
National Maritime Museum
'Buffalo' (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section and elevation of bed spaces and water closet for 'Buffalo' (1813), a purchased East Indiaman, as fitted as an emigrant ship to Australia.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipw
9 April 1835
National Maritime Museum
Griffon (1832), Charybdis (1831), Brisk (1819), Lynx (1833), Termagant (1838), Forester (1832). Scale: 1:96. Plans showing the sail plan for Griffon (1832), Charybdis (1831), Brisk (1819), Lynx (1833), Termagant (1838), all 10-gun Brigantines, and in red
9 October 1837
National Maritime Museum
Bramble (1822). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for the Bramble (1822), a cutter rigged as a schooner Survey Vessel.
Dated: 9 September 1841
National Maritime Museum
Philomel (1842). No scale. Plan showing the lower deck for Philomel (1842), an 8-gun Brig, as fitted for a Surveying Vessel (see modifications). Signed J. Edye [Assistant to the Surveyor?]
9 September 1846
National Maritime Museum
Philomel (1842). No scale. Plan showing the upper deck for the Philomel (1842), an 8-gun Brig, as fitted for a Surveying Vessel. Signed J. Edye [Assistant to the Surveyor?].
9 September 1846
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold, and sections through Stations 30, 26, 14, 6, Y, O, and X for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck illustrating the details and deck layout for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy. The plan
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck illustrating the cabin arrangements for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy.
The cabins ill
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile illustrating the inboard details for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted as survey ship for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy.
Sign
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck illustrating the details and deck layout for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy.
Signed b
9 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
Design proposal for a secretaire from the timbers of Resolute (1850). Plan showing the plan, elevation and section of the proposal for a secretaire for the President of the USA, to be made from the timbers of HMS Resolute (1850), an exploration ship after
9 September 1879
National Maritime Museum
Truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a front and side elevation, and plan of a truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers, and to be modified for Cutters of 25ft or less in length.
Signed J. B. Huddy [Chief Constructor, Devo
9 April 1886
National Maritime Museum
Truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a front and side elevation, and plan of a truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers, and to be modified for Cutters of 25ft or less in length.
Signed J. B. Huddy [Chief Constructor, Devo
9 April 1886
National Maritime Museum