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).
Private Joseph Kingham 787. Unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 04 March 1916 at Loos, Western Front.
Died 4 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Kathleen Bolger, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died March 1916 05 March 1916.
Died 5 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Staff Nurse Kathleen Bolger, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died March 1916 05 March 1916.
Died 5 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Ernest Albert Miller 3561. Unit: 21st Battalion, 8th Reinforcements, 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 March 1916 Egypt
Died 7 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL G H COOKE IN THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918
8 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal John William Atkinson 33. Unit: A Company, 32nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 March 1916 Died of wounds.
Died 9 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal O Naismith, 1703, enlisted on 9 March 1916 at the age of 21. He joined his battalion in France on 24 September 1916 and was appointed Lance Corporal on 1 February 1917. He was killed in action, at Louverville, France, on 2 April 1917.
Died 9 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
M Gibson, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia 12 March 1916.
Died 12 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Major Charles Ernest Higginbotham. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 12 March 1916, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
Died 12 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Miss Margaret Arnold, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 12 March 1916.
Died 12 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Miss Margaret Arnold, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 12 March 1916.
Died 12 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Commander C A Severn. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Amphitrite. Death: 13 March 1916
Died 13 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Gilbert Dennis James Grune. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to No. 8 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 13 March 1916, Western Front.
Died 13 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Staff Nurse Lottie M Stevens, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 15 March 1916.
Died 15 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Staff Nurse Lottie M Stevens, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 15 March 1916.
Died 15 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain William Meade Fowle. Unit: 3rd Company, Sappers and Miners, Royal Engineers. Death: 16 March 1916, Brighton.
Died 16 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Margaret Gargan, Munitions work. Killed in the course of her duty at a bomb factory 16 March 1916.
Died 16 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Major Lindsay Alfred Barrett MC MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, attached to 1st/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 March 1916 Western Front
Died 17 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Wallace William Watts. Unit: D Company, 1st/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 18 March 1916 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 18 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Saunders 1775. Unit: 2nd Reinforcement (West Australia), 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 March 1916 Wounded at Gallipoli, died of pneumonia in Gezireh Hospital, Cairo Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 18 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Saunders 1775. Unit: 2nd Reinforcement (West Australia), 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 March 1916 Wounded at Gallipoli, died of pneumonia in Gezireh Hospital, Cairo Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 18 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Saunders 1775. Unit: 2nd Reinforcement (West Australia), 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 March 1916 Wounded at Gallipoli, died of pneumonia in Gezireh Hospital, Cairo Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 18 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Mervyn Stronge Richardson MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 19 March 1916 Somme while inspecting wire Western Front
Died 19 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant George A Dawswell. Unit: 19th Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 20 March 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 20 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain C O Rich MC [recto]
Portrait of a man with Artists' Rifles insignia [verso]
21 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL G H COOKE IN THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918
22 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal George Cordiner 1881/240325. Unit: D Company, 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 26 March 1916 Missing in action at Neuville St Vaast Western Front
Died 26 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private John G. K. Hastie 267215/240719. Unit: "D" Company, 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 26 March 1916, missing in action following a mine explosion at Neuville St Vaast, Western Front.
Died 26 March 1916
Imperial War Museum