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All 12185American Air Museum
American Air Museum 410
Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 1665
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 1286
Sjöhistoriska museet 909
Vänersborgs museum 639
Bohusläns museum 234
Kulturarv Västernorrland 221
Rijksmuseum 190
Riksantikvarieämbetet 156
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 74
Miliseum 74
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 70
Tekniska museet 57
Marinmuseum 54
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 51
Flygvapenmuseum 48
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 41
Örebro läns museum 19
Historisch Museum Ede 14
CODA Museum 3
Ajuntament de Girona 2
Stadskasteel Zaltbommel 1
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 1
NOC*NSF 1
Aaltense Musea 1
Cluj County Library 1
Skansen 1
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 1
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 1
Slovak National Library 1
Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum 1
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 1
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 1
Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives 119
State Library and Archives of Florida 62
State Library of Queensland, Australia 41
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 39
MissouriStateArchives 31
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 26
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 24
State Library of New South Wales collection 20
NASA on The Commons 17
The Library of Congress 16
UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 14
UW Digital Collections 10
Provincial Archives of Alberta 9
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 7
National Library of Norway 6
Australian War Memorial collection 6
National Library NZ on The Commons 5
National Library of Australia Commons 4
Royal Australian Historical Society 3
The National Archives UK 3
Deseronto Archives 3
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 1
Swedish National Heritage Board 1
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 1
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives 1
bibliothequedetoulouse 1
Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University 1
Costică Acsinte Archive 1
Stockholm Transport Museum Commons 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 1519
Imperial War Museums
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 342
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 280
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 261
Other 220
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 142
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 109
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 74
Womens War Work 68
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 39
War Office Second World War Official Collection 37
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 30
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 27
Admiralty Official Collection 16
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 December 1917 - February 1918 14
Barbanti Gian G (mr) Collection 9
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 8
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 7
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 7
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 7
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 6
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 6
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 5
Ministry Of Information Second World War Official Collection 5
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 5
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 4
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 4
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 3
Belfast Telegraph Collection 3
Pilkington Christopher (sergeant) Collection 3
Robson Harold Burge (hon) Collection 3
The Coronation Of Emperor Charles Of Austria As King Of Hungary In Budapest 1916 & Scenes In Austria 2
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 2
Deaths: Other Services- Land Army 2
Australian Forces In Gallipoli 1915 - 1916 1
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 1
Deaths: Nurses- Serbian Relief Fund 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 1
War Diary In Four Volumes 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 1
Cooke G H (lieutenant Colonel) 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Scottish Nursing Services 1
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 1
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 1720
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 289
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 150
Oil Paintings 14
Glass 7
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 5
Historic Photograph Albums 4
Navigational Instruments 4
Charts & Maps 3
Ship Models 2
Historic Photographic Negatives 1
Archive 1
Textiles 1
Miscellaneous Antiquities 1
Horological Instruments 1
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1915 288
1916 242
1917 453
1918 176
1919 36
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1921 2
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1923 5
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1930 4
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1935 3
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1937 3
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1940 3
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1943 2
1944 6
1945 6
1946 2
1947 4
1948 3
1949 2
1950 4
1951 6
1952 9
1953 7
1954 2
1955 7
1956 3
1957 4
1958 4
1959 6
1960 6
1961 3
1962 3
1963 4
1964 6
1965 5
1966 5
1967 3
1968 6
1969 5
1970 3
1971 2
1972 4
1973 6
1974 4
1975 3
1976 1
1977 1
1978 4
1980 5
1981 2
1982 1
1983 4
1984 1
1985 5
1986 3
1987 1
1988 1
1990 1
1992 3
1994 1
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).
