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 Oswald Owen Vincent 10096, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Mepham 6474, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William Ethelbert Newbold 10080, Coldstream Guards
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William John Wren 10379, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William Patrick Hatton L/9252, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Daniel Eyles 6916, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Rocaille en pente du « sanctuaire japonais » ponctuée de conifères, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 527
23 octobre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Second Lieutenant Basil John Harrison Scott , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Basil John Harrison Scott MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 23 October 1914 Killed in Battle of Ypres near Pilkem, Belgium Western Front
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant David Ive. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 23 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Dudley Luis De Tavora Fernandes , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Dudley Luis de Tavora Fernandes MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 23 October 1914, Western Front.
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Eric Laurence Arthur Hart Burges , Wiltshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Eric Laurence Arthur Hart Burges. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 23 October 1914 Reutel Western Front
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Drennan Cron Wright , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Drennan Cron Wright. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 23 October 1914 Killed in Action near Ypres. Western Front
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Gerald Cecil Kingsley , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Gerald Cecil Kingsley. Unit: 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Death: 23 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Edwin Hippisley , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harold Edwin Hippisley. Unit: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 23 October 1914, killed in action at Langemarck, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Maurice Dingwall Williams. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 23 October 1914 Wounded and missing
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Norman Arthur Henry Somerset , Grenadier Guards
Died 23 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Norman Arthur Henry Somerset. Unit: 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 23 October 1914 Killed in action near Kruiseik when taking a message during the earlier part of the first Battle of Ypres. Western Front
Died 23 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Catherine Anne Fox 22/118, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Helena Kathleen Isdell 22/130, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Mabel Elizabeth Jamieson 22/133, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Acting Bombardier Donald Anthony Mead 1495, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Frederick Maltby Urquhart. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 23 October 1915 Western Front
Died 23 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Chaplain 1st Class Rev. Silas William Stevens, T.D. , Army Chaplains' Department attd. Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Frederick W Challice 3386, Suffolk Regiment
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Driver Raymond Frank Trigg 68887, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Helena Kathleen Isdell, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Helena Kathleen Isdell, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Fergus Hay Young , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Mabel Elizabeth Jamieson, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Mabel Elizabeth Jamieson, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Nora Hildyard, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Drowned in the Aegean Sea when the Marquette was torpedoed 23 October 1915.
Died 23 October 1915
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Lorna Aylmer Rattray 22/160, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Obst-Ausstellung - 23. bis 25. Oktober 1915 - Leitmeritz
23 October 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private George Elton Sedding 12671, Norfolk Regiment
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Sanford 8537, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Margaret Rogers 22/175, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Marion Sinclair Brown 22/104, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Mary Helen Rae 22/161, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Nora Mildred Hildyard 22/125, New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Died 23 October 1915
Lives of the First World War
Acting Corporal Arthur Herbert Owen 10555, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Air Mechanic 2nd Class George Charles Norton 19774, Royal Flying Corps
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Company Serjeant Major John Antley 9183, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Company Serjeant Major Richard McFadden F/162, Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Francis Edwin Hancock 20181, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
L/Cpl Richard Addison 13466, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Christopher Hands 27262. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 23 October 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Harry Sidney Lucas 24047. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 23 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal John William Booker G/18183, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Edgar Harold Holmes Turner , Welsh Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Edgar Harold Holmes Turner. Unit: 11th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 23 October 1916, killed in action at Machukovo, Macedonia. Buried at the Karasouli Cemetery.
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Ellis Parry , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lizzie Jones, Munitions work. Died of TNT poisoning 23 October 1916.
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lizzie Jones, Munitions work. Died of TNT poisoning 23 October 1916.
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Maßnahmen zur Einlieferung der Ernteüberschüsse - Kundmachung - Užice
23 October 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Maßnahmen zur Einlieferung der Ernteüberschüsse - Kundmachung - Užice - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
23 October 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Archibald Onslow Morgan G/40414, Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Basil Richard Cross 15973. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 23 October 1916 Killed in action at Les Boeufs Western Front
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Frank Jelly 37631. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 23 October 1916 Western Front.
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Gabe Thompson 213449, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Albert Davies 14303, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Fynn 20630. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 23 October 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Henry Dawkins G/22770. Unit: Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 October 1916 Missing in action
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private H Lowe 2059. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, 26th Field Ambulance. Death: 23 October 1916 Near Givenchy Western Front
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Harold James Hill 2697, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Horace Charles Holder 5978, 2/13th Kensington Bn,London Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Hugh Atkinson 6987, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private James McKenna 26656. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Death: 23 October 1916 Western Front
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Jasper Matthews Batey F/60, Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Berrington 1874, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Owen Birchby Alvey 192985, Canadian Infantry
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Arthur Swain 96131, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Henry Oram G/40444, Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Atkins 2258, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Frederick Burden 6275, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Haxton 4130, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Charles James Pretty S/14879. Unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 23 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 23 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Hamilton Marshall , East Lancashire Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Clifford Hales , Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1916
Lives of the First World War