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 Edward Rainsford Harrison , Royal Army Service Corps
Died 25 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Christine Gibbons, Lloyd Gibbons, Emily Gibbons et Hope Gibbons, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 15 093
25 décembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Madame Garnier, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 15 090
25 décembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Madame Gibbons et son frère, Monsieur Blow, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 15 096
25 décembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Herbert Adams Gibbons, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 15 099
25 décembre 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Arthur Rufus Smith 34237, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 25 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Norris Schofield 11308, South Wales Borderers
Died 25 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Telephonist Elizabeth Sligh Johnston 18375, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
Died 25 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Trimmer John Patterson 5167/TS, Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Gunner
Died 25 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Cour du couvent arménien de Saint-Jacques, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 20 049 S
25 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Cour du couvent arménien de Saint-Jacques, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 20 050 S
25 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Entrée du couvent arménien Saint-Jacques, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 20 048
25 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Porte de Sion, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 20 051 S
25 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Porte de Sion, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 20 052 S
25 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Tour et porte de David, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 20 045 S
25 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Tour et porte de David, Jérusalem, Palestine, A 20 046 S
25 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La fenêtre d\'un mausolée moderne pour un saint personnage, ornée de petits bouts de chiffon en guise d\'ex-voto, Angora, Turquie, A 37 004 S
25 décembre 1922
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le Père Clément (chrétien) en habits sacerdotaux, Angora, Turquie, A 36 997
25 décembre 1922
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Pensionnaires et personnel d\'un orphelinat arménien. Au milieu, le Père Clément (chrétien) en habits sacerdotaux, Angora, Turquie, A 37 000
25 décembre 1922
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Prêtres arméniens catholiques devant leur chapelle, Angora, Turquie, A 36 996 S
25 décembre 1922
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Quelques maisons aisées (plutôt récentes), Angora, Turquie, A 37 008
25 décembre 1922
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un mausolée moderne pour un saint personnage, dans un cimetière, Angora, Turquie, A 37 002
25 décembre 1922
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Linning and Allison Quartet practising around the piano, Baroona, 1913
Taken 25 Dec 1925
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Jacob van Laar is geboren op 3 augustus 1860 in Rhenen. Overleden op 21 mei 1928 te Arnhem. Hij was eigenaar van Hotel van Laar aan de Stationsstraat in Ede. Deze foto is gemaakt met kerstmis 1926.
25 December 1926
Historisch Museum Ede
Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Leslie Starr , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 25 December 1928
Lives of the First World War
Photograph of the 7th Street Side of the National Archives Building, 12/25/1935
Taken 25 Dec 1935
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the National Archives Building at the corner of Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, 12/25/1935
Taken 25 Dec 1935
The U.S. National Archives
Mr and Mrs J. Bell and family enjoying the beach at Burleigh Heads 1938
Taken 25 Dec 1938
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Portret van Juliana, koningin der Nederlanden, en Beatrix, koningin der Nederlanden
25 December 1938
Rijksmuseum
Sergeant William Butler. , 402nd Air Depot. Sergeant William D. Butler was born December 10, 1896. His next of kin were his wife, Agnes J. Butler, and his daughter, Agnes P. Butler. He was from Montebello, California.
While assigned to the 402nd Air Depot
Died 25 December 1943
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS RAIL BRIDGE COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS RAIL JUNCTION COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS RAIL BRIDGE COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS COMMUNICATIONS C
Mission date: 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
Captain Donald Emerson. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Born 17 May 1923, Donald was raised on a farm in Minnesota during the Great Depression. He graduated from high school in 1941, not having excelled to any degree academically. He did not feel destin
Died 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
Cesena : Cooks of a Basuto Pioneer Company preparing the midday dinner on Christmas Day, 1944
25 December 1944
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Charles Lahey. Medical Corps, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Charles Lahey (1923–1944) was a Medical Corpsman.
The 1930 Census shows that Lahey’s father was a salesman and his mother was of German descent; Charles &
Died 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Bobbie Rankin. Pilot, 474th Fighter Group. Pilot P-38. Assigned to 428th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group, 9th AF. On Strafing run at La Roche, Belgium, hit by flak as A/C leveled off, bursting into flames. A/C climbed 2-300ft before
Died 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
Het programma van een Kerstsamenkomst op 25 december 1944 voor de Nederlandse tewerkgestelden in Bocholt, waarvoor de organisator vanuit Aalten op clandestiene wijze de grens wist over te komen. Uit het boek Aalten in Oorlogstijd van J.G. ter Horst
25 December 1944
Aaltense Musea
Kerstmenu, 25 december 1944, van een diner in het krijgsgevangenen kamp Stalag IV B in Mühlberg a/d Elbe uit het bezit van D. van Maarseveen
25 December 1944
Rijksmuseum
Lieutenant John Tiedemann. Navigator, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down near Prum on 12/25/44 in B-24 #4250612 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Died 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
Major George Preddy. Fighter Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. Major Preddy flew 143 combat missions, logged 532 cluster,combat hours was shot down over Belgium by friendly fire (allied artillery). He was 25. At the time he was Commanding Officer of the 328th F
Died 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Hiding Johnson. Fighter Pilot, 366th Fighter Group. On Christmas Day, 1944, a P-47, piloted by second Lt. Hilding Roy Johnson, crashed while on a mission in support of Allied efforts during the Battle of the Bulg
Died 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Adolphus Stine. Tail Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down in Luxembourg in B-24 Old Glory #42100372 Killed in Action (KIA). 4 crew members survived, but were captured by the Germans and imprisoned at Dulag-Luft West.
Died 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Andrew Sutter. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down in Luxembourg in B-24 'Old Glory' #42100372 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Died 25 December 1944
American Air Museum
Craig and Joan Herring celebrating their birthday on Christmas Day in Woodville, Florida
Taken 25 Dec 1953
State Library and Archives of Florida
Newcastle Beach on Christmas Day, 25/12/1954 / by Sam Hood
Taken 25 Dec 1954
State Library of New South Wales collection
Gunner William L Knill 168437, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 25 December 1955
Lives of the First World War