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).
Drawing of a turret clock escapement. Harrison’s own manuscript drawing of his design for the escapement of the turret clock at Trinity College, Cambridge, for which he was paid three guineas in 1755. The escapement itself was then made by the Londo
about 1755
National Maritime Museum
The Late Regulator. This regulator is known as the ‘RAS’ (Royal Astronomical Society) or ‘Late’ regulator, to distinguish it from the earlier wooden precision pendulum clocks made by Harrison in the 1720s. It was his last word in f
1775-6
National Maritime Museum
569. John Roger Arnold, London c.1818 No.569
1 day marine chronometer in mahogany box
For notes on John Roger Arnold, see pp.xxx
Box/Mounting
Three-tier brass bound mahogany box measuring 140mm high, 152mm wide, and 143mm deep.
The lid has brass b
ca 1825
National Maritime Museum
1853. The dial has roman hour numerals and the seconds dial has Arabic ten-second figures with straight batons at alternate five second intervals. The dial is signed across the centre: ‘John Poole / MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, / London No.1853’. T
1848-9
National Maritime Museum
6391. Electric twenty-four hour dial slave clock movement designed to operate with the Royal Observatory's Shepherd master clock system. It has a brass and steel, four pillar movement, the front plate stamped: ‘JM8274’, the black paper-co
circa 1895
National Maritime Museum
8232. A marine chronometer numbered 8232, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day full-plate movement with reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. It is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison's maintain
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
8248. A marine chronometer numbered 8248, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day, full-plate movement with reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison'
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
8310. A marine chronometer numbered 8310, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day full-plate movement with reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. It is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison's maintain
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
8357. A marine chronometer numbered 8357, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day full-plate movement with a reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
8461. A marine chronometer numbered 8461, by Victor Kullberg. It has a two-day full-plate movement with a reverse fusee, and four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
Serial number: 8232. Parts in 'magnified chronometer' in Longitude Gallery Display FHG744:
Fusee & Barrel; 4th wheel; Seconds hand; Escape wheel & detent; Balance & spring; Balance cock
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
Serial number: 8248. Box for marine chronometer containing the chronometer.
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
Serial number: 8248. Parts in 'exploded chronometer' in Longitude Gallery Display FHG744:
Bezel & glass; Dial, hands & motion work; Pillar plate & train; Potence plate & escapement;Bowl
1904–10
National Maritime Museum
7709. A marine chronometer numbered 7709, by A. Johannsen & Co. It has a two-day full-plate fusee movement with four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow and the number 7709. The fusee, with stop-work and H
1914–17
National Maritime Museum
Roadside time recording clock. Time recorder inside a tamper-proof metal case for exterior use. These machines were installed along bus routes in London in the early twentieth century. Bus drivers would 'clock on' at various points to enable ins
1920s
National Maritime Museum
. ZBA4736
Small, silver-cased ladies wrist watch, with digital display. Swiss, imported to U.K. c1932.
Narrow, nickel, high quality going barrel movement, with 17 jewels and marked on the barrel bridge: “17 JEWELS / SWISS MADE”. The movement
1931/1932
National Maritime Museum