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).
Charles II's visit to the 'Tiger' at Woolwich, 17 August 1681. A lee bow view of the ‘Tiger’ with the royal standard at the main, close-hauled on the starboard tack, passing to the windward side of a smaller ship which is seen o
1681
National Maritime Museum
Charles II's visit to the 'Tiger' at Woolwich, 17 August 1681. In the centre is a port quarter view of the ‘Tiger’ before the wind under topsails. On her port beam is the ‘Kitchen’ under Captain Crow (kroo) brailing
1681
National Maritime Museum
'Shrewsbury' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) proposed (and approved) for 'Shrewsbury' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Deptford by Mr Wells.
Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy,
17 August 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Shrewsbury' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck (with modified bulkheads) and forecastle proposed (and approved) for 'Shrewsbury' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Deptford by Mr Wells.
Signed by Thoma
17 August 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Shrewsbury' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck proposed (and approved) for 'Shrewsbury' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Deptford by Mr Wells.
Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1771].
17 August 1756
National Maritime Museum
View of Admiral Lord Nelson's Squadron bearing down to Attack the Line of Defence before Copenhagen Aprl 2nd 1801. The Danish Force consisted of six sail of the Line and 11 Floating Batteries Bomb Ships Schooners and Gun Vessels: Flank'd by the
17 Aug 1801
National Maritime Museum
View of Admiral Lord Nelson's Victory over the Danes, before Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801. After a desperate Engagement of 4 hours the whole of the Danish line to the Southward of the Crown Islands consisting of seventeen Sail was Taken, Burnt or Sunk.
17 Aug 1801
National Maritime Museum
View of Admiral Lord Nelson's Victory over the Danes, before Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801..... Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
17 Aug 1801
National Maritime Museum
'A Correct View of the French Flat-Bottom Boats, intended to convey their Troops, for the Invasion of England, as seen afloat in Charante Bay in August 1803' (Rafts 3). Print depicting 'A Correct View of the French Flat-Bottom Boats, intend
Published 17 August 1803
National Maritime Museum
'A Portrait of the East Indiaman ['Orwell'], built at Mr Bayley's Ship-Yard, Ipswich. Launched 17th August, 1817'. Print showing the Indiaman 'Orwell' on the stocks at Ipswich, inscribed lower right: 'Published orig
1884
National Maritime Museum
Embarkation of a French Cargo in an English Bottom. An example of the New reciprocity System (caricature). Print
17 Aug 1830
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Le Follet Courier des Salons' 1835-08-17
17 August 1835
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
'Curlew' (1840), ['Dispatch' (1841)?]. Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Curlew', a 37ft single-masted Revenue Cutter. If the pencil annot
17 August 1840
National Maritime Museum
Queen (1839); Algiers (cancelled 1840); Windsor Castle (1858); Frederick William (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Queen (1839), a 110-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan Algiers (cancelled 1840), and initially for
17 August 1840
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of HMS Rattlesnake - Noble Island, 1848, with colour notes. Drawing
17 Aug 1848
National Maritime Museum
'Outer anchorage in a calm, Mazatlan [Mexico], Augt 17th 1850'. No. 42 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. For the circumstances of Fanshawe and the 'Daphne'
17 August 1850
National Maritime Museum
Ur album: Utländska Resan 1900 I. Mirabellparken vid slottet Schloss Mirabell i Salzburg.
17 August 1900
Tekniska museet
Aanleg van het Viaur Viaduct in Frankrijk door de Societé de Construction des Battignolles, 17 augustus 1901
17 August 1901
Rijksmuseum
Aanleg van het Viaur Viaduct in Frankrijk door de Societé de Construction des Battignolles, 17 augustus 1901
17 August 1901
Rijksmuseum
HMS Gibraltar 17 Augt 1901. Medium includes wash.; Heightened with white.
17 Aug 1901
National Maritime Museum
Grupporträtt av arbetare vid Gustaf Adolfs Schakt, vid Höganäs Stenkolgruva 1913.
17 August 1913
Tekniska museet
Regulierung des Brotverkaufes - Kundmachung - Krakau - In polnischer Sprache
17 August 1914
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
17 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Eric Guy Harries , 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers Territorial Force
Died 17 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
De geïnterneerden van het Belgisch vluchtelingenkamp hebben zich verzameld voor een avondlijke huldebetuiging aan de scheidende Generaal Loke. Met brandende fakkels, spandoeken en borden met hulde-wensen staan zij bij elkaar. Op een spandoek links st
17 August 1915
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk
Driver Walter Hutcheson 1412. Unit: Ammunition Column, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1915 Killed in an accident at Alexandria Egypt
Died 17 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel William Frank Everett. Unit: 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1915 Died in the UK after being invalided in Egypt.
Died 17 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private George William Edmund Jesson 2895, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 17 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Albert Frank Dracup 3026, Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Charles William Hopton 17627, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 17 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Herbert McGovan 12203, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 17 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain William Manstead Benton , Manchester Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Harold Machin P/1255, Military Police Corps
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Andrew Duncan Hotchkies 4486. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1916, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Long 23497. Unit: 7th Battalion, Northamtonshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Ebenezer Nicholls 6990, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Thomas Purcell 16638, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private G A Lumby 27916. Unit: A Company, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Alfred Wood 26069. Unit: 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own). Death: 17 August 1916 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Dennett Criddle 13193, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Morris Gaunt 28032. Unit: "A" Company, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 17 August 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Richard Mitchell SD/441, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Henry Mumford 23058, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Private William Reginald Staplehurst G/8708, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
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Private Willie Henry Page 3196, Royal Sussex Regiment,
Died 17 August 1916
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Sapper James Edward Worthington 45607, Royal Engineers
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant John Lambert Hopgood. Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Lambert Hopgood. Unit: 8th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 17 August 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Norman Archibald Chambers , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War