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).
H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns, During a N.W. Gale, in Lat 40o 28'N Lon 18o 0' W, March 28th 1849. Print
25 May 1849
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns, During a N.W. Gale, in Lat 40o 28'N Lon. 18o 0' W, March 28th 1849. Hand-coloured.
25 May 1849
National Maritime Museum
Petition of citizens of Minnesota praying for a grant of land for the establishment of a telegraph from St. Paul, 05/21/1850
Taken 21 May 1850
The U.S. National Archives
Fores's Marine Sketches. Plate 1 Xarifa Yachting Scene off Cowes, Isle of Wight. Print
1 May 1851
National Maritime Museum
Fores's Marine Sketches. The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour - the Victory Saluting Her Majesty (with) HM Yacht Fairy and Dryad. Hand-coloured etching and aquatint inscribed 'The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour - the Victory Saluting Her Majesty
1 May 1851
National Maritime Museum
Fores's Marine Sketches. The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour. The Victory Saluting Her Majesty. Hand-coloured etching and aquatint inscribed 'The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour - the Victory Saluting Her Majesty'. HMS Yacht Fairy is shown wi
1 May 1851
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Daphne' off Cape Horn, 28 May 1852. No. 63 (and last) in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image; 'Cape Horn, May 28th 1852'. Fanshawe left Panama about 20 March 1852, at
28 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Amazon at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, Division of Uitenhage. Stern view of the 'Amazon' merchant vessel. Inscribed: "Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, Division of Uitenage." Lloyds Register of 1852 lists the 'Amazon' as plying be
1 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Iron Steam Ship Victoria 416 Tons. The Property of the Cronstadt Steam Boat Company; Built by J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Fores's Marine Sketches. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
Fores's Marine Sketches. The Iron Steam Yacht Alexandria, 416 Tons. Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia by C.I. Mare & Co of Blackwall. Print
14 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
The Iron steam yacht Alexandria, 416 tons. Built for HIM the Emperor of Russia....Designed by Mr Watterman Junr &... Fores's Marine Sketches. Hand-coloured.
14 May 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) HMS 'Vengeance' at anchor in Port Mahon, 26 May 1852; (Verso) The 'Charlemagne' with 'Trafalgar' leaving Port Mahon under tow by 'Firebrand', 1 June 1852. No. 20 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscrib
May - June 1852
National Maritime Museum
Gedenkstuk aan de Onthulling van Rembrandts Standbeeld te Amsterdam den 27e Mei 1852
27 May 1852
Rijksmuseum
Fleet of the Water Club of Corke Harbour 1738. Mounted with PAH0437.
May 1853
National Maritime Museum
Two gentlemens boats Members of the Water Club of Corke Harbour 1738. Hunt's Yachting Magazine. Mounted with PAH0438.
May 1853
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) The 'Napoléon', French 100-gun screw ship, and the 'Jupiter', French 80, in Besika Bay, July 1853; (verso) a coastal magazine(?) on a headland, 21 May 1853. No. 32 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Two separate sketc
May - July 1853
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. Leander, 50 guns, appointed to convey the Royal Commissioners to the Exhibition at New York. This tinted lithograph is a portrait of the 4th rate, 50-gun Leander (1848), which was appointed to carry the Royal Commissioners to the Exhibition of the
25 May 1853
National Maritime Museum
The Jessica 8 Tons, J.A. Clarke, Esq. Commodore- Liverpool Yacht Club. Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine May 1854. Print
May 1854
National Maritime Museum
The Steam Ship Washington Capt Fitch, rescuing the passengers of the Ship Winchester of Boston, (Tuesday May 2nd 1854). Plate 363.
1854
National Maritime Museum
The 'Argus' Towing The First Russian Prize into Portsmouth Harbour. Print, looking towards old Portsmouth, with the Round Tower on the right and the naval steam sloop 'Argus' towing a Russian merchant vessel in. The latter has what is
4 May 1854
National Maritime Museum
The Sverige 280 Tons, Winning the Royal Thames Yacht Club Match on June 1st 1853. Hand-coloured.
