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All 2306American Air Museum
American Air Museum 119
Europeana
Bohusläns museum 878
Sjöhistoriska museet 262
Vänersborgs museum 132
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 67
Örebro läns museum 61
Tekniska museet 55
Kulturarv Västernorrland 41
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 22
Flygvapenmuseum 20
Rijksmuseum 19
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 10
Marinmuseum 6
Upplandsmuseet 4
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 4
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 4
Miliseum 2
Riksantikvarieämbetet 2
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 1
Flickr Commons
MissouriStateArchives 3
bibliothequedetoulouse 2
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 2
The U.S. National Archives 2
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 2
NASA on The Commons 2
State Library of Queensland, Australia 1
State Library and Archives of Florida 1
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 160
Imperial War Museums
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 48
Other 43
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 25
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 15
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 13
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 7
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 5
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August 1918 4
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 3
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 3
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 3
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August - September 1917 2
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 2
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 2
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 2
The Road To War 2
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 1
Womens War Work 1
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 1
War Office Second World War Official Collection 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 95
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 134
Oil Paintings 4
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 2
Charts & Maps 1
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1751 1
1757 1
1768 1
1774 1
1777 1
1784 1
1791 1
1792 1
1794 1
1796 7
1797 2
1798 10
1800 3
1801 3
1802 1
1803 2
1804 1
1806 1
1808 2
1810 7
1814 2
1815 3
1816 5
1817 2
1818 1
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1820 4
1821 1
1822 1
1823 12
1824 1
1825 1
1829 1
1830 18
1831 1
1832 2
1833 1
1835 27
1836 3
1838 3
1841 1
1843 4
1844 1
1845 1
1848 1
1849 1
1856 3
1858 1
1859 1
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1862 2
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1865 4
1866 2
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1869 2
1870 1
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1872 4
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1874 2
1875 1
1876 1
1878 2
1880 1
1882 1
1883 5
1884 1
1887 2
1889 1
1890 3
1892 2
1893 1
1894 2
1895 5
1896 8
1897 2
1898 3
1899 2
1900 2
1901 3
1902 2
1903 1
1904 3
1905 5
1906 8
1907 19
1909 23
1910 20
1911 85
1912 75
1913 45
1914 22
1915 44
1916 103
1917 119
1918 174
1919 77
1920 53
1921 29
1922 46
1923 12
1924 19
1925 19
1926 10
1927 16
1928 14
1929 46
1930 11
1931 13
1932 11
1933 12
1934 22
1935 15
1936 30
1937 30
1938 19
1939 23
1940 24
1941 24
1942 21
1943 138
1944 44
1945 51
1946 31
1947 20
1948 16
1949 13
1950 40
1951 44
1952 49
1953 9
1954 24
1955 10
1956 14
1957 6
1958 19
1959 5
1960 19
1961 13
1962 7
1963 21
1964 21
1965 13
1966 7
1967 10
1968 6
1969 68
1973 1
1974 1
1975 1
1979 1
1981 1
1982 1
1986 1
1987 1
1988 2
1990 1
1997 1
1998 1
2003 1
2005 1
2009 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).
