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).
The Surrey Contest freely stated; with curious anecdotes related. Merit protected - Persecution repelled - Undue influence defeated (caricature). Text in English below image.
25 Nov 1780
National Maritime Museum
The China Fleet heavily laden Commanded by Commodore Sir Nathaniel Dance beating off Adml Linois and his Squadron the 15th of Feby 1804. Hand-coloured aquatint. The China Fleet heavily laden Commanded by Commodore Sir Nathaniel Dance beating off Adml Lino
25 Nov 1804
National Maritime Museum
The Noble Admiral Lord Nelson fell in the Arms of Victory. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting a dying Nelson on the deck of 'Victory' supported by Britannia to the right. On the left Neptune kneels holding a trident and presenting the
25 Nov 1805
National Maritime Museum
Resolution of the legislature of Massachusetts, 11/25/1808 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 25 Nov 1808
The U.S. National Archives
Resolution of the legislature of Massachusetts, 11/25/1808 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 25 Nov 1808
The U.S. National Archives
A Long Pull a Strong Pull and a Pull Altogether (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate 233.
25 Nov 1813
National Maritime Museum
Sea attack on a coastal town inscribed 'HMS Tribune, Amazona, Arica - Peru - attacked by the Revolutionary squadron of General Vivanco - 25 Nov 1857'. Bound with PAG3512-PAG3568, PAG3570-PAG3625; with PAG3591, PAG3623 and PAG3624 loose from the
25 Nov 1857
National Maritime Museum
23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared? 23 ft Cutter. Signed J. Elliott [Assitant Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1872-?].
Dated: 25 November 1873
National Maritime Museum
28ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheert lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 12-oared 28ft Cutter.
Signed by J. Elliot [Assistant Master Shipwright and Engineer, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1872-?].
Dated: 25 November 1873
National Maritime Museum
HMS Dryad Floated at Chatham 25th November 1893. By Miss Cecil Heneage Daughter of Sir Algernon C F Heneage, KCB, Commander in Chief, Rear Admiral G Digby Morant, Admiral Superintendent, J A Yates Esqre, Chief Constructor. Signed by artist.
1898
National Maritime Museum
Miss Knickerbocker transfers her attention from the horse to the turkey this week (LOC)
Taken 25 Nov 1906
The Library of Congress
Lieutenant Francis Eckley Oakeley , HM Submarine D2
Died 25 November 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Frank Alexander de Pass , 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse
Died 25 November 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Frank Alexander De Pass VC MID. Unit: 34th (Price Albert Victor's Own) Poona Horse. Death: 25 November 1914 Killed in action near Festubert Western Front.
Died 25 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Petty Officer Arthur Hiscock 191423, HM Submarine D2
Died 25 November 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William McPherson Sinclair 10296, Gordon Highlanders
Died 25 November 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Thomas Albert Knott , Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 25 November 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Thomas Albert Knott. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 25 November 1914 Western Front. Son of Frank and Alice Knott.
Died 25 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles Wighton , Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Died 25 November 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Francis Frederick Yeandle 1922, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
Died 25 November 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles P. Surman 5806, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 25 November 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Oswald Percy Desborough 16954, Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 25 November 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Turnbull 23979, 15th Durham Light Infantry
Died 25 November 1915
Lives of the First World War
Vornahme des Drusches von Roggen und Weizen - Kundmachung - Friedek - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
25 November 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Bombardier Thomas Berry 2172, Royal Field Artillery
Died 25 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Laurie Ritchie Armitage, M.C. , Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 25 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Ernest Jeffries 6997. Unit: 1st Battalion, 23rd Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 November 1916 at sea.
Died 25 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Frederick William Mears 240317, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 25 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Arthur Quaif 4930, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 25 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Norman Nicolson Mackay S/40032, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 25 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Philip Marsh Evans 222, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Reginald Thomas Tite SD/4242, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 25 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Loveridge 3231, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 25 November 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Gilbert Aberdein Harvey , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 25 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Gilbert Aberdein Harvey. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 25 November 1917, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 25 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Douglas Aplin 11537, 15th (The King's) Hussars
Died 25 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Le commandant Jean Perrin, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 760
25 novembre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Llewelyn Ap Tomos Shankland , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 25 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Mademoiselle Marguerite Borel fille de Paul Appell, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 757
25 novembre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoiselle Perrin, fille du commandant Jean Perrin, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 763
25 novembre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private George James Smale R4802, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 25 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sapper James Henry Willetts 336877, Royal Engineers
Died 25 November 1917
Lives of the First World War
Air Mechanic 3rd Class Francis Albert Tucker 80398,
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Julian Royds Gribble VC , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Julian Royds Gribble VC. Unit: 1st Battalion, attached to the 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 25 November 1918, died of pneumonia, Mainz, Germany.
Died 25 November 1918
Imperial War Museum
Colonel Henry Alfred Walsh , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Cecil Dobson 83418, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Robert Moss 20399, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Alexander H Laird 95617, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Harris TR/66836, Durham Light Infantry
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Arnold Foulsham S/7572, Middlesex Regiment
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Sam Sanderson 45777, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas William Lomas 68257, Royal Defence Corps
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Hudson Reah , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 25 November 1918
Lives of the First World War