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).
A View of the Harbour of St Philips Castle for the Entrance to the Town of Mahon in the Island of Minorca with all the different Coves and Islands &c. Print
17 Feb 1766
National Maritime Museum
Plate I. The Lady Juliana struck with Lightning in the Gulf of Florida... 16th Septr 1782. Print
17 Feb 1783
National Maritime Museum
Plate II. The Lady Juliana in tow of the Pallas Frigate. The Sailors Fishing the main Mast which was shatter'd by Lightning. Print
17 Feb 1783
National Maritime Museum
Plate III. The Lady Juliana with other ships in Distress on the Night of the 16th of Septr, when the Fleet was dispersed. Print
17 Feb 1783
National Maritime Museum
Plate IV. A View of the Sea on the Morning after the Storm, with the distressed situation of the Centaur, Ville de Paris and the Glorieux as seen from the Lady Juliana, the Ville de Paris passing to Windward under close reef'd Topsails. Print
17 Feb 1783
National Maritime Museum
A chart of Lord Howe Island,discover'd by Lieut. Henry Lidgbird Ball, in His Majesty's arm'd tender Supply on the 17th Feby. 1788.. Single sheet. Engraving. Scale circa 1:45,000 (bar). Bar scale in miles. Ungraduated chart. North at 302 deg
1789
National Maritime Museum
The capture of Trinidad, 17 February 1797. 'The capture of Trinidad, 17 February 1797'.
1800
National Maritime Museum
Passengers disembarking from a ferry with a cargo of barrels. Medium includes graphite. The drawing is dated off the image lower right.
17 Feb 1834
National Maritime Museum
Arrow (1823). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the stech of sails as fitted in 1838 for Arrow (1823), a 10-gun ketch-rigged Cutter. With later date added stating "Portsmouth Dockyard, 15 December 1851" and signed John Fincham [Master Shipwright, Port
Dated: 17 February 1838
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1867-02-17
17 February 1867
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 1 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 3 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 4 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 5 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
GULF OF MARTABAN departing Cowper Street wharf in Woolloomooloo Bay
Taken 17 Feb 1897
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Julius Ahlberg i folkdräkt."
Plats: Kasen
Datum: 17 februari 1900
Tid: Kl 11.30 em.
Ljus: Blixtlampa
Bländare: No 2
Objektiv: Svenska Express
Exponering: Momentan
Framkallning: Hydrochinon, Eikonog&eacut
17 February 1900
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041918: "Rehnberg Valborg, Strandnorum Std".
17 February 1905
Bohusläns museum
AIRCRAFT AND BALLOONS USED BY SOME OF THE AIR PIONEERS WHO WERE CONTEMPORARY WITH SAMUEL FRANKLIN CODY.
17 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Ambrose Richard Alick 690, Bermuda Militia Artillery
Died 17 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Charles Wentford Dill 245, Bermuda Militia Artillery
Died 17 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Donald Keith Forbes. Unit: 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 17 February 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 17 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Haldane Day Stokes Member of the Victorian Order. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 17 February 1915 Wounded retaking a trench captured by the enemy, and died shortly afterwards. Western Front
Died 17 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Tapner 9293, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Thomas Ellis M2/034181, Army Service Corps
Died 17 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Brooks 2798. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1915
Died 17 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Maurice James Banister , Loyal North Lancashire
Died 17 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Hapi Christie 16/567, New Zealand 1st Maori Contingent B Company
Died 17 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Able Seaman James Francis Archer Mersey Z/34, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Leon Simons MC. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Hilda Knox, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 17 February 1917.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Hilda Knox, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 17 February 1917.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Harold Leonard Perkins R 2845, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Harold Leonard Perkins R/2845. Unit: 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 17 February 1917 Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Richard Louis Whittington Bartlett G/51986. Unit: A Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Richard Louis Whittington Bartlett GS/51986, Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred E Fulcher 8956, Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ben Ellis B/20409. Unit: 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Somme. Husband of Doris Amy Barham Ellis, of 53, Salisbury Rd., Watford, Herts.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Christopher Dobree Benson G/82. Unit: 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Miramont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private David Hamilton Lawrence 3220, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest William Powell 16053, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Charles Williams 28527, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Charles Williams 28527. Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George John Gatward 11054, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Croudace MM. Service number: 47864. Unit: B Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Killed in action at Petit Miraumont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Jacob Clive Fitt 8876. Unit: Signal Section, "C" Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917, Albert, Western Front.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Oswald Gregory Worlidge G/40055, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Reginald Charles Crewes G/40139, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Robert Marchant GS/27841, Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman John William Denn R/17867. Unit: 7th Platoon, B Company, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing in action
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sapper James Phillips 58904. Unit: 106th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sapper Matthew Kidd Miller 58065. Unit: 1 Section, 106th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Arthur Bernard Swain. Unit: Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17 February 1917 MIA on the River Ancre near Miraumont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Clarence Carpenter , Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant James Babington Boulton , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant James Babington Boulton. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17th February 1917, Western Front, age 28.
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Carlton Manning , Cheshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Tom Freeman , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Edward Josselyn Hallum 51982, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Ernest Gilbert Stanbrough 483. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant William Henry Laverty 1218, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War