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All 12524American Air Museum
American Air Museum 19
Europeana
Sjöhistoriska museet 2876
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 2103
Bohusläns museum 2008
Tekniska museet 1180
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 705
Miliseum 650
Skansen 610
Vänersborgs museum 497
Flygvapenmuseum 334
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 219
Marinmuseum 133
Riksantikvarieämbetet 124
The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland 95
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 78
Sundsvalls museum 48
Länsmuseet Gävleborg 37
Rijksmuseum 34
Upplandsmuseet 20
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 19
Vasamuseet 14
Postmuseum 13
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 9
Örebro läns museum 9
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 5
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 3
jNederlands Openluchtmuseum 1
Flickr Commons
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 21
NASA on The Commons 13
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 12
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 10
State Library and Archives of Florida 4
State Library of Queensland, Australia 4
The U.S. National Archives 3
State Library of New South Wales collection 3
UW Digital Collections 3
Australian War Memorial collection 1
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 42
Imperial War Museums
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 60
Other 55
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 43
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 23
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 22
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 3
Womens War Work 2
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 55
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 235
Coins & Commemorative Medals 17
Oil Paintings 16
Orders & Medals 10
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 8
Charts & Maps 5
Miniatures 3
Sculpture 3
Ship Models 1
Relics 1
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1625 2
1663 1
1718 2
1719 1
1724 1
1725 1
1726 3
1727 7
1735 1
1748 1
1753 1
1757 3
1758 5
1759 1
1761 1
1769 1
1771 2
1772 18
1773 1
1776 1
1777 2
1780 5
1783 2
1790 1
1791 2
1794 6
1795 3
1796 3
1797 2
1798 3
1799 5
1800 103
1801 24
1802 41
1803 29
1804 12
1805 45
1806 32
1807 33
1808 80
1809 17
1810 82
1811 14
1812 25
1813 12
1814 32
1815 29
1816 19
1817 19
1818 17
1819 27
1820 97
1821 17
1822 22
1823 9
1824 35
1825 99
1826 6
1827 19
1828 30
1829 39
1830 94
1831 22
1832 37
1833 22
1834 34
1835 43
1836 34
1837 37
1838 25
1839 56
1840 96
1841 45
1842 28
1843 30
1844 44
1845 77
1846 63
1847 66
1848 28
1849 85
1850 69
1851 83
1852 43
1853 44
1854 41
1855 93
1856 43
1857 49
1858 62
1859 48
1860 86
1861 74
1862 90
1863 86
1864 84
1865 87
1866 70
1867 84
1868 86
1869 89
1870 53
1871 82
1872 83
1873 87
1874 90
1875 45
1876 82
1877 83
1878 86
1879 84
1880 69
1881 71
1882 82
1883 88
1884 78
1885 68
1886 68
1887 83
1888 79
1889 77
1890 68
1891 85
1892 80
1893 77
1894 82
1895 80
1896 83
1897 79
1898 82
1899 74
1900 101
1901 93
1902 78
1903 79
1904 96
1905 79
1906 77
1907 89
1908 95
1909 99
1910 83
1911 95
1912 94
1913 93
1914 112
1915 104
1916 104
1917 105
1918 167
1919 102
1920 78
1921 107
1922 90
1923 91
1924 90
1925 81
1926 87
1927 68
1928 86
1929 92
1930 82
1931 95
1932 97
1933 98
1934 82
1935 83
1936 98
1937 102
1938 103
1939 97
1940 86
1941 94
1942 114
1943 94
1944 126
1945 126
1946 98
1947 96
1948 98
1949 97
1950 74
1951 96
1952 96
1953 90
1954 98
1955 80
1956 91
1957 96
1958 94
1959 95
1960 86
1961 104
1962 100
1963 101
1964 100
1965 95
1966 77
1967 101
1968 96
1969 102
1974 1
1975 1
1977 2
1983 1
1985 1
1990 2
1999 1
2001 1
2002 1
2006 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).