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).
Gunner Edward Edmund Murree 41567, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 8 July 1915
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Lance Corporal Edward Flaherty 7694, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 8 July 1915
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Lieutenant Walter Washington Buchanan Rodger , Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 8 July 1915
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Private Frederick George Marshall 11708, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 8 July 1915
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Private James W Young 2393, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 8 July 1915
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Corporal Reginald Backshall 241754, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Private Alfred Braithwaite 14/1100, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Private George Edward Turnbull 16624, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Private Henry John Bannell 7006, Duke Of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
Died 8 July 1916
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Private John Edwin Balme 15/1093, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 8 July 1916
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Private Lewis Hallas Jessop 5/4262, West Riding Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Private Thomas Goodwin 22180, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 8 July 1916
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Rifleman Cyril Bernardine Holroyd 4381, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Died 8 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Arthur William Spring Cowie , Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Cyril Edward Cook , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Owen W Steele 326, Newfoundland Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Tom Dalrymple Strathern , Yorkshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant William Beaumont Burns , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 8 July 1916
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Serjeant Henry George Young 60673, Royal Field Artillery
Died 8 July 1916
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Major Kenneth Mitchell Potter, D.S.O. , Royal Field Artillery
Died 8 July 1917
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Private Alfred Job Gethings 203469, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1917
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Private Frederick Arthur Terry L/10361, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 8 July 1917
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Private James Herbert George Skinner 32822, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 8 July 1917
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Private Thomas Sellar Ritchie S/16412, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 8 July 1917
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Acting Bombardier William Conway 60405, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 8 July 1918
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Corporal Charles Thomas Robert 50423, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Corporal George Watson 28931, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Private James Peter Rhodes 39085, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Private John Bertram Hardiman 50652, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Private John Herbert Taylor Day 34833(Incomplete), Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Private Robert Gilbertson 29127, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Private William Christopher Bartholomew 38895, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Private William George Knight 36107, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Private William Thomas Appleton 35815, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Second Lieutenant John Albert Edward Robertson Daley, D.F.C. , British West Indies Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Serjeant George Charles Perring 48210, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1918
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Third Mate George William Margerison , Mercantile Marine - "SS Chicago"
Died 8 July 1918
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Driver Christian Losper 4504, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport
Died 8 July 1919
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Private Robert William Ernest Deacon 208936, Labour Corps
Died 8 July 1919
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Corporal Joseph Richard Levett 202042, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 8 July 1920
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Lieutenant General Launcelotte Gubbins , Army Medical Services
Died 8 July 1925
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Private John Franklyn Edwards 12894, Devonshire Regiment
Died 8 July 1937
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4th Class Chaplain Edward Noel Mellish VC , Royal Army Chaplain's Department
Died 8 July 1962
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