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All 17913American Air Museum
American Air Museum 502
Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 1897
Sjöhistoriska museet 656
Vänersborgs museum 493
Bohusläns museum 334
Kulturarv Västernorrland 304
Rijksmuseum 302
Tekniska museet 98
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 80
Örebro läns museum 67
Marinmuseum 48
Flygvapenmuseum 45
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 32
Miliseum 31
Historisch Museum Ede 23
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 19
Ajuntament de Girona 16
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 16
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 12
Vasamuseet 10
CODA Museum 8
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 8
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 6
Nederlands Tegelmuseum 4
Skansen 4
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 4
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 3
Riksantikvarieämbetet 3
Lietuvos dailÄ—s muziejus 2
Aaltense Musea 1
Stadskasteel Zaltbommel 1
Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs 1
NOC*NSF 1
ŽemaiÄių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" 1
Deventer Musea 1
Flickr Commons
bibliothequedetoulouse 210
The U.S. National Archives 124
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 104
Royal Australian Historical Society 62
State Library and Archives of Florida 50
State Library of Queensland, Australia 47
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 40
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 25
State Library of New South Wales collection 18
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 17
Deseronto Archives 17
NASA on The Commons 15
MissouriStateArchives 15
The Library of Congress 11
National Library of Australia Commons 8
Australian War Memorial collection 8
Provincial Archives of Alberta 6
National Library of Norway 6
National Library NZ on The Commons 5
UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 4
Powerhouse Museum Collection 4
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 3
Costică Acsinte Archive 2
National Archives of Estonia 2
George Eastman Museum 1
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 1
Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 5240
Imperial War Museums
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 891
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 801
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 730
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 331
Other 157
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 70
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 44
Womens War Work 40
War Office Second World War Official Collection 37
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 35
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 28
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 28
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 24
The Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 24
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 21
Deaths: Nurses General 14
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 13
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 9
War Office First World War Official Collection 9
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 8
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 7
Prytyåš Wåadysåaw Jacek Collection 7
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 7
Australian Forces In Gallipoli 1915 - 1916 6
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 6
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 April - June 1917 6
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 5
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 5
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 4
Belfast Telegraph Collection 4
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 3
British Aircraft And Early Aircraft In Other Museums And Institutions 1913 - 1918 (gsa 129) 2
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 2
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Red Cross (joint War Committee) 1920 2
Medals And Decorations: Royal Red Cross 2
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 2
Lachmann Gustav Collection 2
First World War Womens War Work Collection 2
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 2
Ministry Of Information Second World War Colour Transparency Collection 2
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 2
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 2
Canadian First World War Official Exchange Collection 2
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 July 1918 1
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 1
Ministry Of Information First World War Unofficial Collection 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Maps Collection 1
War Office, Central Office Of Information And American Second World War Official Collection 1
Slater Percival James (colonel) Collection 1
Deaths: Other Services- Land Army 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 2880
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 348
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 140
Historic Photographic Negatives 33
Oil Paintings 14
Charts & Maps 3
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 3
Archive 2
Historic Photographic Prints 2
Other 1
Ship Models 1
Miscellaneous Antiquities 1
Historic Photograph Albums 1
Year
All 52401910 6
1911 20
1912 31
1913 111
1914 22
1915 187
1916 586
1917 138
1918 223
1919 71
1920 373
1921 541
1922 433
1923 67
1924 757
1925 98
1926 487
1927 444
1928 51
1929 107
1930 288
1931 192
1933 7
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).