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).
Caroline et Davanne dans la rue, Monaco, avril 1906
Taken some time in Mar 1906
bibliothequedetoulouse
Sortie du tribunal de la cathédrale, messe de Pâques, Monaco, avril 1906
Taken some time in Mar 1906
bibliothequedetoulouse
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Andersson Fr. Anny Stenung Stenungsund".
2 March 1906
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Andersson Fr. Anny Stenung Stenungsund".
2 March 1906
Bohusläns museum
Foto från byggnationen av Dramatens jugendinspirerade nybyggnad (1901-1908) vid Nybroplan i Stockholm.
Byggnaden blev färdig 1908.Byggherre var Per Axel Ludvig Lindahl (1858-1934) civilingenjör, byggnadskonstruktör och överstel&o
6 March 1906
Tekniska museet
George Herbert Morton alias Robinson, plater's marker, arrested for theft
Taken 9 Mar 1906
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Letter from Upton Sinclair to President Theodore Roosevelt, 03/10/1906, Page 4
Taken 10 Mar 1906
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Upton Sinclair to President Theodore Roosevelt, 03/10/1906, Page 6
Taken 10 Mar 1906
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs recommending a study of child labor, 03/16/1906
Taken 16 Mar 1906
The U.S. National Archives
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Carter, J. H. Wellington, New Zeeland".
18 March 1906
Bohusläns museum
HMS Black Prince (1904). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the forecastle and bridge decks of the Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser HMS Black Prince (1904). The plan has been modified to reflect alterations carried out to the ship between 1909 and 1913.
March 1906
National Maritime Museum
HMS Black Prince (1904). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser HMS Black Prince (1904). The plan has been modified to reflect alterations carried out to the ship between 1909 and 1913.
March 1906
National Maritime Museum
HMS Black Prince (1904). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the sections of the Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser HMS Black Prince (1904). The plan has been modified to reflect alterations carried out to the ship between 1909 and 1913.
March 1906
National Maritime Museum
HMS Black Prince (1904). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck of the Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser HMS Black Prince (1904). The plan has been modified to reflect alterations carried out to the ship between 1909 and 1913.
March 1906
National Maritime Museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Olsson Hulda Vägen Stenungsund".
29 March 1906
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Mattsson, Hilma Stenungsund".
1 March 1907
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Sahlberg, Fröken Stina Venersborg".
1 March 1907
Bohusläns museum
Colossal bar of masonry nearing completion in a recent haunt of the savage Apache. (LOC)
Taken 17 Mar 1907
The Library of Congress
Biotop och boplats för korp, Cirvus c. corax. Boet är mitt i bilden. Fotot taget 29:mars 1907.
29 March 1907
Vänersborgs museum
Biotop och boplats för korp, Cirvus c. corax. Fotot taget 29:mars 1907.
29 March 1907
Vänersborgs museum
Passenger liner ASTURIAS
Taken some time in Mar 1908
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Sharks, rattlesnakes, fighting cocks and gamblers await our navy at Magdalena Bay (LOC)
Taken 1 Mar 1908
The Library of Congress
Francis Smith, labourer, arrested for stealing a copper vessel
Taken 16 Mar 1908
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
. The Mauretania was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson at Wallsend-on-Tyne and launched in 1906. Prior to completion, the owners of the Mauretania, the Cunard Line, agreed with the Admiralty that the ship was to be available to the country in ti
19 Mar 1908
National Maritime Museum
Congo huts which somewhat resemble the wigwams of our North American Indians (LOC)
Taken 29 Mar 1908
The Library of Congress
12 year old Newsboy. Hyman Alpert, been selling three years. Spends evenings in Boys Club. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Bowling Alley boys. Many of these work until late at night. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Flashlight photo of messengers absorbed in their usual game of poker in the Den of the terrible nine, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Hartford newsboys and girls. Girl in middle, Nellie, is 9 years old. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Joseph Harris, a 9 year old newsboy. Been selling 1 1/2 years. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Smallest boy, 10 years old, been at it a year and a half. Sells until 6 or 7 P.M. New Haven, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Sunday noon. Some of the newsboys returning Sunday papers. Many of them had been out since 5 and 6 A.M. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Waiting for their papers. 3 of these were 8 years old. Some were 9 years old. Hartford, Conn, March 1909
Taken some time in Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
A common case of "team work." Smaller boy, Joseph Bishop, goes into saloons and sells his last paper...
Taken 4 Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President William H. Taft nominating Knox to be Secretary of State, 03/05/1909
Taken 5 Mar 1909
The U.S. National Archives
Boat Deck on the 'Balmoral Castle' (1910). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Balmoral Castle' (1910) showing the Second Class Promenade, on the starboard side of the Boat Deck. The exterior of the Second Class Smoking Room is in the fo
March 1910
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Balmoral Castle' (1910). 10596
Interior of the passenger liner 'Balmoral Castle' (1910) showing the after end of the Neoclassical style First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck (a view along the ce
March 1910
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Balmoral Castle' (1910). Interior of the passenger liner 'Balmoral Castle' (1910) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck (a view along the centre line, looking forward). Above is the
March 1910
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Balmoral Castle' (1910). Interior of the passenger liner 'Balmoral Castle' (1910) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck (a view along the centre line, looking towards the sideboard a
March 1910
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Balmoral Castle' (1910). Interior of the passenger liner 'Balmoral Castle' (1910) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck (a view of the corner at the after end of the starboard side).
March 1910
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Balmoral Castle' (1910). Interior of the passenger liner 'Balmoral Castle' (1910) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck (a view of the starboard side, looking aft). The First Class D
March 1910
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Balmoral Castle' (1910). Interior of the passenger liner 'Balmoral Castle' (1910) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck, a view along the centre line with the oval well visible. Well
March 1910
National Maritime Museum