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).
Captain Charles Gordon Tillie , Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 23 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Norman Samuel Hurrell 1446, Corps of Hussars
Died 23 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant James Archibald Peto , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 23 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred William Allen 9441, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Wilfred Hobkinson , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 23 August 1915
Lives of the First World War
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Joseph Alexander Ashford 19477. Unit: "A" Battery, 100th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 23 August 1916, Macedonia. Buried at the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Charles Wilfred Strong 102370, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Walter Francis Butt 7841. Unit: 22nd Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred John Saunders Sth/224, Royal Fusiliers
Died 23 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Langridge 3346. Unit: 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916 From gas poisoning Western Front
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Leslie Haliburton Fynmore 628. Unit: "C" Company, 21st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916, Mouquet Farm, Somme, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Robert Rimmer 31219, King's Liverpool Regiment
Died 23 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Woolf Fisher 4518/266755. Unit: 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Death: 23 August 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Thomas Bentham R/14648, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 23 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Edward Lionel Austin Butler 2, Australian Infantry
Died 23 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Edward Lionel Austin Butler. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Benjamin Alfred Jemesen 3115. Unit: 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 23 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Bertie Walter Smith 17732, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Henry Francis Farquharson Murray , Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain James Donaldson , attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal David S. Marshall 34454, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Walter Ray Podmore 35288, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Bertrand Morgan Dunn 784180, Canadian Infantry
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Major J Naismith photographed leaving Buckingham Palace having received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), 23 August 1917.
Died 23 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Archibald Donald S/21165. Unit: 10th Platoon, C Company, 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 23 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front.
Died 23 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Ernest Taylor 29434, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Miller 25996. Unit: 6th Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 23 August 1917 Western Front
Died 23 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Cecil Amner 29087, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John William Silvester S/21573, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Daniel Creese 40490. Unit: 11th Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 23 August 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 23 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Luther Beardsall 20834, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Arthur Coleman 34450, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William George Sandercock 690752, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 23 August 1917
Lives of the First World War