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).
28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth for an 8-oared 28 ft Pinnace.
Annotation dated: January 1794
National Maritime Museum
Gold City of London Freedom Box. Gold City of London Freedom Box presented to Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis, later Earl St Vincent (1735-1823).
Rectangular gold box with cast and chased decoration in two-colour gold, with six oval panels enamelled in full
1794-95
National Maritime Museum
Juste (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Juste (1794), a captured French Third Rate, prior to fitting as an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Portsmouth Dockyard.
January 1794
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the River Thames [with projected sites of Chatham and London]. Scale: 1:31,680
[1794]
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the River Thames [with projected sites of Chatham and London]. Scale: 1:31,680
[1794]
National Maritime Museum
Token commemorating Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe (1726-1799) and the Glorious First of June, 1794. Token commemorating Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe (1726-1799) and the Glorious First of June, 1794. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Howe in a pigtail and
1794
National Maritime Museum
Book 1st. Introduction to Drawing Ships. A Ninety Eight Gun Ship on the Stocks. Technique includes etching.; Plate No.1.; Stored in folder with PAD7472-PAD7478. The title plate of a set of eight aquatints originally published in 1788 by Sayer (1725-94), l
1794
National Maritime Museum
British Plenty. One of a pair of Singleton prints showing sailors on shore. In contrast with ‘Scarcity in India’ which shows two men vying for the attentions of one girl, ‘British Plenty’ shows a single seaman between two girls. Th
1 January 1794
National Maritime Museum
British Plenty. This is one of a pair of Singleton prints that contrast British wealth with food shortages in India (the other is entitled ‘Scarcity in India, see PAI4974). There had been a particularly bad famine in Bengal in 1769-1770.
The artis
1 January 1794
National Maritime Museum
Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport. Promissory naval farthing token commemorating Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport in a pigta
1794
National Maritime Museum
Scarcity in India. This is one of a pair of Singleton prints that contrast British wealth with food shortages in India (the other is entitled ‘British Plenty’, see PAH7357). There had been a particularly bad famine in Bengal in 1769-1770.
Th
1 January 1794
National Maritime Museum
64ft Sailing Vessel (Lighter). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for building a sixty-four foot single-masted sailing vessel [lighter] for service in Plymouth Dockyard.
13 January 1794
National Maritime Museum