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All 20659American Air Museum
American Air Museum 509
Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 1702
Bohusläns museum 1119
Vänersborgs museum 763
Sjöhistoriska museet 585
Kulturarv Västernorrland 435
Rijksmuseum 328
Tekniska museet 172
Örebro läns museum 140
Miliseum 93
Flygvapenmuseum 81
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 73
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 63
Marinmuseum 40
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 31
Historisch Museum Ede 27
Upplandsmuseet 22
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 14
Nederlands Tegelmuseum 12
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 11
Riksantikvarieämbetet 9
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 6
Ajuntament de Girona 4
Aaltense Musea 2
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 2
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 2
ŽemaiÄių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" 2
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 2
CODA Museum 2
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 1
Slot Loevestein 1
Skansen 1
Slovak National Library 1
Images of Old Cluj 1
Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs 1
Vasamuseet 1
Nationalmuseum, Sweden 1
NOC*NSF 1
Flickr Commons
bibliothequedetoulouse 93
The U.S. National Archives 75
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 56
State Library of Queensland, Australia 50
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 45
MissouriStateArchives 40
State Library and Archives of Florida 40
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 33
Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums 22
Royal Australian Historical Society 20
tyrrellhistoricallibrary 17
Deseronto Archives 15
NASA on The Commons 15
Swedish National Heritage Board 14
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 13
State Library of New South Wales collection 12
The Library of Congress 11
UW Digital Collections 10
National Library of Norway 9
National Archives of Estonia 8
National Museum of Denmark 6
Australian War Memorial collection 6
Provincial Archives of Alberta 6
National Library of Australia Commons 6
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 4
Liberas / Liberaal Archief 4
National Library NZ on The Commons 2
National Science and Media Museum 2
Camden Public Library (Maine) 2
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons 1
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 1
Powerhouse Museum Collection 1
The National Archives UK 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 6387
Imperial War Museums
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 941
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 842
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 655
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 411
Other 272
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 154
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August 1918 57
War Office Second World War Official Collection 55
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August - September 1917 54
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 54
Womens War Work 47
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 44
The British Army In North-west Europe 1944-1945 32
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 29
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 21
First World War Womens War Work Collection 15
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 14
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 13
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 13
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 12
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 12
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 11
Admiralty Official Collection 11
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 10
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 10
Belfast Telegraph Collection 10
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 9
Imperial War Museum First World War Maps Collection 8
Broom Albert (mrs) 7
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 6
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 6
Ministry Of Information Second World War Official Collection 5
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 4
Pitman Thomas Tait (major-general) Collection 4
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 4
The Road To War 4
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Scottish Nursing Services 4
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 3
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 3
Zimnal Marian (lieutenant Colonel) Collection 03 3
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 3
The Coronation Of Emperor Charles Of Austria As King Of Hungary In Budapest 1916 & Scenes In Austria 3
Cooke G H (lieutenant Colonel) 2
Deaths: Other Services- Land Army 2
Slater Percival James (colonel) Collection 2
Lachmann Gustav Collection 2
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 July 1918 2
Medals And Decorations: Royal Red Cross 2
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 2
Ministry Of Information Second World War Colour Transparency Collection 2
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Red Cross (joint War Committee) 1920 1
War Diary In Four Volumes 1
Deaths: Nurses- Serbian Relief Fund 1
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 April - June 1917 1
Australian Forces In Gallipoli 1915 - 1916 1
Deaths: Other Services- Waacs 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 2834
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 450
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 126
Oil Paintings 22
Charts & Maps 14
Historic Photographic Negatives 14
Historic Photograph Albums 5
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 4
Archive 2
Other 1
Miscellaneous Antiquities 1
Ship Badges 1
Historic Photographic Prints 1
Year
All 28341817 1
1914 210
1915 660
1916 551
1917 638
1918 531
1919 39
1920 16
1921 14
1923 3
1924 2
1926 2
1928 4
1929 2
1930 2
1931 1
1932 1
1933 3
1934 2
1935 2
1936 3
1937 1
1938 3
1939 1
1940 5
1941 1
1942 1
1943 2
1944 4
1945 1
1947 2
1948 2
1949 6
1950 2
1951 2
1952 5
1953 2
1954 1
1955 2
1956 1
1957 3
1958 8
1959 4
1960 7
1961 11
1962 2
1963 6
1964 2
1965 3
1966 6
1967 1
1968 5
1969 2
1970 1
1971 4
1972 2
1973 2
1974 1
1975 1
1976 3
1977 3
1978 2
1979 3
1980 1
1981 4
1982 3
1983 2
1984 3
1985 1
1986 1
1987 1
1990 2
1995 1
1996 1
1998 1
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).
