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).
The passenger liner Great Britain (1843) at Brandon Warf, Bristol.. A waxed paper calotype negative. A starboard quarter view of the passenger liner Great Britain (1844) dried out alongside the gas work’s Brandon Wharf at Canon’s Marsh, Brist
April-May 1844
National Maritime Museum
A view of Naples from the east with lateen-rigged ships drawn up on the shore.. A waxed paper calotype negative. A view from the shore behind five lateen-rigged ships drawn up on the shore, looking towards Naples to the east. The left of the image has t
April 1846
National Maritime Museum
A view of Naples from the east with lateen-rigged ships drawn up on the shore.. A whole plate size salted paper print. A view from the shore behind five lateen-rigged ships drawn up on the shore, looking towards Naples to the east. The left of the image
April 1846
National Maritime Museum
The shipkeepers of 'Discovery' (1873) sitting on a dog sledge with the remaining dogs.. The shipkeepers of 'Discovery' (1873) sitting on a dog sledge with the remaining dogs. The men were Fulford, Ninnius, Hart, Hodson, Cartinel, Sarah
13 April 1876
National Maritime Museum
A port bow view of 'Titanic' (1912) at the quayside, Southampton.. A port bow view of the passenger liner 'Titanic' (1912) alongside the quay at Berth 44, Southampton docks, looking northwest. In the background off Berth 46 to her star
4 or 6-10 April 1912
National Maritime Museum
After end of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view of the port quarter of the ship surrounded by staging, seen from a position
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) before launch. Preparations for the launch of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view from a position north of the building be
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) before launch. Preparations for the launch of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing the port bow of the s
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) before launch. Preparations for the launch of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing the port bow of the s
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) before launch. Preparations for the launch of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The starboard bow of the ship is viewed from a
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A general view along the port side of the ship. A bucket dredger is working on the Riv
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view from a position north of the building berth, with a group of well-dressed men s
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view from the East Wharf of the Fitting-out Basin showing the port bow of the ship i
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The bows of the ship surrounded by derrick cranes and staging is viewed from a positio
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The starboard bow of the ship is viewed from a position north of the building berth. A
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Bow view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The starboard bow of the ship is viewed from a position north of the building berth. S
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Fore part of the 'Aquitania' (1914) before launch. Preparations for the launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing the port bow and f
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Fore part of the 'Aquitania' (1914) before launch. Preparations for the launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing the port bow and f
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Fore part of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view of the fore part of the ship on the starboard side. Parts of vertical slidi
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Fore part of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is an oblique view of the fore part of the ship on the starboard sid
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Fore part of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is an oblique view of the fore part of the ship on the starboard sid
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Forecastle of the 'Aquitania' (1914) during construction. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph shows the forward end of the Shelter Deck (C Deck), with the de
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Promenade Deck of the 'Aquitania' (1914) during construction. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view of the Promenade Deck (A Deck), looking aft from a position amidshi
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Stern view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view from the River Clyde showing the stern of the ship surrounded by derrick cr
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
Stern view of the 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view from the River Clyde showing the stern of the ship surrounded by derrick cr
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
The 'Aquitania' (1914) before launch. Preparations for the launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing an oblique view of the amidship
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
The 'Aquitania' (1914) on the stocks. The passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) under construction by John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. A view of the amidships area on the port side, clearly showing the holes for gangway doors. The En
April 1913
National Maritime Museum
The 'Aquitania' (1914) after leaving the ways. The launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing the ‘Aquitania’ afloat on t
21 April 1913
National Maritime Museum
The 'Aquitania' (1914) moving down the ways. The launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing an oblique view of the port side of the &
21 April 1913
National Maritime Museum
The 'Aquitania' (1914) taken in charge by tugs after launching. The launch of the passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) from the shipbuilding yard of John Brown & Co Ltd at Clydebank. The photograph is showing the ‘Aquitania&r
21 April 1913
National Maritime Museum
A port quarter view of the armoured cruiser HMS Antrim (1903) moored at Sheerness.. A port quarter view of the armoured cruiser HMS Antrim (1903) at moorings off Sheerness as the flagship of Rear Admiral Browning. Various boats and small steam vessels ar
19 April 1916
National Maritime Museum