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).
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Locations: AUGSBURG (Opportunistic) EPPINGEN (Opportunistic) MUNICH (Primar
Mission date: 11 July 1944
American Air Museum
Captain James Dale. Pilot, 446th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down and crashed near Denklingen in B-24 'Dissipated Duck' #42-94994
Died 11 July 1944
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Fred Herman. Co-Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-24 Lorelie #4129300
Flight Officer Fred B. Herman was born January 6, 1923. His next of kin were his parents, Fred and Edith He
Died 11 July 1944
American Air Museum
SCOUTING MISSION WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION CARPETBAGGER MISSION.
Locations: ATLANTIC OCEAN CARPETBAGGER
Mission date: 11 July 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Homer Brewer. Left Waist Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 11 July 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Glen Hardeman. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-24 Lorelie #4129300
Technical Sergeant Glen O. Hardeman was born March13, 1917. His next of kin were his wife, Wini
Died 11 July 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Gordon Barrett. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF as a CMSGT
Died 11 July 1987
American Air Museum
Laurence Olivier. , . Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton, Kt, OM was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films through
Died 11 July 1989
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harold Logan. Nose Gunner, 34th Bomb Group.
Died 11 July 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Charles Mendel. Co-Pilot, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Charles Mendel grew up in Indiana and worked as a teacher before the war.
After basic training, he was assigned to 303rd Bomb Group/ 359th Bomb Squadron on 23 Jul
Died 11 July 2001
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Norman Grant. Navigator, 493rd Bomb Group. Norman C. (Norm) Grant, Sr. B-24 Navigator, USAAF, 8th Air Force, 493rd Bomb Group, 860th Bomb Squadron, Base # 152 Ipswich, England
Norm Grant was a Past President of the 8th AFHS-Mn and ther
Died 11 July 2002
American Air Museum
Sergeant Roger Armstrong. Radio Operator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 11/2/44 at Westeroden in B-17 #446093.
When Roger bailed out, he was greeted by the local German civilians, (who were very hostile), and the
Died 11 July 2002
American Air Museum