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Vänersborgs museum 220
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Bohusläns museum 107
Rijksmuseum 71
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 50
Miliseum 22
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 20
Örebro läns museum 20
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Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 7
Images of Old Cluj 6
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 5
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 4
Historisch Museum Ede 4
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 3
Upplandsmuseet 2
Skansen 2
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 2
Lietuvos dailÄ—s muziejus 2
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Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 2
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 1
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State Library of Queensland, Australia 29
The U.S. National Archives 18
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 11
State Library and Archives of Florida 11
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 8
Australian War Memorial collection 7
The Library of Congress 7
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State Library of New South Wales collection 5
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 5
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Royal Australian Historical Society 4
National Library of Australia Commons 4
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 3
National Library of Norway 3
National Archives of Estonia 3
bibliothequedetoulouse 3
UW Digital Collections 2
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives 2
NASA on The Commons 2
Swedish National Heritage Board 2
Costică Acsinte Archive 1
National Library NZ on The Commons 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 1664
Imperial War Museums
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 422
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 339
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 204
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 167
Other 87
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 55
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 32
War Office Second World War Official Collection 27
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 18
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 14
Admiralty Official Collection 11
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 9
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 July 1918 7
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 April - June 1917 7
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 7
Wright Robert 7
Australian Forces In Gallipoli 1915 - 1916 6
Belfast Telegraph Collection 6
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 6
The British Army In North-west Europe 1944-1945 5
Deaths: Nurses General 5
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 September 1917 5
Womens War Work 4
Italian First World War Official Collection 4
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 4
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 3
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 3
Robson Harold Burge (hon) Collection 3
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 3
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 3
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Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 3
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Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 2
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 2
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Imperial War Museum First World War Maps Collection 1
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Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 December 1917 - February 1918 1
Slater Percival James (colonel) Collection 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 1
War Diary In Four Volumes 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June 1918 1
Deaths: Nurses- Serbian Relief Fund 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Scottish Nursing Services 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 October - November 1917 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 1158
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 108
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About this site
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
Data sources
Update 16 October 2018
- Addition of nearly 60,000 superb dated autochromes (one of the earliest commercial colour processes) from the Musée Albert Kahn, accessed through the Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
- Complete refresh of Flickr Commons, Europeana, and National Maritime Museum data
- Added pagination as many dates now have signifcantly more than 100 images!
Current totals by data source
- Europeana - 72434 items
- Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines - 58556 items
- Imperial War Museums - 38229 items
- Lives of the First World War - 33134 items
- National Maritime Museum - 29529 items
- Flickr Commons - 13362 items
- American Air Museum - 5054 items
Current totals by date accuracy
- Precise date - 206835 items
- Accurate to month only - 16699 items
- Accurate to year only - 26764 items
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;
Technology overview
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).
Licence
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).
