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).
Winston on Leave. Caricature, with text label below. Signed and dated by the artist.
Mar 1916
National Maritime Museum
Buck, James (AKA- William Jackson; William Edwards; James Roberts). Inmate #18160 (MSA)
Taken 1 Mar 1916
MissouriStateArchives
Cargo Transport : landing stores direct to a camp on the Suez Canal, March 1916
1 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Drummer Rowland Heeson Dobdinson 18670, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 1 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Frederick Gurdon Driffield Lee , Norfolk Regiment
Died 1 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
March of the North Coasters - Kempsey, NSW, March 1916, by Angus McNeil
Taken some time in Mar 1916
State Library of New South Wales collection
Miss C M Wilson OBE, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 01 March 1916.
Died 1 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Miss C M Wilson OBE, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 01 March 1916.
Died 1 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private John W Woodward 3/3114, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 1 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sister Christina Murdoch Wilson, O.B.E. , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 1 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Troops (probably Australian Flying Corps) about to board the ORSOVA
Taken some time in Mar 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Lance Corporal John Chadwick 16575, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 2 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal John William Irons 10612. Unit: 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 02 March 1916 Western Front.
Died 2 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal John William Irons 10612. Unit: 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 02 March 1916 Western Front.
Died 2 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Monsieur René Porcher, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 7 233
2 mars 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Mark Turnbull 7312, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 2 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Ralph Derbyshire 18581, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 2 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Brightmore Bracewell 4552, Royal Fusiliers
Died 2 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain R E Downes. Unit: Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: Not known. Theatre of war: East Africa. Date of entry: 03 March 1916.
Died 3 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Engineman Thomas John Copp 4075ES. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HM Drifter Boy Harold. Death: 03 March 1916 Killed in action when his vessel was mined off the Italian Coast Italian Front
Died 3 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
L/Cpl Hubert Petts 14002, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 3 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Serjeant John Turnbull C/345, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 3 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Major Steuart S Binny DSO. Unit: 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars, attached to 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 03 March 1916 Flanders Western Front
Died 3 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter Emmott 6223, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 3 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Harold John Mason 8130, Royal Flying Corps
Died 4 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Kingham 787. Unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 04 March 1916 at Loos, Western Front.
Died 4 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Peter Robinson 9531, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 4 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Vernon Sanderson 14447, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 4 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal James Turnbull 2352, Durham Light Infantry
Died 5 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Nurse Kathleen Bolger, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died March 1916 05 March 1916.
Died 5 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Petty Officer Stoker Walter John Matthews 7687, Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Australia"
Died 5 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Roland Aristarchus Gilling 2792, British West Indies Regiment
Died 5 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
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
Staff Nurse Katie Bolger 2/Res/B/1257, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 5 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Charles Edward Stroud 10122, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 6 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William Harold Moore 32789, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 6 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private James Anyon 2582 (Incomplete), East Lancashire Regiment
Died 6 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Letter from Lyons Township High School Students Supporting Keating-Owen Child Labor Bill, 03/07/1916
Taken 7 Mar 1916
The U.S. National Archives
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
Private William Wright 10492, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 7 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Geoffrey Francis Arnold , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 8 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Wilson Fox , Devonshire Regiment
Died 8 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Major Basil Rice Nicholl , nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
Died 8 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Edwin Hutchings 3683, Devonshire Regiment
Died 8 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert James Brown GS/320, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 8 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Conrad Ivan Lillington , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 8 March 1916
Lives of the First World War
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