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).
Private Piet Dampi 9203, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Piet Etea 11188, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Piet Glasin Eland 11138, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Pukwana Zondo 11115, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Reuben Franci 9956, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Richard M. Jones 10764, South Lancashire Regiment
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Robinson Khaile 11173, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Saluseni Jonas 9244, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Sam Koluba 9406, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Sam Swarts 11129, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Sikaniso Mtolo 9999, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Sikonyana Zwane 11087, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Simeon Kabi 10964, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Simon Kaloto 9418, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Simon Lesiba 10371, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Simon Linganiso 10020, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Sitebe Molide 9267, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Smith Segule 9122, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Snele Kopane 9666, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Soloman or Solomon Lekgoli 9733, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Soloman Tsule 9434, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Soloman Vili Zondi 9299, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Stephen Fule 9261, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Sukwana Zwane 11089, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Thomas Dankie or Danki 9215, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Thomas Monamatuga 9191, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Thomas Plaatje 9657, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willem Hendricks 11132, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Dano 9265, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Ditsepu 9436, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Gabaza 564, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Leshage 10947, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private William Somgede 9800, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Elijah Tshabana 9555, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Gobizitwana 11206, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Johnson 8913, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Kazamula 10931, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Willie Pampiri Tlhomelang 9289, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Windvogel Beyulea or Beyula 11070, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Zachariah Tankabong 9742, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private Zanempi Hlope 11120, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Private. Albert Joseph Faima 6286, West Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 21 February 1917
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Regimental Sergeant Major Thomas King Turner 34, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Charles Henry Botha 191, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Henry Botweni or Bokleni 7587, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Phillip Voss 7229, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Robert Knaggs 262, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Sergeant Thomas Arthur Ford 247, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Staff Sergeant Anthony Benjamin Botes 64, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Staff Sergeant Arthur Cockrell 37, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 21 February 1917
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Captain Joseph Ellis Milne, D.S.O. , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 22 February 1917
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Private (Signaller) Arthur Joseph Hill 3827. Unit: 9th Reinforcements, 30th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 February 1917, killed in action at Bapaume, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 22 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Alfred Vigurs 11187, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 22 February 1917
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Private Edward Gaskell 3057, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 February 1917
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Private Oscar Duffield Bowman 40541, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 22 February 1917
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Private Thomas William Crewe 24282, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 22 February 1917
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Private William Alfred Knight 2461, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 22 February 1917
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Private William Henry Clarke 11135, South Wales Borderers
Died 22 February 1917
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Private Albert Hollyoake 306755, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 February 1917
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Private Alfred Henry Royal Oakes 7722, Royal Army Pay Corps
Died 23 February 1917
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Private Alfred Tomkins 8/6320, Durham Light Infantry
Died 23 February 1917
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Private John Fulbrook 200359, 4th Hampshire Regiment
Died 23 February 1917
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Private John Glancy 17666, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 23 February 1917
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Quartermaster Serjeant Charles Albert Caswell 17469, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 23 February 1917
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Second Lieutenant Gwynne Morgan Dunn , West Riding Regiment
Died 23 February 1917
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Private Albert Leonard Hope 238999, Herefordshire Regiment
Died 24 February 1917
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Private Clement Stanley Saunders 242816, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 24 February 1917
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Private Frederick George Fairweather 22603, Norfolk Regiment
Died 24 February 1917
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Private Richard Edwards 55339, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 24 February 1917
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Private Thomas William Shipway 200602, Hampshire Regiment
Died 24 February 1917
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Private William Frank Cook 201270, Hampshire Regiment
Died 24 February 1917
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Private William Nicholson 201461, 4th Hampshire Regiment
Died 24 February 1917
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Rifleman Frederick Charles Noakes S/26413. Unit: 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 24 February 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 24 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Ronald Walpole Durno , Royal Field Artillery
Died 24 February 1917
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Second Lieutenant Ronald Walpole Durno. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to "Y" 41st Trench Mortar Battery. Death: 24 February 1917 Western Front.
Died 24 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Bombardier Tom Bradshaw 33235, Royal Field Artillery
Died 25 February 1917
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