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).
Folded paper cover sheet to AGC/C/5/1, with the signature of Captain Crozier.. Folded paper cover sheet to AGC/C/5/1, with the signature of Captain Crozier in 2 places.
1845-07-04
National Maritime Museum
Letter from Captain Crozier (HMS TERROR) to midshipman John Henderson.. Whale Fish Island
July 4th 1845
My dear Jack,
I do sincerely hope this will find [you] recovered from the effects of your most unfortunate accident often indeed have I thought of i
1845-07-04
National Maritime Museum
Letter: envelope to letter from Captain Crozier to midshipman John Henderson.. Small envelope accompanying letter from Captain Crozier to midshipman John Henderson (see AGC/C/5/1). On the front is Henderson's address in Pimlico and the reverse is sta
1845-07-04
National Maritime Museum
Trafalgar (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Trafalgar (1841), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after launch at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the mess table layout and some deck det
12 July 1845
National Maritime Museum
Trafalgar (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold and orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Trafalgar (1841), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after launch at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the storeroom
12 July 1845
National Maritime Museum
Trafalgar (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Trafalgar (1841), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after launch at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the round bow, circular stern, and internal b
12 July 1845
National Maritime Museum
Trafalgar (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the middle deck for Trafalgar (1841), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after launch at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the cabin arrangements and some of the mess table
12 July 1845
National Maritime Museum
Trafalgar (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Trafalgar (1841), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after launch at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the cabin arrangements and some de
12 July 1845
National Maritime Museum
Trafalgar (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the roundhouse for Trafalgar (1841), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after launch at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the rigging of two iron davits over the stern.
Si
12 July 1845
National Maritime Museum
Trafalgar (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Trafalgar (1841), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard after launch at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates bulkhead arrangements and some deck fittings.
Sig
12 July 1845
National Maritime Museum
Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in the Royal Yacht proceeding to Spithead, July 15th 1845, at the departure of the Experimental Squadron. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.1 from 'The Experimental Squadron : a series of drawings on stone by L. Haghe
1846
National Maritime Museum
The Experimental Squadron departure from Spithead, July 15th 1845. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.3 from 'The Experimental Squadron : a series of drawings on stone by L. Haghe, from paintings by J.M. Gilbert illustrative of H.M. visit to Spithead, July 15,
1846
National Maritime Museum
The Experimental Squadron getting under-weigh at Spithead, July 15th 1845. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.2 from 'The Experimental Squadron : a series of drawings on stone by L. Haghe, from paintings by J.M. Gilbert illustrative of H.M. visit to Spithead,
1846
National Maritime Museum
A boom with reefing pendants, sheet and lift blocks and other rigging details. Mounted with PAE5925.
Jul 1847
National Maritime Museum
The Chinese Junk Keying As she appeared in New York harbour, July 13th 1847. Hand-coloured.
1847
National Maritime Museum
60ft Schooner (1847). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth with pencil deck annotations, for a 60ft Schooner built at Bombay for the South Aus
21 July 1847
National Maritime Museum
60ft Schooner (1847). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 60ft Schooner, built at Bombay for the South Australian Government.
Signed
28 July 1847
National Maritime Museum
'Edinburgh' Fig 6 and Fig 7. The triple-hull experimental hand-cranked auxiliary paddle vessel 'Edinburgh', built in 1787.
1 July 1848
National Maritime Museum
Double Pleasure Boat. Millar. Taylor. Symington 1788. Hand-coloured.
1 Jul 1848
National Maritime Museum
Engine and paddle wheels of Bell's Comet 1812. A diagram of the engine and paddle wheels of Henry Bell's Comet, the first ever passenger steamer in the Old World. The Comet took passengers down the Clyde. Bell wasalso instrumental in establishin
1 Jul 1848
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S Dwarf with Woodcroft's Patent Varying Pitch Screw Propeller 1844. Diagrammatic view of hull. Print depicting a diagrammatic view of the propeller and hull of the HMS Dwarf. The Dwarf was the first screw vessel in the Royal Navy when it was boug
1 Jul 1848
National Maritime Museum
Perspective view of machinery in Fulton's Cleremont 1807. Lithograph print drawn by H. B. Barlow of the machinery in Robert Fulton's paddle steamer Clermont, America's first steam boat. After the efficiency and speed of the Clermont in 1808
1 Jul 1848
National Maritime Museum
The North River or Cleremont Robt Fulton 1807. Hand-coloured lithograph depicting the Clermont. After the efficiency and speed of the Clermont in 1808 on the run between New York and Albany on a route whic passed Clermont (the country seat of Robert Livin
1 Jul 1848
National Maritime Museum
Start for a Sounding Match off Jolet - Trinity Bay 6th July 48. Medium includes graphite.
6 Jul 1848
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 2. Commander. Captain. Midshipman. Admiral. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, admiral's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, captain's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, commander
12 Jul 1848
National Maritime Museum
1st cutter. 22 July 1848. Boats from HMS Rattlesnake Surveying Co. New Guinea. Heightened with white.
1848
National Maritime Museum
Cutter Yacht Vision, 45 Tons, Winner of The Grand Challenge Cup of the R.M.Y.C. and Thirteen other Prizes. Hand-coloured.
12 Jul 1849
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 5. Paymaster. Cadet. Assistant Surgeon. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, assistant surgeon's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, cadet's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, paymast
28 Jul 1849
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 6. Clerk. Second Master. A B Seaman. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, clerk's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, second master's [Royal navy]
28 Jul 1849
National Maritime Museum
Steamers Neptune & Luna (Built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton). Print
Jul 1850
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) View of two large houses surrounded by countryside, with notes on watercolours; (verso) Two landscape watercolours.. No. 3 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) inscribed in pencil in the lower left. If the adjacent pages are indicative, this scen
15 July 1850
National Maritime Museum
Emerald (1856). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) illustrating the use of winter felled and summer felled timbers for Emerald (1856), a 60-gun Fifth Rate Large Frigate, prior to being re-ordered in 1854 as a screw frigate and le
17 July 1850
National Maritime Museum
Message of President Millard Fillmore nominating his cabinet, 07/20/1850 (page 1 of 4)
Taken 20 Jul 1850
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Millard Fillmore nominating his cabinet, 07/20/1850 (page 2 of 4)
Taken 20 Jul 1850
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Millard Fillmore nominating his cabinet, 07/20/1850 (page 3 of 4)
Taken 20 Jul 1850
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Millard Fillmore nominating his cabinet, 07/20/1850 (page 4 of 4)
Taken 20 Jul 1850
The U.S. National Archives
(Recto) Scene at Teignmouth, with a figure looking out to sea leaning up against a beacon; (Verso) a rugged landscape with a waterfall and pencil sketches of a figure sitting by boulders and a three-decker flagship. No. 4 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Re
22 July 1850
National Maritime Museum
'Indians at Fort Rupert, Vancouver's Island, July 1851' [Canada]. No. 54 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title, with the additional inscription '1 and 3 are Ind
July 1851
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) View of the Crystal Palace as built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibtion, July 1851; (Verso) landscape, ship and tree studies. No. 8 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
Mends perhaps drew this view across the Serpentine to Joseph Paxton's Crystal P
July 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Woody Point, Vancouver's Island, July 8th 1851' [Canada]. No. 55 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Woody Point is a prominent headland on the west coast of Van
8 July 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Deer Island, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 15th 1851' [Canada]. No. 56 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Beaver Harbour is a bay south of Port Hardy
15 July 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Fort Rupert, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 23rd 1851' [Canada]. No. 57 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fort Rupert was a former Hudson's Bay
23 July 1851
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) HMS 'Trafalgar' losing her rudder-head in a north-easterly gale off Malta, 1 February 1852; (Verso) a coastal profile of Majorca, with a vase of flowers and a study of leaves, 3 June 1852. No. 15 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Ins
February - June 1852
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. Rattlesnake.... entering the Louisiade Archipelago, June 14th 1849. Hand-coloured.; No.2.
8 Jul 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Trial of Sailing; 'Phaeton' the winner passing 'Trafalgar' (the turning point), off Malaga, 17 July 1852; (Verso) near collision between 'Dauntless' and 'Trafalgar'. No. 22 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Rec
July 1852
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) Trial of sailing off Cape de Galta [Cabo de Gata], 30 July 1852, 'Trafalgar' and 'Terrible' in the foreground; (Verso) the island of Zembra, near Cape Bon, Tunisia, 2 September 1852. No. 24 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto)
July - September 1852
National Maritime Museum
Castle of Asia Entrance of Dardanelles. The old defensive forts called the Castle of Europe and Castle of Asia (on the northern and southern sides of the strait) are not at the entrance of the Dardanelles but some distance inside. They are the third of th
July-October 1853
National Maritime Museum
Evers, hard chine, lee board sloops on the Elbe with rigging and construction details, also other vessels under sail, a grapnel anchor and a lee board. Mounted with PAE6189.
Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
Lighthouse on Pasha's Point, Gallipoli, at the entrance of the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara. This drawing is inscribed , 'Lighthouse Galipoli entrance of Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, Pacha's Point, taken from a rock ...[?]'. It w
July-October 1853
National Maritime Museum
The Gipsy Queen R.Y.S. Sir H.B. Hoghton, Bart, Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine July 1853. Print
Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
A lime barge on the Elbe, Hamburg, with construction and rigging details. Mounted with PAE6190.
11 Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
Elbe craft. One and two masted lee boarded, hard chine, vessels, details of bow and stern. Inscribed 'Blankanese'. Mounted with PAE6188.
12 Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
(Recto) The 'Ville de Paris', French flag ship, Besika Bay, 22 July 1853: (verso) The French fleet joining the English in Besika Bay, 14 June 1853. No. 33 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed 'Ville de Paris Flag ship, Besika Bay
June - July 1853
National Maritime Museum
Fores's Marine Sketches. The Schooner Yacht Sverige 280 Tons, R.L.Y.C. Plate 8.
25 Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
Stockholm harbour with a castle tower and the Charles XIII 74 second view inset. original art: drawing
25 Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
Stockholm, a view across the harbour with timber pounds, towards Carl Johan church on Skeppsholmen, annotated. original art: drawing
25 Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
Panoramic view of Stockholm (left hand) with 859 and 860. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
Panoramic view of Stockholm (right hand) with 860 and 861. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
Stockholm harbour with Cathedral behind and much shipping. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pheonix (1832) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Godhavn. A view looking northwest across the harbour from the foreshore in front of the settlement of Godhavn. HMS Phoenix (1832), a converted screw Sloop, is at anchor in the foreground, with the sto
18 June-5 July 1854
National Maritime Museum
HMS Phoenix (1832) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Godhavn. A view from the high ground near the settlement of Godhavn looking across the harbour. HMS Phoenix (1832), a converted screw Sloop, and the storeship HMS Diligence (1814) are anchored in the
18 June-5 July 1854
National Maritime Museum
'Manned and armed Boats of Fleet collecting at Respective Admirals - Baro Sound 12 July 1854...' with notes below. Medium includes graphite and watercolour.
1854
National Maritime Museum
Christian Soren Marcus Olrik, Inspector of North Greenland. A portrait photograph believed to be of Christian Soren Marcus Olrik (1815-1870) Inspector of North Greenland 1846-66, seated in his uniform. He was based in Godhavn [referred to as Lievely in Ph
Between 3 and 12 July or 9 September 1854
National Maritime Museum
Sledge party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell, 15 April 1853. Plate VII.
14 Jul 1854
National Maritime Museum