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).
Sous Philippe Second, gouvernant le Duc d'Alve. Rammekens; Assailed By Land & Sea & Captured by the Dutch, 15 Aug 1573. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.40.; Page No.127.; Text in French on reverse.
1616
National Maritime Museum
'Prince William' (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Prince William' (1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, as taken off? at Portsmouth Dock
15 August 1780
National Maritime Museum
'Princessa' (1780). Scale: 1:48. Body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Princessa' (1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, prior to fitting as a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by George Wh
15 August 1780
National Maritime Museum
The Death of Lord Robert Manners (at the Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782). Print
15 Aug 1786
National Maritime Museum
A Representation of the Engagement between His Majesty's Frigate the Indefatigable and the French Frigate La Virginie, at Midnight, on the 20th of April 1796... struck to Sr Edward Pellew. Hand-coloured aquatint shows two naval vessels engaged in bat
15 Aug 1796
National Maritime Museum
Captn Faulknor in the Zebra of 16 guns storming Fort Royal, Martinique...Commanded by Rochambeau. Hand-coloured.
15 Aug 1797
National Maritime Museum
Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Louis Bart, K.M.T & K.F. &c. &c. &c. Print.
15 Aug 1807
National Maritime Museum
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, Bart. K.M.T. & K.F. &c &c. By family tradition, Louis's great-grandfather was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV of France. His own father was a schoolmaster and he entered the Navy in 1769. From 1771, when he
15 Aug 1807
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with 'pink' stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Cambridge (1815), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-181
15 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Wm Hodges R A. Mounted in album with PAI2280-PAI2373, PAI2375-PAI2464.; Vignette.; Page 48.
15 Aug 1810
National Maritime Museum
Study of 'Denmark' (74) at Spithead, 1814. No. 24 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing inscribed in the left corner 'Denmaark 74 –' and in the upper right 'at Spithead/ August /15th/1814.'
The 'Danmark' was one
15 August 1814
National Maritime Museum
Study of a sailing boat viewed from the stern, 15 August 1814. No. 23 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)
Drawing of a sailing boat annotated with colour notes.
Schetky urged his students to draw everything and to annotate their drawings ‘No doubt you are s
15 August 1814
National Maritime Museum
British Queen steam ship.... British & American Steam Navigation Company. Hand-coloured aquatint showing the British Queen passenger liner, starboard view, travelling at great speed.
15 Aug 1838
National Maritime Museum
Method of fitting guns to the launch of Phaeton (1848). No scale. Plan showing a part elevation and plan for the bow and stern of the launch for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun, Fourth Rate Frigate, illustrating the fitting of guns to fire over the bow and ster
15 August 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Oat Harvest, Litcombe Down. Aug 15 1878'. Sketch of Oat Harvest, Litcombe Down. August 15 1878'
William James Herschel returned home in 1878 after 25 years in the Indian civil service. That summer he went on a sketching holiday with S. E.
15 August 1878
National Maritime Museum
27ft Whaler (1904). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 27ft Whaler.
Signed by Edwin Beaton [Chief Constructor, Sheerness Dockyard, (lent) 1903, (permenant), 1904-1913]
15 August 1904
National Maritime Museum
Sub Lieutenant M. J. Bethell signing for the signal books on board HMS 'Aurora' (1913).. A view from the port side of the quarterdeck looking forward and to starboard on the light cruiser HMS 'Aurora' (1913). Sub Lieutenant Maurice J.
pre 15 August 1915
National Maritime Museum
'City of Bethlehem [i.e. Brisbane] torpedoed 13th Augst 1918 5pm off Rottingdean' / 'Destroyers firing depth charges at retreating enemy'. Two views inscribed, as title, but probably not by the artist. Whoever did so made an error in t
15 Aug 1918
National Maritime Museum
HMS Aark Royal (1937). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the aft sections of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (1937).
15 August 1939
National Maritime Museum
HMS Ark Royal (1937). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the flight and upper gallery decks of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (1937).
15 August 1939
National Maritime Museum
HMS Ark Royal (1937). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the forward sections of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (1939).
15 August 1939
National Maritime Museum
HMS Ark Royal (1937). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (1937).
August 1939
National Maritime Museum
HMS Ark Royal (1937). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the island superstructure of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (1937).
15 August 1939
National Maritime Museum
HMS Ark Royal (1937). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the lower gallery and upper hangar decks of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (1937).
15 August 1939
National Maritime Museum
HMS Ark Royal (1937). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the lower hangar and upper decks of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (1937).
15 August 1939
National Maritime Museum