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).
Dorothy Brown, Munitions work. Accidentally killed on duty 20 March 1918.
Died 20 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Dorothy Brown, Munitions work. Accidentally killed on duty 20 March 1918.
Died 20 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Frank William Dawson 534394, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Munitions Worker Dorothy Prince Brown , Ministry of Munitions - H.M. Factory Langwith
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Munitions Worker Edith Gorrill , Ministry of Munitions
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Munitions Worker Elsie May Garratt , Ministry of Munitions - H.M. Factory Langwith
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Munitions Worker Ethel Gorrill , Ministry of Munitions - H.M. Factory Langwith
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Thomas 242307, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Claude Burton 331336, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Taylor 52567. Unit: DCompany, 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own). Death: 20 March 1918 Missing in action Western Front
Died 20 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Francis Dinsdale 967, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Leslie Arthur Faulkner 534112, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Oliver J. Askew 25304, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Percival Arthur Simms 1943, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Stanley Woodward 33103. Unit: B Company, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, attached to Assistant Provost Marshal. Death: 20 March 1918 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 20 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private William E Goldthorpe 401265, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Falloon 241946, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman A W Norris R/14337. Unit: 12th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 20 March 1918 to 27 March 1918 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 20 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Eric Alan Clark , Royal Flying Corps
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant John Edward Burke 22443, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Thomas Woodward 242257, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Trimmer Charles Donaldson TS 1427, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 20 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Acting Corporal James McDonald S-40884, Gordon Highlanders
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier L H Smith 64734. Unit: 132nd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 21 March 1918 Missing
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Bombardier Thomas Hearn 34737. Unit: "C" Battery, 177th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 21 March 1918, killed in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain (Acting Major) John Crosby Warren MC MID. Unit: 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). Death: 21 March 1918 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Albert Light Moody Dickins , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Albert Light Moody Dickins MC. Unit: 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Death: 21 March 1918 Missing in action Western Front.
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain and Adjutant Norman Sharples , Manchester Regiment
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Basil Arthur Anderson , Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Charles Norton Levin , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Charles Norton Levin MC. Unit: 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, attached 102nd Light Trench Mortar Battery. Death: 21 March 1918
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Ernest Harry Gilpin. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Death: 21 March 1918, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Henry James Knight. Unit: C Company, 6th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 21 March 1918 wounded near Cambrai, Western Front.
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain John George Kirkup MC. Unit: 25th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 21 March 1918 Western Front.
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Thurston Vernon Wiggans. Unit: Garrison Battery, attached to Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 21 March 1918 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Marmaduke Marshall Shaw , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Marmaduke Marshall Shaw MC. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). Death: 21 March 1918 Western Front
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain O N Feethan. Unit: Border Regiment. Death: 21 March 1918 Roisel Missing in action Western Front
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Percy Gerald Lambert. Unit: Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 21 March 1918 Western Front
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Thomas Finney. Unit: "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 21 March 1918, Western Front.
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Colour Sergeant Fred Crossley Walker 201429. Unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 21 March 1918 Missing in Action last seen at Roupy near St.Quentin Western Front
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Albert Bertie Palmer 301835, Manchester Regiment
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Bertram Leonard Carr 252492, Manchester Regiment
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Ernest Llewellyn Cross 25152, Manchester Regiment
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal George Ansell 225487, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Henry Shepherd 21321, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Percy Hall Birch 2197/362626, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Percy Henry Brooke 38832, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal William Alfred Gunstone 20633, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal William Bolton L/24444, Royal Field Artillery
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Driver Alfred Drewery Ellis 801329, Royal Field Artillery
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Driver Robert Thompson Finnegan M2/274193. Unit: Army Service Corps, attached to the 110th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 21 March 1918, St. Quentin, Western Front.
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Alfred Myerscough 155904, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Aneuryn Rhys Lewis 124040, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Richard Allen Evans 245122, Royal Field Artillery
Died 21 March 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Robert Martin Wheeler 141795. Unit: D Battery, 79th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 21 March 1918 Killed in Action at Hermies Western Front
Died 21 March 1918
Imperial War Museum