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).
Count de Grasse delivering his sword to the Gallant Admiral Rodney (caricature). Hand-coloured.
27 May 1782
National Maritime Museum
Redwing (1806); Ringdove (1806); Sparrowhawk (1807); Eclair (1807). No scale, probably 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Redwing (1806), Ringdove (1806), Sparrowhawk (1807), and Eclair (1807), all 18-gun Brigs being built at Warren's, Brightling
27 May 1806
National Maritime Museum
Redwing (1806); Ringdove (1806); Sparrowhawk (1807); Eclair (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Redwing (1806), Ringdove (1806), Sparrowhawk (1807), and Eclair (1807), all 18-gun Brigs being built at Warren's, Brightlingsea.
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27 May 1806
National Maritime Museum
Wreck of the Travers, East-Indiaman, on a Rock near Sunken Island. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
27 May 1809
National Maritime Museum
Removal of Egyptian antiquities at British Museum, one of eleven drawings by E W Cooke's sisters, Laura and Georgiana, inscribed Removal of one of the Sarcophani, from the original sketch in the possession of Edd Hawkins Esq. Brit: Mus: made 27 May 1
1834
National Maritime Museum
Advertisement of slave sale: Leon County, Florida
Taken 27 May 1842
State Library and Archives of Florida
Gedenkstuk aan de Onthulling van Rembrandts Standbeeld te Amsterdam den 27e Mei 1852
27 May 1852
Rijksmuseum
The attack on Tung Chow? 27 May 1857. Bound with PAG3626-PAG3634, PAG3636-PAG3650.; Medium includes graphite.
27 May 1857
National Maritime Museum
Her Majesty's Iron Cased Screw Steam Frigate Warrior. Hand-coloured.
27 May 1861
National Maritime Museum
Clipper Ship Ambassador, A.1. 16 Years... Wm Lund Esq & others (Owners) Wm Walker Esq (Builders). Print
27 May 1869
National Maritime Museum
Mansporträtt. Andrée, Salomon August, f. 18 oktober 1854, d. i oktober 1897, ingenjör, fysiker, polarforskare.
27 May 1896
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
Kanalångaren FELIX på ingående i Bergkanalen, Trollhätte kanal den 27 maj 1901
27 May 1901
Bohusläns museum
Assistant Engineer (Temporary) Alexander Mackie. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Princess Irene. Death: 27 May 1915 Near Sheerness when ship was accidentally blown up
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Assistant Engineer (Temporary) Donald Campbell. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Princess Irene. Death: 27 May 1915 Sheerness Home Front. Son of Daniel and Janet Gray Campbell. Native of Doune, Perthshire.
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Assistant Engineer (Temporary) Francis Joseph Grierson. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Princess Irene. Death: 27 May 1915, Sheerness, Britain. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Assistant Paymaster Albert Donald Stallard. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Princess Irene. Death: 27 May 1915 Died when his ship was destroyed by explosion at Sheerness. English Channel
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Mervyn Hugh Cobbe. Unit: Royal Navy, Commanding HMS Princess Irene. Death: 27 May 1915 Killed when the “Princess Irene†was accidentally blown up in the Medway, home waters
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Chemin bordé d\'érémurus en fleurs au coeur de la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 355
27 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Chemin du « sanctuaire japonais » menant au sôrintô, bordé de rocailles, arbres et bambous, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 351
27 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Commander Thomas Hector Molesworth Maurice. Unit: HMS Princess Irene, Royal Navy. Death: 27 May 1915 North Sea
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Espace fleuri et arboré du « sanctuaire japonais » avec chemin menant vers ponts et sôrintô, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 353
27 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Commander Humphrey Randle Upton Cottrell-Dormer. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Princess Irene. Death: 27 May 1915 Lost his life when the HMS Princess Irene was destroyed by an explosion in Sheerness Harbour.
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cyril Graham. Unit: "A" Company, 1st/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 27 May 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Montgomery Vaughan. Unit: 3rd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 27 May 1915 Wounded at Ypres on 24 May 1915 Western Front
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Massif d\'arbustes et gunnera situés au bord des bassins, à l\'est du marais, vu en direction du nord, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 348
27 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Painter 1st Cl. William Gladstone Dore M1269, HMS Princess Irene
Died 27 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Paysage du « sanctuaire japonais » se découvrant à la sortie du « village japonais », Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 352
27 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Porte du « village japonais » ouverte sur le paysage fleuri du « sanctuaire japonais », Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 354
27 mai 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Thomas Andrews Hiscox 1369, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 27 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter William Vincent 4/7447, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 27 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Scarlett 6293, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 27 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant John Parker Norfolk Simpson. Unit: 5th (Reserve) Battalion, attached to 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 27 May 1915 Wounded near Ypres 24 May 1915, died of wounds at Iseghem, Belgium Western Front
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Shipwright Frank William Adams -, H.M.S. 'Princess Irene'
Died 27 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Surgeon Frederick Whitby Quirk. Unit: HMS Princess Irene, Royal Navy. Death: 27 May 1915 North Sea
Died 27 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Around the camp-fire, men of Company A, 16th Infantry, San Geronimo, Mexico, May 27th, 1916. This photo was obtained by flashlight powder., 1922 - 1922
Taken 27 May 1916
The U.S. National Archives
Corporal Sidney Crocombe 2960, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 27 May 1916
Lives of the First World War
Driver William Abner Simmonds 69025, Royal Field Artillery
Died 27 May 1916
Lives of the First World War
Farewell to the troopship ASCANIUS
Taken 27 May 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Private Malcolm Duncan Robertson 17869, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 27 May 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman William Herbert Chance 4127, 8th London Regiment
Died 27 May 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Louis Arthur Klemantaski , Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 27 May 1916
Lives of the First World War
THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL G H COOKE IN THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918
27 May 1916
Imperial War Museum