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).
Leonard Charles Ebers 1804, 9th London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Lionel John Neville Neville , Royal Engineers
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Philip Ernest Viney , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Philip Ernest Viney. Unit: 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 17 December 1914 Western Front
Died 17 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Harold Walker 14783, South Lancashire Regiment
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Charles Rollo Cooch. Unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 17 December 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 17 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Chamier Broughton , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Sidney Arthur Meakin. Unit: 4th Battalion attached 1st Battalion, The Price of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment). Death: 17 December 1914 Western Front
Died 17 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Lionel John Neville. Unit: 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 December 1914 Died of wounds at the Casino Hospital Boulogne. Wounded 30 November 1914 near Bailleul. Western Front
Died 17 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private John William Illingworth 5387, Scots Guards
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Basil Hamilton Woods , Royal Engineers
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Sidney Courthope Bosanquet , Middlesex Regiment
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Sidney Courthope Bosanquet. Unit: 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 17 December 1914 Armentieres Western Front
Died 17 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant Charles Arthur Wood L/5201, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 17 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Robert Edward Michael Pakenham. Unit: Reserve of Officers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers,. Death: 17 January 1915 Western Front
Died 17 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Jim Walden Fortune McNaught-Davis. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 17 January 1915 Died of wounds at Givenchy Western Front
Died 17 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Miss Mary Thompson Kerr, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 17 January 1915.
Died 17 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Miss Mary Thompson Kerr, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 17 January 1915.
Died 17 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private David Rees Ware 17490, South Wales Borderers
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Jim Walden Fortune McNaught Davis , 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Mary Thompson Kerr , Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
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
Captain Arbuthnott John Dunbar , Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Michael Reginald Kirkman Hodgson. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 March 1915, killed in action near Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Mc Gheyne Linnell , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Guardsman Ernest Victor Message 10000, Grenadier Guards
Died 17 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant (Temporary) John Raymond Waddy MC MRCS LRCP MID. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 17 March 1915 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Bernard Francis Gotch Berrill. Unit: 6th Reserve, attached to 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 17 March 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Walter Burgess Fry. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 17 March 1915, died of typhus, prisoner of war camp, Wittenberg, Germany.
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private William Charles Richings 15172, Grenadier Guards
Died 17 March 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alan Hood Wilson. Unit: 6th Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 17 March 1915
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Alexander Dalzell Sprunt. Unit: 4th Battalion (Extra Reserve), Bedfordshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 17 March 1915 Wounded at Givenchy near Neuve Chapelle, on 10 March 1915, died of wounds
Died 17 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Joseph Esmonde, M.P. , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Erzeugung und Verkauf von Mehl und Brot – Verordnung – Tulln
17 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Höchstpreise für Brotsorten - Kundmachung - Nagyvárad - In ungarischer Sprache
17 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Lieutenant Commander Theodore Stuart Brodie , HM Submarine E15
Died 17 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Major Ernest Elliot Edlmann DSO. Unit: Commander of 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force), Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 17 April 1915 Barjisijah Persia.
Died 17 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Mehl- und Brothöchstpreise - Kundmachung - Györ - In ungarischer Sprache
17 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Mehl- und Brotversorgung - Györ - In ungarischer Sprache
17 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Albert Cottrell 3045, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Ronald Blyth Pulman 1490, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 17 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Hesketh 1978, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 17 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Jukes 13003, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 17 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Philip Charles Lytton Routledge. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles Harland Judge. Unit: 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Francis Edward Fish. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915, Festubert, Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Herbert Eustace Hathorn Johnston-Stewart. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Killed in action Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Coeur verdoyant du « village japonais » entre les maisons est et ouest, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 556
17 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Harold Barlow 1349, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 17 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal William Turnbull 200483, Cameron Highlanders
Died 17 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Donald Kenworthy. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front. Son of John and Mary H. Kenworthy, of Tenby, Pembrokeshire.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arthur Trewby. Unit: 11th Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Herbert Sarif Roy Montesole. Unit: Special Reserve, Royal Sussex Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915 La Basse Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Howard Thomas Elder. Unit: Headquarter Signalling Officer, 5th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 May 1915 Cape Helles Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Dampier Hallifax. Unit: "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915, killed in action near Festubert, Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Stanser Rich. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 17 May 1915 Festubert Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Stanser Rich. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 17 May 1915 Festubert Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Reginald Denman Apps. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915 Festubert Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Spens. Unit: 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Charles Herbert Villiers-Stuart MID. Unit: 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force), atached H.Q. Staff Australian and N.Z. Army Corps.. Death: 17 May 1915 Gallipoli / Dardanelles
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Arthur Moody 2278, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 17 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Terah Elwood 507. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 May 1915 Gallipoli Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Francis Edward Greene 1347. Unit: 7th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 May 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private John Joss 8750. Unit: D Company, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front. Son of Mrs. M. D. Joss, of 3, Arden St., Maryhill, Glasgow.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private John Kerr 12144. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Missing Western Front. Son of Mrs. Francis Kerr, of 23, Kenmare St., Belfast.
Died 17 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Sidney Horace Burgess 10002, South Wales Borderers
Died 17 May 1915
Lives of the First World War