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).
Battery Quarter Master Serjeant James B Howdle 48219, Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Thomas James Wright 2467. Unit: C Company, 59th Battalion, 15th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 December 1916 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 12 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Arthur Carter C/233, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 12 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Stanley Rees 7182, South Wales Borderers
Died 12 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Benjamin R Bomford 525, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Edward Jeffs 3362A. Unit: 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 December 1916 Western Front. Son of George Edward and Ellen Jeffs, of Won Wron, Victoria. Born at Boodyarn, Victoria.
Died 12 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Frederick Atkin 2556, King's Own Lancashire
Died 12 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Crichton 287. Unit: 18th Battalion, attached to 2nd Pioneers, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 December 1916 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 12 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Peter McKellar 4949. Unit: 58th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 December 1916 Western Front
Died 12 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Frederick George Coles 5559, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 13 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Francis McGinley 27272, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 13 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Doble G/15672, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 13 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Francis James Lewington 11397, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 13 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Kate Rosina Sturt 2/ResS/101, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 13 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Company Sergeant Major Alfred Arthur Wood 1346 DCM MM. Unit: 19th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Forces. Death: 14 December 1916 Died of wounds in Stourbridge Hospital. Wounded in France 14 November 1916 Western Front
Died 14 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Jeffrey Gunn 23809, Grenadier Guards
Died 14 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Henry James Boyton. Unit: 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 14 December 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 14 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Henry James Boyton. Unit: 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 14 December 1916 Somme Western Front
Died 14 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant Jonathan Richard Himsworth 37958, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 14 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier Walter Robinson Vaughan 12334, 66th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Albert Arthur Hunter 11095, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Major Walter Richard Evans , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Miss Sylvia Gurney, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of septic poisoning contracted on duty 15 December 1916.
Died 15 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Officer's Steward 3rd Class Henry Joseph Taylor L9074, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Henry Kenward 15398, Grenadier Guards
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis A. Charlwood 30291, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry James Broome GS/694, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Nicholas J Mann 9543, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William G Haynes 4034, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Reverend Reginald Hardwick Fulford , Royal Army Chaplains Department
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Edwin Helps 5619, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant John Sherbourne RTS/4314, Army Service Corps
Died 15 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Annie Elizabeth Smith Inglis , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Company Quartermaster Serjeant Duncan Nicholl 2851, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Driver David Herbert Squires 28754, Royal Field Artillery
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Female sawyers at work on Mapoon Mission Queensland 1916
Taken 16 Dec 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Lance Corporal Henry Vickers 1356, London Regiment
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Vernon Walter Fraser 5383. Unit: 17th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 December 1916, Flers, Western Front.
Died 16 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Mapoon workers displaying handmade crafts and a presentation set of lace d'oyleys, 1916
Taken 16 Dec 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Miss Annie Elizabeth Smith Inglis, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died after an operation 16 December 1916.
Died 16 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Miss Edythe Hellyer, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died from overstrain of hospital work 16 December 1916.
Died 16 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Richardson 30446, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Richardson 30446. Unit: A Company, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Death: 16 December 1916 Western Front
Died 16 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Frank Bertram Doyle 4165, Australian Infantry
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Shaw G/18898, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas H Peace 18044, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William John Farrell 2639. Unit: 29th Battalion, 8th Infantry Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 December 1916, Rouen, Western Front.
Died 16 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Anthony Drummond Bailey. Unit: 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), attached to 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 16 December 1916
Died 16 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Percy Tozer , Royal Flying Corps
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Curd Stinchcombe 120232, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 17 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Maßnahmen zur Lebensmittelversorgung - Brot- und Warenkarten - Bekanntmachung - Hildesheim
18 December 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Munitions Worker Margaret Barker , Ministry of Munitions
Died 18 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Nurse Alice Violet Hallam , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 18 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur E Oakes 3973, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Wressell 17/2119, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 18 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Francis Lynch 130. Unit: 32nd Battalion, Machine Gun Section, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 December 1916 Western Front
Died 18 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Edwin Betony , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Ernest Leonard Stelling 19560, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 18 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sister Alice Violet Hallam, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 18 December 1916.
Died 18 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Aircraftman 2nd Class Cecil George Lewis Durrant F14102, R.N.A.S.
Died 19 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Guy Livingston Boddington. Unit: 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 19 December 1916 to 20 December 1916 Western Front
Died 19 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Guy Livingstone Boddington , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 19 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Algin Le Tisser 2450. Unit: 57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 December 1916
Died 19 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Cecil Robinson 13625, Coldstream Guards
Died 19 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charlton Willoughby Hougham Foord , Machine Gun Corps
Died 19 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Städtischer Speisefett-Verkauf - Bekanntmachung - Braunschweig
19 December 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
20 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
20 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
20 December 1916
Imperial War Museum