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).
[The English engage the Spanish fleet near Plymouth on 31 July 1588]. Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:250,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the co
1590
National Maritime Museum
[The Spanish and English fleets near Plymouth on 30 - 31 July 1588]. Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:200,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the coa
1590
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of Scheveningen 31 July 1653: the last pass in the battle. The battle of Scheveningen was the last engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War. The death of the Dutch commander-in-chief, Marten Tromp, early in the battle, led to confusion in the Du
1653
National Maritime Museum
A Youth Rescued from a Shark. Print. Usually now known as 'Brook Watson and the Shark', and commemorating Watson's rescue from an incident in which he lost his leg to a shark in the harbour of Havana, Cuba, the original oil painting is in t
31 May 1779
National Maritime Museum
His Majesty's Ship the Alarm, a fifth Rate... conducting a Spanish Prize into Gibraltar. This print, published by Carington Bowles in 1781, is inscribed: 'His Mjesty's ship the Alarm, a fifth rate carrying 36 Guns, and 300 Men; Conducting a
31 Aug 1781
National Maritime Museum
Rodney Triumphant - or Admiral Lee-Shore in the Dumps (caricature). Political Characters & Caricatures of 1762 No.3. Hand-coloured.
31 May 1782
National Maritime Museum
25 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 25 ft Yawl.
Annotation dated: 31 October 1793
National Maritime Museum
Cape Brun to Sepet, Toulon. Drawn on the Spot by Capt. Knight R.N.. Hand-coloured.
31 Mar 1794
National Maritime Museum
The Rt Honble Earl Howe. Engraved for the Register of the Timus. Print
31 Jul 1794
National Maritime Museum
No 2. Dec 31st 1794. The Cleopatra towing the Thetis towards the Chesapeake. Lynx and Thisbe attending... A Virginian pilot boat the Sally of Norfolk in the foreground. Watercolour depicting the 'Cleopatra' (right) towing the 'Thetis'
1795
National Maritime Museum
The capture of the 'Guillaume Tell', 31 March 1800. The second of a pair of drawings (PAF5878–PAF5879) of which the first (PAF5878) shows the start of this action. This drawing shows the end, with the completely dismasted and surrendered &
1802
National Maritime Museum
The capture of the 'Guillaume Tell', 31 March 1800. This is one of a pair of drawings of this action (PAF5878–PAF5879). Napoleon captured Malta in 1798, en route to invade Egypt, and the French held possession until a tight naval blockade
1802
National Maritime Museum
Sir J.B. Warren's Action off Ireland with a Squadron of French Frigates. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle'.
31 May 1800
National Maritime Museum
Japon van zeegroene en grijze changeant tafzijde, met sleep.
31 December 1800
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen
King Canute. The Dane Canute invaded England in 1015 and took control of virtually the whole country, except for the city of London. At the death of Æthelred II, in 1016, the Londoners chose Edmund II as their king, but the Witan (Anglo-Saxon parlia
31 Jul 1802
National Maritime Museum
Battle of Algesiras. To Rear Admiral Sir James Saumarez... this View of their attacking the French Squadron & Batteries in Algesiras Bay on the 6th July 1801. Print
31 Dec 1802
National Maritime Museum
The Wreck of the Hindostan; East-Indiaman, on the Wedge Sand, off Margate, Jan 11 1803 showing the Margate Boat saving part of the Crew. Hand-coloured.
31 Jan 1803
National Maritime Museum
Right Honble Lord Keith K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron. Print
31 Jul 1803
National Maritime Museum
View of Tetuan, on the Coast of Morocco. Vignette.; Technique includes etching.
31 Aug 1803
National Maritime Museum
The Honourable George Berkley, Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron. Print
31 Aug 1804
National Maritime Museum
Cleopatra 32 Guns Launched at Bristol, December, 1779. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle'.
31 Jan 1805
National Maritime Museum
Situation of His Majesty's Ship Defence and her Prize the St Ildefonso. This is a plate from 'The Naval Chronicle' , 1806, subsequently extracted and hand-coloured. It shows the day after the Battle of Trafalgar, with the captured and dism
31 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Island of Goree, on the West Coast of Africa. Print. Vignette for the 'Naval Chronicle'
31 Mar 1806
National Maritime Museum
'Dromedary' (1808). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the partial inboard profile, and fore and aft platforms for 'Howe' (1805), purchased in India as a frigate, with annotations for her conversion to a twenty-four gun storeship, and rename
31 August 1807
National Maritime Museum
Captain William Johnstone Hope Engraved by H R Cook from a Miniature in the possession of Lady Ann Hope. Print
31 Oct 1807
National Maritime Museum
Captain Ellisons Action off Guernsey with an Enemy's Squadron. Vignette.
31 Mar 1808
National Maritime Museum
Captain Hugh Downman. Engraved by H.R. Cook from an original Miniature. Print
31 Jan 1809
National Maritime Museum
Captain Hugh Downman. Engraved by H.R. Cook. from an original Miniature. Print
31 Jan 1809
National Maritime Museum
Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian, KB, Rear Admiral of the White Squadron. Print
31 Mar 1809
National Maritime Museum
Captain John Shortland, 1769-1810. This print is based on a miniature of the sitter also in the Museum (MNT0089), this copy being presented with it by the same donor in 1978. It originally accompanied a memoir of Shortland published in the 'Naval Chr
31 July 1810
National Maritime Museum
James, Richard, Dacres, Esqr Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron. Print
31 Oct 1811
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Nelson's Squadron skilfully manoeuvering against a superior French Force in 1795. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle', 1812. Pocock's preparatory drawing for this, clearly based on a sketch provided by someone else ('WHR
31 Jan 1812
National Maritime Museum
Captn John Stewart RN. Engraved by Page from a Drawing in the possession of W Adam Esq. Print
31 May 1812
National Maritime Museum
Captn John Stewart RN. Engraved by Page from a Drawing in the possession of W. Adam. Esq. Print
31 May 1812
National Maritime Museum
John Westley Wright Esqr Commander R.N. Engraved by T. Blood from an original Portrait printed at Malta by Gaelano Galleja. Print
31 Jul 1813
National Maritime Museum
The Honble Capt Courtenay Boyle R.N. Commissioner of the Transport Board. Print
31 Jul 1813
National Maritime Museum
Naval Cutlass Exercise including Prepatory Movements and Words of Command. Hand-coloured. An etching showing naval cutlass exercises, including the positions of the swordsman. The words of command and different methods of defence and attack are included o
Published 31 December 1813
National Maritime Museum