12 May 1854
National Maritime Museum
Critical position of HMS Investigator on the North coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851. Plate IV.
15 May 1854
National Maritime Museum
Critical position of HMS Investigator on the North coast of Baring Island, August 29th 1851. Plate IV.
15 May 1854
National Maritime Museum
Launch of HMS Royal Albert screw steamer, 131 guns, at Woolwich, May 13, 1854. Portside view. Ship launches on the Thames were always popular public spectacles, drawing huge crowds to witness the event. 'Royal Albert' was a first-rate screw stea
18 May 1854
National Maritime Museum
Launch of H.M.S. Royal Albert 131 Guns at Woolwich Dockyard Christened by H.M. The Queen 13th May 1854. Print of the Launch of H.M.S. Royal Albert 131 Guns at Woolwich Dockyard.
20 May 1854
National Maritime Museum
Launch of HMS Royal Albert screw steamer, 131 guns, at Woolwich, May 13, 1854. Bow view. The screw steamer 'Royal Albert' was one of the last major warships to be built at Woolwich Dockyard. She was launched on 13 May 1854 by Queen Victoria with
30 May 1854
National Maritime Museum
Division of sledges passing Cape Lady Franklin; extraordinary masses of ice pressed against the north shore of Bathurst Land. Plate X.; Separate text.
1 May 1855
National Maritime Museum
Land and Negroes for Sale. A poster advertising the sale of four tracts of land as a result of a court case. Four slaves are also listed: Frederick aged about 50, Susan aged 25, Wesley aged 10 and Elijah aged 16.
16 May 1855
National Maritime Museum
Mr Hans Busk's Yacht Meriel, R.H.Y.S. 210 Tons, and her Tender New Quarterly 150 Tons built by John Scott Russell, 1855. Print
19 May 1855
National Maritime Museum
A Christmas Dinner on the Heights Before Sebastopol.
Taken 22 May 1855
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Excavated Church in the Caverns at Inkermann. Looking West.
Taken 22 May 1855
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Waves - sketch made at 5pm 28 May 1849 of HMS Rattlesnake in a gale. Medium includes brown wash.
28 May 1855
National Maritime Museum
An Episode of the Naval Attack on Sebastopol, Octr 17th 1854. The Rodney aground under Fort Constantine. Print. The artist is likely to be Giovanni Schranz, also sometimes called John.
6 May 1856
National Maritime Museum
Catwater, entrance to Plymouth Sound. A Series of Views Pl.4. Print
7 May 1856
National Maritime Museum
Four sketches of HM Survey ship Merlin May 9 1856, annotated. Heightened with white.
1856
National Maritime Museum
Challenger (1858); Racoon (1857); Clio (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half-stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Challenger (1858), Racoon (1857), and Clio (1858), all 2
21 May 1856
National Maritime Museum
Sebastopol from Old Chersonese, and Ancient Church of St. Vladimir.
Taken 28 May 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
The attack on Tung Chow? 27 May 1857. Bound with PAG3626-PAG3634, PAG3636-PAG3650.; Medium includes graphite.
27 May 1857
National Maritime Museum
'Bay of Naples from Castellamare, May 1858' [Italy]. No. 27 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The view is taken from south of Vesuvius, here seen fuming wit
May 1858
National Maritime Museum
Contract for Wharf at New Orleans Quarantine Station, 05/1860 (Reverse)
Taken some time in May 1860
The U.S. National Archives
Lyndhurst as Nestor rebukes the Chiefs 'We want more ships - we want more men!' Punch May 12 1860. Original sketch. Drawing
1860
National Maritime Museum
Mersey (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Mersey (1858), a 40-gun screw frigate as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard a year after completing at Chatham.
Signed by Richard Abethell [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1852-?]
29 May 1860
National Maritime Museum
Fores's Marine Sketches. The Schooner Yacht Sylph 107 Tons. Hand-coloured.; Plate 11.
1 May 1861
National Maritime Museum