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All 6106American Air Museum
American Air Museum 131
Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 779
Sjöhistoriska museet 229
Vänersborgs museum 156
Kulturarv Västernorrland 126
Rijksmuseum 78
Bohusläns museum 42
Flygvapenmuseum 32
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 31
Miliseum 27
Marinmuseum 16
Tekniska museet 16
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 16
Örebro läns museum 14
Historisch Museum Ede 10
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 3
Slovak National Library 2
CODA Museum 2
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 1
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 1
Skansen 1
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 1
Δήμος ΤÏίπολης 1
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 1
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 1
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 1
ŽemaiÄių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" 1
Upplandsmuseet 1
Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives 27
Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums 21
NASA on The Commons 17
State Library and Archives of Florida 14
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 13
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 12
bibliothequedetoulouse 10
State Library of Queensland, Australia 7
Deseronto Archives 7
National Library NZ on The Commons 6
The Library of Congress 5
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 5
MissouriStateArchives 3
Provincial Archives of Alberta 3
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 3
State Library of New South Wales collection 2
National Library of Norway 2
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 2
Liberas / Liberaal Archief 1
Australian War Memorial collection 1
National Archives of Estonia 1
National Library of Australia Commons 1
UW Digital Collections 1
Costică Acsinte Archive 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 1703
Imperial War Museums
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 397
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 343
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 256
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 73
Other 56
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 52
Womens War Work 14
War Office Second World War Official Collection 13
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 12
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August - September 1917 10
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 10
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 8
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 October - November 1917 8
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 7
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 7
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 6
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 6
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 5
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 5
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June - July 1918 4
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 3
The Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 3
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 3
Pitman Thomas Tait (major-general) Collection 2
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 2
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 2
Deaths: Other Services- Land Army 2
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 2
The Royal Naval Air Service 1914 - 1918 2
Cooke G H (lieutenant Colonel) 2
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 2
The Road To War 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 1
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 1
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 1
Deaths: Other Services- Waacs 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Red Cross (joint War Committee) 1920 1
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 1
Belfast Telegraph Collection 1
Zimnal Marian (lieutenant Colonel) Collection 03 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June 1918 1
Deaths: Nurses- Serbian Relief Fund 1
The Coronation Of Emperor Charles Of Austria As King Of Hungary In Budapest 1916 & Scenes In Austria 1
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Maps Collection 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Scottish Nursing Services 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 April - June 1917 1
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 1
Australian Forces In Gallipoli 1915 - 1916 1
Barbanti Gian G (mr) Collection 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 1
Canadian First World War Official Exchange Collection 1
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 1
War Office, Central Office Of Information And American Second World War Official Collection 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 1048
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 58
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 35
Orders & Medals 22
Oil Paintings 8
Charts & Maps 3
Historic Photograph Albums 3
Historic Photographic Negatives 1
Year
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1943 10
1944 24
1945 38
1968 1
1969 1
1971 1
1975 1
1981 1
1982 1
1983 2
1984 1
1985 2
1986 1
1987 1
1989 3
1990 1
1991 1
1993 1
1995 1
1997 3
1998 4
1999 1
2000 2
2001 2
2002 2
2003 6
2004 1
2005 2
2006 2
2007 1
2008 3
2010 2
2011 2
2012 2
2015 1
2016 1
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).
