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).
Certification of the Constitution of Missouri, 09/27/1820
Taken 27 Sep 1820
The U.S. National Archives
Advertisement of slave sale: Leon County, Florida
Taken 27 May 1842
State Library and Archives of Florida
Quarantine Cemetery and Church, with French Battery No. 50.
Taken 27 Feb 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
England v. Australia Cricket Match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, January 27 1883 / by unknown photographer
Taken 27 Jan 1883
State Library of New South Wales collection
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of William Alexander's Death Sentence - Page 1
Taken 27 Mar 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of William Alexander's Death Sentence - Page 2
Taken 27 Mar 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of William Alexander's Death Sentence - Page 3
Taken 27 Mar 1888
The U.S. National Archives
A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member., 03/27/1
Taken 27 Mar 1894
The U.S. National Archives
A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member., 03/27/1
Taken 27 Mar 1894
The U.S. National Archives
The good influences of Arbor Day observance upon young and old become year by year more apparent (LOC)
Taken 27 Apr 1902
The Library of Congress
The new head of the Mackay family, Clarence H., combines good business with a love for horses (LOC)
Taken 27 Jul 1902
The Library of Congress
Photograph of the real Mayor of New-York for the next two years (LOC)
Taken 27 Dec 1903
The Library of Congress
Yale and Harvard will row in their annual contest at New London this week (LOC)
Taken 27 Jun 1909
The Library of Congress
Fridtjof Nansen på tribunen som æresgjest under en fotballkamp
Taken 27 Sep 1913
National Library of Norway
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
Farewell to the troopship ASCANIUS
Taken 27 May 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
[President Theodore Roosevelt Delivering a Speech]
Taken 27 May 1916
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Gassed Australian soldiers lying out in the open at an over-crowded aid post near Bois de l'Abbe ... They had been gassed in the operations in front of Villers-Bretonneux
Taken 27 Mar 1918
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons
Soldiers watching a boxing match at the New Zealand Divisional Sports, Authie, 27 June 1918
Taken 27 Jun 1918
National Library NZ on The Commons
RMS ORVIETO of Belfast, leaving Sydney for London
Taken 27 Dec 1919
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
We sell the celebrated Falcon Make Headwear
Taken 27 Sep 1928
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Depression "bread wars", corner store on Bourke & Fitzroy Streets, Surry Hills, Sydney, 21 August 1934 / Sam Hood
Taken 27 Aug 1934
State Library of New South Wales collection
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander December 27 1934
Taken 27 Dec 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
An official hands a young woman swimmer a token, Tramway swimming at Coogee Aquarium, 27 March 1935, by Sam Hood
Taken 27 Mar 1935
State Library of New South Wales collection
Start of a race at a Belmore Central School's second swimming carnival, Enfield Pool, 27 March 1935, by Ted Hood
Taken 27 Mar 1935
State Library of New South Wales collection
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Center Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Key to Personages Featured in the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Left Section of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Mural, The Declaration of Independence, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Right Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives
Photograph of the Right Section of the Mural, The Constitution, by Barry Faulkner, 10/27/1936
Taken 27 Oct 1936
The U.S. National Archives