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).
Unnamed Buss (1752). Scale: 1:48. A contemporary copy of a plan showing the body plan, annotated deck plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed Buss, for the Society of the Free British Fishery.
Original signe
28 January 1752
National Maritime Museum
Annotated sketches of the stern, bow and figurehead of the Indiaman Houghton with inscription (on reverse). Bound with PAE9592-PAE9660, PAE9662-PAE9665.; Medium includes graphite.; Page 67.
28 Jan 1779
National Maritime Museum
The Magnificent Funeral Car Built for the sole purpose of Conveying the Remains of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson to St Pauls Cathedral, for Interment, on Thursday the 9th of Jany. 1806. Print showing 'The Magnificent Funeral Car Built for the sol
28 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1825-01-28
28 January 1825
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Things as they were, 1757. Things as they are, 1827 (caricature). Hand-coloured.
28 Jan 1827
National Maritime Museum
Beaufort Island and Mount Erebus. Discovered 28 Jan 1841. Medium includes bodycolour and graphite.
1841
National Maritime Museum
Two panoramic views of Mount Terror and Mount Erebus seen at 10-40 then at 1-40pm, '28 Jany: 1841 - Lat at Noon - 76o 58' S By obsn.' (on reverse and continued onto next page). Bound with PAE9965-PAE9977, PAE9979-PAE9984.
28 Jan 1841
National Maritime Museum
Head and shoulders portrait of woman. Bound with PAF8987-PAF9008, PAF9010-PAF9017.
28 Jan 1864
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1866-01-28
28 January 1866
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Petition signed by Thomas A. Edison and 49 others of Orange, New Jersey, 01/28/1893 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 28 Jan 1893
The U.S. National Archives
Booker T. Washington in Carnegie Hall last week; Devil dancing before the Prince and Princess of Wales (LOC)
Taken 28 Jan 1906
The Library of Congress
Cortège funéraire dans la tombe de Ramose, Nécropole de Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 431
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Deux boutiques dans la ville, Louqsor, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 435
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur du tombeau de Nahrt, Nécropole de Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 426
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur du tombeau de Nahrt, Nécropole de Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 427
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur du tombeau de Nahrt, Nécropole de Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 428
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur du tombeau de Nahrt, Nécropole de Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 429
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur du tombeau de Pahiri ?, Nécropole de Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 432 X
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le Ramesseum, Nécropole de Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 433
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Obélisque du temple d\'Amon devant le pylône de Ramsès II, Nécropole de Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 434
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Tombe de Montouemhat, Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 202
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue générale sur la vallée des Reines, Thèbes, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 425 X
28 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Camions sur une place, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 862
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Deux portes à grille rue des Ducs, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 871
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La maison des 2 Barbeaux de la rue du bourg, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 863
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La Porte du Château, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 872
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La tour de la maison de la rue des Ducs, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 868
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le beffroi, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 867
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le canal de la Marne au Rhin et le chemin de fer de Paris à Nancy dans la coupure de l\'Ornain et la route, Faims, Meuse, Lorraine, France, A 4 834
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le jeune meunier Robert Baudier avec la miche du pays, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 875
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le pont et les maisons à balcons de bois de la rive droite de l\'Ornain, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 884
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le pont Notre-Dame et l\'église Notre-Dame, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 877
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les maisons de la rive droite de l\'Ornain, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 883
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les maisons de la Ville haute, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 860
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les passerelles du canal de l\'Ornain, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 879
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Mervyn Matthews. Unit: Royal Engineers. Death: 28 January 1915 Western Front
Died 28 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
L\'école du château, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 873
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'Ornain, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 878
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'Ornain, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 880
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'Ornain, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 881
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'Ornain, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 882
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'Ornain, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 74 131
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maison à décor de gargouilles, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 864
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maisons rue des ducs, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 866
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur Bar-le-Duc, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 858
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur Bar-le-Duc, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 859
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Preis für Weizen - Kundmachung - Neusatz - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
28 January 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Ernest South 16066, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 28 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Robert Baudier, jeune meunier âgé de 14 ans et demi, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 876
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un coin de la place de la halle, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 861
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Une carrière de calcaire, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 869
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Une maison de la rue des Ducs, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 870
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Voiturettes à lait et chien traîneur couché, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 874
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue prise de la vieille maison avec terrasse sur la ville vers le nord-ouest, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 857
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur la Ville haute et le beffroi du château, Bar-le-Duc, France, A 4 865
28 janvier 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Axe central du verger-roseraie vu en direction de la dépendance, à la limite du jardin français, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 704
28 janvier 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Axe central du verger-roseraie vu en direction de la dépendance, à la limite du jardin français, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 705
28 janvier 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Frederick George Crook 2732, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 28 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Albert Wareham L/6789, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
Died 28 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Le bois de Boulogne, Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 13 918
28 janvier 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le bois de Boulogne, Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 13 919
28 janvier 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Harry Crompton Smith B/19676, Royal Fusileers
Died 28 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private James Hurp 15921, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 28 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Siegfried Wedgwood Herford SPR/2860, Royal Fusiliers
Died 28 January 1916
Lives of the First World War