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).
Private Thomas Monamatuga 9191, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Thomas Plaatje 9657, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willem Hendricks 11132, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Dano 9265, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Ditsepu 9436, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Gabaza 564, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Leshage 10947, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Somgede 9800, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Elijah Tshabana 9555, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Gobizitwana 11206, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Johnson 8913, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Kazamula 10931, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Pampiri Tlhomelang 9289, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Windvogel Beyulea or Beyula 11070, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Zachariah Tankabong 9742, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Zanempi Hlope 11120, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private. Albert Joseph Faima 6286, West Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 21 February 1917
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Regimental Sergeant Major Thomas King Turner 34, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Charles Henry Botha 191, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Henry Botweni or Bokleni 7587, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Phillip Voss 7229, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Robert Knaggs 262, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Thomas Arthur Ford 247, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Staff Sergeant Anthony Benjamin Botes 64, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Staff Sergeant Arthur Cockrell 37, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Captain John Harold Standrick , London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
Died 21 February 1918
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Corporal Edward William Laxton 43254, Norfolk Regiment
Died 21 February 1918
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Flight Sub-Lieutenant Cyril Gordon Duckworth PI 40367, Royal Naval Air Service
Died 21 February 1918
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Nursing Sister Lena Aloa Davis , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 21 February 1918
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Private Arthur Ackroyd 12444, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 21 February 1918
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Private Cyril James Fry Dockett 532278, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 21 February 1918
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Private Samuel Young 16411, British West Indies Regiment
Died 21 February 1918
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Bombardier Arthur Russell Attridge 316019, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 21 February 1919
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Private George Allen Spring Knight 17669, East Surrey Regiment
Died 21 February 1919
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Private Raymond Evans 51879, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
Died 21 February 1919
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Private William Frederick George Neate 9932, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 21 February 1919
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Rifleman George Thomas Dowding 370879, London Regiment
Died 21 February 1919
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Sapper Thomas Edgar Peters 26449, New Zealand Engineers
Died 21 February 1919
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Stoker 2nd Class John Richard Daykin SS119164, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 21 February 1919
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Acting Serjeant Ernest Watson 14/836, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 21 February 1920
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Serjeant Ernest Partridge, M.M. 11417, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 21 February 1920
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Driver Garnet A Blaxall ES/58108, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 21 February 1921
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Private Alfred John Williams 29076, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 21 February 1921
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Major John Osborn Walford, M.C. and Bar , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 21 February 1922
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Captain Frederick Grant Banting , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 21 February 1941
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Private John Cunningham VC 12/21, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 21 February 1941
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Corporal Charles Hull VC , 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
Died 21 February 1953
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Petty Officer Heber Henry Turton 233350, HMS. BARHAM
Died 21 February 1954
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Lieutenant Harold Gustav Dehn , 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
Died 21 February 1957
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Tom Fletcher Mayson VC 200717, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
Died 21 February 1958
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Lieutenant Captain Ronald Thomas Stanyforth , Lancers
Died 21 February 1964
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Private Thomas George Turrall VC 20512, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 21 February 1964
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