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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Died 17 November 1915
Imperial War Museum
Staff Nurse Mary Ann Rodwell , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 17 November 1915
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Mary Rodwell, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned when the Hospital Ship Anglia was mined in the English Channel 17 November 1915.
Died 17 November 1915
Imperial War Museum
Staff Nurse Mary Rodwell, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned when the Hospital Ship Anglia was mined in the English Channel 17 November 1915.
Died 17 November 1915
Imperial War Museum
Trooper Lambert Adrian Guest 1096, Australian Light Horse
Died 17 November 1915
Lives of the First World War
Vergesst nicht unsere Krieger in den Feldlazaretten [Don’t Forget our Fighting Men in the Field Hospitals]
17 November 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
Crowd bidding farewell in the rain on Pinkenba Wharf, Brisbane
Taken 17 Nov 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Festsetzung der Bierstunden – Kundmachung – Saaz
17 November 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Lance Corporal Henry Padgett 7987, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 17 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Whiteside 27453, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
Died 17 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Drinkwater 6477, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Hughes 15817, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 17 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Frederick Richard Sergeant 6511. Unit: 4th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 November 1916 Killed in action at Flers, France Western Front
Died 17 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant William Henry Martin 41493, Manchester Regiment
Died 17 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Edward Henry Pulleyn, DCM , 9th London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 17 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Raymond Frederick Dunnett , Royal Flying Corps
Died 17 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Wallace Copson 41108, Manchester Regiment
Died 17 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Bertie Constantine Ruffell Grimwood MC. Unit: Royal Artillery, transferred to No. 4 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 17 November 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial.
Died 17 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Sidney Foster Jackson , West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 17 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Sidney Foster Jackson. Unit: 7th Battalion, West Yorkshier Regiment (Prince Wales's Own). Death: 17 November 1917 Western Front.
Died 17 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Mademoiselle Lévy future Madame Sasserath, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 716
17 novembre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoiselle Rachel Lévy, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 719 X
17 novembre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur François Marie, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 713
17 novembre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Léon Jouhaux, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 710
17 novembre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ordinary Seaman John Henry Carless VC J43703, HMS Caledon
Died 17 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Justus Willem Reitz 16952, 1st Regiment South African Infantry
Died 17 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Matthewman 205286. Unit: 9th Platoon, C Company, 2nd/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Death: 17 November 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William Watson S/43184, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 17 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
THE MEDICAL SERVICES ON THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN HOME FRONT, 1914-1918
17 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Driver John William Tomson 233606, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 17 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Amos James Dunning L-10905, General Service Lancers
Died 17 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Benjamin Callear 59544, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 17 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Keen Bill 10241, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 17 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Fredrick Henry Brine TR/8/30637, Hampshire Regiment
Died 17 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry George Arber 14617, Army Ordnance Corps
Died 17 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sapper Archibald Walter Gush 66338, Signal Company Royal Engineers
Died 17 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Arthur Clarke , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 17 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 381
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 382
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 383
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 384
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 386
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 387
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 388
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 389
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 390
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 391
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 392
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 393
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 394
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 395
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saint-Cloud, France, A 73 396
17 novembre 1919 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine