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All 6115American Air Museum
American Air Museum 171
Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 760
Sjöhistoriska museet 206
Vänersborgs museum 189
Rijksmuseum 141
Kulturarv Västernorrland 125
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 52
Bohusläns museum 47
Flygvapenmuseum 27
Miliseum 25
Marinmuseum 19
Tekniska museet 17
Örebro läns museum 13
Historisch Museum Ede 11
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 10
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 7
Upplandsmuseet 6
Ajuntament de Girona 5
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 3
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 3
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 3
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 2
Aaltense Musea 2
CODA Museum 2
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 1
Δήμος ΤÏίπολης 1
Museum Elburg 1
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 1
Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives 30
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 18
NASA on The Commons 17
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 16
MissouriStateArchives 13
bibliothequedetoulouse 13
Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums 12
State Library and Archives of Florida 8
State Library of New South Wales collection 6
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 6
The Library of Congress 5
Australian War Memorial collection 4
UW Digital Collections 4
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 3
Costică Acsinte Archive 3
National Archives of Estonia 2
Royal Australian Historical Society 2
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 2
State Library of Queensland, Australia 2
Powerhouse Museum Collection 1
The National Archives UK 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 1515
Imperial War Museums
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 347
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 326
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 254
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 100
Other 94
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 45
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 37
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 22
Womens War Work 14
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 13
Heydecker Joe Julius Collection 12
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 September 1917 11
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 10
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 9
War Office Second World War Official Collection 8
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 7
Belfast Telegraph Collection 6
Pilkington Christopher (sergeant) Collection 5
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August 1918 4
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 4
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 July 1918 4
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 December 1917 - February 1918 4
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 4
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August - September 1917 3
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 3
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 3
Deaths: Nurses General 3
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 3
The Road To War 2
First World War Womens War Work Collection 2
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 2
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 2
Admiralty Official Collection 2
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June 1918 2
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 1
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 October - November 1917 1
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 1
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June - July 1918 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 1
The British Army In North-west Europe 1944-1945 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 April - June 1917 1
Ministry Of Information Second World War Colour Transparency Collection 1
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 1
The Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 1
Deaths: Nurses- Serbian Relief Fund 1
Slater Percival James (colonel) Collection 1
British Aircraft And Early Aircraft In Other Museums And Institutions 1913 - 1918 (gsa 129) 1
Italian First World War Official Collection 1
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 1
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 994
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 144
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 44
Oil Paintings 7
Glass 4
Charts & Maps 3
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 1
Year
All 15151912 54
1913 67
1914 47
1915 91
1916 124
1917 71
1918 28
1919 52
1920 136
1921 127
1922 127
1923 69
1924 78
1925 21
1926 51
1927 77
1928 66
1929 79
1930 85
1931 60
1933 3
1934 1
1937 1
About this site
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
Data sources
Update 16 October 2018
- Addition of nearly 60,000 superb dated autochromes (one of the earliest commercial colour processes) from the Musée Albert Kahn, accessed through the Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
- Complete refresh of Flickr Commons, Europeana, and National Maritime Museum data
- Added pagination as many dates now have signifcantly more than 100 images!
Current totals by data source
- Europeana - 72434 items
- Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines - 58556 items
- Imperial War Museums - 38229 items
- Lives of the First World War - 33134 items
- National Maritime Museum - 29529 items
- Flickr Commons - 13362 items
- American Air Museum - 5054 items
Current totals by date accuracy
- Precise date - 206835 items
- Accurate to month only - 16699 items
- Accurate to year only - 26764 items
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;
Technology overview
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).
Licence
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).