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).
Action between H.B.M.S. Vinceio John Wesley Wright Esqr, Commander, and a numerous French flotilla, off Quiberon on the Coast of France 7th May 1804. Print
30 Dec 1815
National Maritime Museum
Starling (1829). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck with fore & aft platforms for the Starling (1829), a Cutter, as converted to a two-masted Schooner and fitted for surveying duties. Signed Robert Blake [Maste
30 December 1835
National Maritime Museum
View on the Thames, Shewing Goding's New Lion Ale Brewery, The Wharfs, Shot Factories, and the Lambeth end of Waterloo Bridge. Proof. Hand-coloured.
30 Dec 1836
National Maritime Museum
Old and modified method of fitting tillers to Steamships of 950 tons and upwards (1846). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation and plan of the new and old method of fitting the tiller to Steamships of 950 tons and upwards.
30 December 1846
National Maritime Museum
'30 Dec. (12)'. This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 30 December 1853, shows the barren banks of the Nile with three gyassis, two of which are heavily laden with straw. Figures and animals can be seen in the background against the low su
30 December 1853
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1866-12-30
30 December 1866
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
E.M. Wissman en H.A. Romswinkel voor grote pyramide en sfinx te Gizeh, 30 Dec 1900
30 December 1900
Rijksmuseum
The furthest south: Lat 85° 17’ South, National Antarctic Expedition.. Dr Wilson and Commander Scott at the camp set up on The Great Ice Barrier (Ross Ice Shelf) where they stopped at their furthest south on the first attempt to reach the South
30 December 1902
National Maritime Museum
The most southerly land - looking from the Ice Shelf to Antarctica. A view across the broken ice landscape of the Ross Ice Shelf towards the high mountains of Antarctica.
30 December 1902
National Maritime Museum
Laying foundation stone of Greymouth Town Hall and Carnegie Library, 30 December 1904
Taken 30 Dec 1904
National Library NZ on The Commons
Another railroad from ocean to ocean greets the new year (LOC)
Taken 30 Dec 1906
The Library of Congress
Captain Eric John Fletcher Gough. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 30 December 1914, Western Front.
Died 30 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Patrick Miles. Unit: 1st Battalion, The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry; attached 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 30 December 1914 Western Front
Died 30 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Richards 11879, South Wales Borderers
Died 30 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant James Robertson Jack Mylles MA. Unit: 3rd Reserve Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 30 December 1914 Flanders Western Front age at death 21
Died 30 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Percy Stewart Larman 15072, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier William Bates 12694, Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Natal
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Brevet Colonel Ernest Robert Rainier Swiney. Unit: 1st Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army. Death: 30 December 1915 Possibly lost at sea in the Mediterranean Egypt
Died 30 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain James Whyte Swanston. Unit: Mercantile Marine, SS Clan Macfarlane (Glasgow). Death: 30 December 1915 Last seen on the 4 January 1916 after his ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean near Crete Mediterranean Sea
Died 30 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Caroline Maud Edwards, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service. Died on 30 December 1915 after an explosion on HMS Natal.
Died 30 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Caroline Maud Edwards, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service. Died on 30 December 1915 after an explosion on HMS Natal.
Died 30 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Deck Hand John Edward Timms , Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. Marcella
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Eliza Elvins, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died after an explosion on HMS Natal 30 December 1915.
Died 30 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class John Smith Clyde 5/2341, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal."
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Nathaniel Taylor M768, HMS Natal
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Engineer Lieutenant Arthur Twining Roch , HMS Proserpine
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Herbert Frederick Denton 12673, Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Natal
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Thomas Henry Bartons 11327, Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Natal
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Gunner 1st Class Cornelius Henry White 14308, Royal Marine Artillery
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Frank Davenport RMA/5417, Royal Marine Artillery - H.M.S. "Natal."
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Backhouse , Cheshire Regiment
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Commander John Berkeley Murray , HMS Natal
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Alexander Tower Robertson , Indian Army Reserve of Officers
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Caroline Maud Edwards , Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Eliza Millicent Elvens , Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Cheesman 14464, Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Natal
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur David Hook 7254, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Simms 1066, Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Jack Herbert Button 1649, King's Mounted Rifles
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Francis 13226, South Wales Borderers
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Tame Potonga 16/388, New Zealand First Maori Contingent
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Downey PO/9423, Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Natal."
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Stewardess Jemima Coster , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Persia" (Greenock)
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Herbert Edward Baldwin SS114541, HMS Natal
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Victor George Hurn K240, HMS Endymion
Died 30 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Brevet Colonel Frederick Clifton Briggs , Border Regiment
Died 30 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain George Kazimierz Arthur De Janasz. Unit: 3rd Section Ambulance Company, attached to Army Service Corps. Death: Not known. Entered the French theatre of war on 30 December 1916.
Died 30 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal George Shuck 5628, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 30 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Munitions Worker Amelia Stewart , Ministry of Munitions
Died 30 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Edward Dover 25168, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 30 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Lionel Ifield 1684, British West Indies Regiment
Died 30 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Higginson 6451, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 30 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Quartermaster Serjeant William Henry Bonaker T/184, Army Ordnance Corps
Died 30 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart , Royal Naval Division
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Battery Serjeant Major Ernest George Harlock VC 42617, Royal Field Artillery
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Walter Bane 293009, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Driver Harpley Appleby T3/025974, Army Service Corps
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Charles Henry Jones 12021, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Serjeant John Henry Gare 762402, London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Leading Seaman Joseph Ingham Battye. Service number: Tyneside Z/11314. Unit: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, SS Hercules. Death: 30 December 1917.
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cyril Groom , London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Cyril Groom. Unit: 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artist's Rifles). Death: 30 December 1917, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Westby , Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Mrs Mary Couldrey, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died December 1917 30 December 1917.
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum