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Vänersborgs museum 9
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 6
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 5
Sjöhistoriska museet 5
Rijksmuseum 2
Marinmuseum 1
Riksantikvarieämbetet 1
Flickr Commons
State Library of Queensland, Australia 3
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 2
Imperial War Museums
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 45
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 42
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 23
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 22
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 16
Other 14
Womens War Work 13
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 4
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 3
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 2
The Coronation Of Emperor Charles Of Austria As King Of Hungary In Budapest 1916 & Scenes In Austria 1
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 242
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 1
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1673 2
1677 10
1740 1
1744 1
1753 1
1773 4
1774 8
1775 5
1776 3
1778 3
1779 4
1780 1
1781 4
1782 8
1783 2
1784 1
1785 2
1788 2
1789 2
1790 3
1791 4
1792 1
1793 4
1794 7
1795 2
1796 6
1797 6
1798 6
1799 6
1800 6
1801 7
1802 10
1803 10
1804 4
1805 36
1806 10
1807 5
1808 6
1809 16
1810 5
1811 5
1812 13
1813 17
1814 8
1815 4
1816 6
1817 7
1818 5
1819 4
1820 3
1821 5
1822 5
1823 6
1824 13
1825 3
1826 4
1827 2
1828 10
1829 10
1830 1
1832 7
1833 4
1834 7
1835 8
1836 11
1837 9
1838 11
1839 3
1840 2
1841 2
1842 2
1843 9
1844 1
1845 3
1846 1
1847 3
1848 6
1849 8
1850 9
1851 5
1852 4
1853 3
1854 8
1855 1
1856 10
1857 1
1859 1
1860 10
1861 10
1862 7
1863 6
1864 4
1865 2
1866 6
1867 3
1868 3
1869 9
1870 11
1871 3
1872 2
1873 3
1874 6
1875 7
1876 2
1877 1
1878 3
1879 5
1880 31
1881 2
1882 6
1883 6
1884 2
1885 9
1886 5
1887 9
1888 4
1889 10
1890 9
1891 4
1892 13
1893 14
1894 13
1895 21
1896 9
1897 20
1898 19
1899 22
1900 24
1901 5
1902 7
1903 24
1904 18
1905 47
1906 77
1907 70
1908 27
1909 23
1910 49
1911 40
1912 204
1913 239
1914 608
1915 468
1916 463
1917 1028
1918 659
1919 392
1920 58
1921 47
1922 538
1923 177
1924 59
1925 79
1926 98
1927 122
1928 50
1929 110
1930 130
1931 82
1932 107
1933 110
1934 99
1935 136
1936 137
1937 98
1938 102
1939 170
1940 129
1941 158
1942 170
1943 326
1944 249
1945 78
1946 81
1947 203
1948 105
1949 153
1950 237
1951 140
1952 278
1953 120
1954 119
1955 198
1956 142
1957 100
1958 135
1959 117
1960 125
1961 83
1962 57
1963 93
1964 90
1965 94
1966 88
1967 88
1968 69
1969 114
1970 6
1971 6
1972 6
1973 7
1974 4
1975 6
1976 1
1977 5
1978 4
1979 2
1980 9
1981 4
1982 3
1983 5
1984 4
1985 6
1986 4
1987 3
1988 3
1989 2
1990 6
1991 3
1992 4
1993 4
1994 4
1995 4
1996 7
1997 5
1998 5
1999 5
2000 7
2001 5
2002 8
2003 10
2004 8
2005 7
2006 6
2007 11
2008 6
2009 3
2010 6
2011 10
2012 7
2013 2
2014 5
2015 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).
