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All 26255American Air Museum
American Air Museum 421
Europeana
Sjöhistoriska museet 3382
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 2105
Bohusläns museum 2099
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 1777
Tekniska museet 1198
Vänersborgs museum 889
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 705
Miliseum 660
Skansen 610
Flygvapenmuseum 388
Rijksmuseum 294
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 221
Kulturarv Västernorrland 175
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 173
Marinmuseum 171
Riksantikvarieämbetet 124
The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland 95
Örebro läns museum 76
Sundsvalls museum 48
Länsmuseet Gävleborg 37
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 29
Upplandsmuseet 21
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 20
Historisch Museum Ede 17
Vasamuseet 14
Postmuseum 13
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 13
Aaltense Musea 11
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 6
Ajuntament de Girona 5
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 5
CODA Museum 4
Slovak National Library 2
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 2
Δήμος ΤÏίπολης 1
jNederlands Openluchtmuseum 1
Cluj County Library 1
Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives 122
State Library and Archives of Florida 71
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 59
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 53
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 36
Museum of Hartlepool 35
State Library of New South Wales collection 33
NASA on The Commons 28
State Library of Queensland, Australia 25
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 22
Royal Australian Historical Society 22
MissouriStateArchives 15
UW Digital Collections 12
Powerhouse Museum Collection 10
The Library of Congress 10
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 8
National Library of Norway 6
bibliothequedetoulouse 6
Swedish National Heritage Board 5
Australian War Memorial collection 4
Provincial Archives of Alberta 4
National Library NZ on The Commons 4
Costică Acsinte Archive 4
Deseronto Archives 2
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 2
UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 2
Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol 2
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 1
The National Archives UK 1
Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums 1
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons 1
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives 1
National Library of Australia Commons 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 4717
Imperial War Museums
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 631
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 348
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 307
Other 220
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 150
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 December 1917 - February 1918 51
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 44
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 42
Womens War Work 38
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 33
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 27
War Office Second World War Official Collection 19
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 15
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 13
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 12
Pilkington Christopher (sergeant) Collection 12
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 9
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 9
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 8
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 8
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 7
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 7
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 6
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 3
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 2
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 2
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 2
Italian First World War Official Collection 2
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 2
The Road To War 2
Admiralty Official Collection 2
War Office, Central Office Of Information And American Second World War Official Collection 1
Deaths: Other Services- Land Army 1
Belfast Telegraph Collection 1
Ministry Of Information First World War Unofficial Collection 1
The British Army In North-west Europe 1944-1945 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 1
Deaths: Nurses General 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 1466
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 729
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 202
Oil Paintings 85
Coins & Commemorative Medals 79
Navigational Instruments 64
Orders & Medals 59
Ship Models 58
Historic Photographic Negatives 42
Charts & Maps 40
Globes 31
Horological Instruments 24
Miniatures 21
Uniforms 20
Plate 16
Sculpture 14
Jewellery 13
Astronomical Instruments 12
Polar Equipment & Relics 10
Miscellaneous Antiquities 10
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 9
Antiquities - Tools 9
Flags 8
Relics 8
Glass 7
Firearms 7
Archive 7
Edged Weapons 5
Ceramics 4
Historic Photograph Albums 3
Ethnography 3
Textiles 2
Oceanography 2
Historic Photographic Prints 2
Furniture 1
Antiquities - Ships Equipment 1
Other 1
Figureheads & Carved Decorations 1
Ships Equipment 1
Year
All 153921800 100
1801 16
1802 38
1803 27
1804 8
1805 40
1806 22
1807 21
1808 72
1809 16
1810 71
1811 12
1812 26
1813 8
1814 26
1815 34
1816 14
1817 14
1818 12
1819 24
1820 94
1821 16
1822 22
1823 12
1824 22
1825 105
1826 6
1827 19
1828 23
1829 36
1830 95
1831 21
1832 35
1833 20
1834 34
1835 38
1836 37
1837 33
1838 38
1839 52
1840 99
1841 43
1842 55
1843 29
1844 46
1845 80
1846 64
1847 68
1848 29
1849 85
1850 72
1851 83
1852 42
1853 45
1854 42
1855 92
1856 44
1857 50
1858 63
1859 48
1860 91
1861 74
1862 92
1863 86
1864 85
1865 87
1866 77
1867 87
1868 87
1869 90
1870 59
1871 85
1872 86
1873 90
1874 102
1875 47
1876 83
1877 84
1878 88
1879 85
1880 59
1881 80
1882 84
1883 92
1884 102
1885 71
1886 68
1887 92
1888 79
1889 79
1890 76
1891 91
1892 83
1893 80
1894 86
1895 106
1896 94
1897 85
1898 91
1899 81
1900 114
1901 106
1902 89
1903 83
1904 99
1905 84
1906 83
1907 91
1908 98
1909 103
1910 92
1911 106
1912 104
1913 97
1914 109
1915 84
1916 125
1917 106
1918 92
1919 101
1920 81
1921 100
1922 105
1923 110
1924 131
1925 126
1926 118
1927 98
1928 95
1929 109
1930 92
1931 112
1932 116
1933 122
1934 101
1935 116
1936 117
1937 164
1938 157
1939 212
1940 141
1941 112
1942 142
1943 155
1944 151
1945 105
1946 134
1947 152
1948 178
1949 125
1950 125
1951 200
1952 253
1953 306
1954 246
1955 173
1956 279
1957 229
1958 192
1959 222
1960 151
1961 184
1962 151
1963 143
1964 164
1965 140
1966 122
1967 148
1968 194
1969 145
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).
