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All 22741American Air Museum
American Air Museum 396
Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 1949
Bohusläns museum 1031
Vänersborgs museum 506
Kulturarv Västernorrland 486
Sjöhistoriska museet 425
Rijksmuseum 294
Tekniska museet 195
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 100
Örebro läns museum 66
Flygvapenmuseum 55
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 51
Marinmuseum 50
CODA Museum 36
Miliseum 26
Historisch Museum Ede 24
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 17
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 12
Upplandsmuseet 12
Images of Old Cluj 11
Riksantikvarieämbetet 11
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 10
Ajuntament de Girona 9
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 8
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 2
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 2
Skansen 2
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 2
Museum Elburg 1
Lietuvos dailÄ—s muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum 1
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 1
Museon 1
Flickr Commons
Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums 103
The U.S. National Archives 88
bibliothequedetoulouse 82
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 77
State Library and Archives of Florida 50
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 46
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 45
State Library of Queensland, Australia 33
Swedish National Heritage Board 29
MissouriStateArchives 27
National Library of Norway 26
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives 25
NASA on The Commons 23
Deseronto Archives 22
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 21
Provincial Archives of Alberta 17
State Library of New South Wales collection 15
The Library of Congress 14
Powerhouse Museum Collection 11
UW Digital Collections 7
UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 5
Australian War Memorial collection 4
tyrrellhistoricallibrary 4
National Archives of Estonia 3
National Museum of Denmark 3
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 2
Costică Acsinte Archive 2
Royal Australian Historical Society 1
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 1
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons 1
National Library NZ on The Commons 1
Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane 1
Getty Research Institute 1
Museum of Hartlepool 1
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 6718
Imperial War Museums
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 1143
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 1015
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 821
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 365
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 311
Other 201
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 July 1918 99
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 60
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 April - June 1917 30
War Office Second World War Official Collection 30
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 26
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 23
Womens War Work 23
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 22
Admiralty Official Collection 20
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 16
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 16
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August - September 1917 15
Belfast Telegraph Collection 15
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 15
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 13
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 11
The Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 9
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 9
Ministry Of Information Second World War Official Collection 7
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 7
The British Army In North-west Europe 1944-1945 7
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 6
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August 1918 5
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 5
Lachmann Gustav Collection 4
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June - July 1918 4
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 4
First World War Womens War Work Collection 3
Deaths: Nurses General 3
Broom Albert (mrs) 2
Zimnal Marian (lieutenant Colonel) Collection 03 2
War Diary In Four Volumes 2
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 2
Deaths: Other Services- Waacs 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Red Cross (joint War Committee) 1920 1
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Scottish Nursing Services 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June 1918 1
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 1
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 1
The Coronation Of Emperor Charles Of Austria As King Of Hungary In Budapest 1916 & Scenes In Austria 1
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 1
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 1
Medals And Decorations: Royal Red Cross 1
The Road To War 1
Deaths: Other Services- Land Army 1
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 1
Canadian First World War Official Exchange Collection 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 4403
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 390
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 149
Historic Photographic Negatives 63
Charts & Maps 12
Oil Paintings 11
Archive 10
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 7
Miscellaneous Antiquities 3
Ship Models 2
Horological Instruments 2
Uniforms 1
Year
All 67181910 11
1911 79
1912 323
1913 181
1914 365
1915 70
1916 294
1917 130
1918 356
1919 404
1920 589
1921 506
1922 802
1923 144
1924 233
1925 399
1926 225
1927 714
1928 206
1929 448
1930 150
1931 89
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).