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).
Plan of the... Engagement of Abukir at the Mouth of the Nile, ... on 1st & 2nd August 1798... as situated in the Evening.... Hand-coloured.
25 Dec 1798
National Maritime Museum
The wreck of HMS Hero in the Texel, 25 December 1811. 'The wreck of HMS Hero in the Texel, 25 Dec 1811' by Thomas Robbert Strickland, Lt, Rn, 1787-1853.
1839
National Maritime Museum
Stage coach, laden with hampers and game, inscribed Christmas Day 1822. Mounted with PAE6613-PAE6617.; Signed by artist and dated.
25 Dec 1822
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des modes' 1836-12-25
25 December 1836
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Interieur van de Sint Petruskerk in Seaview op het Isle of Wight tijdens Kerstmis
25 December 1864
Rijksmuseum
prent (niet in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1870-12-25
25 December 1870
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
'Saved'. Woman and child being rescued from the sea by a man with a breeches buoy. 'The Graphic.'
The Herschels prints and drawings collection deteriorated slightly towards the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th century becoming l
25 December 1871
National Maritime Museum
Affiche met aankondiging van gemaskerd bal in Casino van Parijs met portretten van Cha-u-kao en Yvette Guilbert
25 December 1892
Rijksmuseum
Cadets of the training ship MERSEY on shore leave
Taken 25 Dec 1911
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
, Méry-sur-Oise ou Méry-la-Bataille (?), France, A 5 870
25 décembre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Méry-sur-Oise ou Méry-la-Bataille (?), France, A 5 871
25 décembre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Méry-sur-Oise ou Méry-la-Bataille (?), France, A 5 872
25 décembre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Méry-sur-Oise ou Méry-la-Bataille (?), France, A 5 873
25 décembre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Méry-sur-Oise ou Méry-la-Bataille (?), France, A 74 132
25 décembre 1914 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Méry-sur-Oise ou Méry-la-Bataille (?), France, A 74 133
25 décembre 1914 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Méry-sur-Oise ou Méry-la-Bataille (?), France, A 74 134
25 décembre 1914 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Charles Harold Reynell Watts , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Leonard Castel Campbell Rogers , Indian Army
Died 25 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Leonard Castel Campbell Rogers MC MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, 7th Gurka Rifles, attached to 9th Gurkha Rifles. Death: 25 December 1914 Died of wounds at Festubert Western Front
Died 25 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Nursing Sister Nellie Clark or Clarke , Serbian Relief Fund
Died 25 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Près du Bourget, La plaine de France, Seine Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France, A 4 761
25 décembre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Lewis Rhymes 7657, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 25 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Tranchées avec petits sacs, Vaudherland, France, A 4 762
25 décembre 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
William Fitzgerald Levin 11/787, Divisional Headquarters
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Molesworth Walpole Sealy , Royal Engineers
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Harry Reid Thomas , 26th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Company Quartermaster Serjeant Simon Merritt 3/256, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal John Mandall 9035, South Wales Borderers
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Edward Vere Birch-Reynardson. Unit: 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 25 December 1915
Died 25 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Guy Darcy Daveney Macarthur , Australian Infantry
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Vilipate 16/1178, New Zealand Maori Contingent, 3rd (Niue Detachment)
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Enoch Tudor 466, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Ephraim Atkinson 2031, West Riding Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Coley 3147, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private James Arthur Beal 1709, West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Moore 3/1759, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney Herbert Johnson 1176, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas William Chapman 17005, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 25 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
'Christmas Day 1916'; yachts leaving Portsmouth Harbour. Signed and inscribed, as title, by the artist, lower right. This view looks directly across the entrance of Portsmouth Harbour to Fort Blockhouse and the Haslar Wall, with sailing boats l
25 December 1916
National Maritime Museum
Corporal Albert Turner 14995, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Joseph Edward Smith 43421, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 25 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur William Bull 33921, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 25 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank A Still R/28613, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 25 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Brown 27361, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 25 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Green 132280, Canadian Infantry
Died 25 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 2nd Class William George Haslett K36498, HMS "Victory"
Died 25 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Australian Light Horse soldiers celebrating Christmas in Palestine during WWI, 1917
Taken 25 Dec 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Company Quarter Master Serjeant Charles Henry Lowth, DCM 14634, Cheshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred O Taylor 202749, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ronald Francis Keith MacDonald 767182, London Regiment
Died 25 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Seaman Charles Lorain Bridge 5799A, Royal Naval Reserve - SS Cliftondale
Died 25 December 1917
Lives of the First World War