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 John Brockton Adcock 68138, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Richard Gibbons 300705. Unit: 5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 17 October 1917, Kingston Hospital, Britain.
Died 17 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Lancelot Charles Victor Andrews 45052, Suffolk Regiment
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Leonard Reinbirt H Watling 25377, West Riding Regiment
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Stanley Charles Andrews 15905, Suffolk Regiment
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman John Richard Gibbons 300705, 5th Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sapper Arthur Elgar Taylor 836, Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant H C Wookey. Unit: Gloucestershire Regiment, attached to Royal Flying Corps. Death: 17 October 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 17 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant John William Briggs DCM MM 13244. Unit: 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 17 October 1917 France Western Front
Died 17 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant John William Briggs 13244, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Albert Edward Bright , HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Albert Edward Wooster K6995, HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Francis Hay Ogilvie K33760, HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Frederick Benjamin Pavitt 280876, HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Frederick Charles Knight , HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st class Herbert James Perry SS116079, HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Sydney Edgar Jane K.26251, HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Thomas John King K29184, HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 2nd Class Thomas William Bolton K28799, HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker Petty Officer Harold Jordan 309611, HMS Strongbow
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker Petty Officer Harold Jordan 309611. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Strongbow. Death: 17 October 1917. He was aboard HMS Strongbow when it was sunk during an attack on Merchant ship convoy on 17 October 1917.
Died 17 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Surgeon Probationer Ivan Curror Christie Barclay , HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Telegraphist Cyril Harry Lever J39633, HMS Mary Rose
Died 17 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
THE ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
THE ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Une machiniste de tramway, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 547
17 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Company Quartermaster Sergeant William ALEXANDER 20726, Canadian Infantry
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Driver Phillip Sydney King Kemp 3538, Australian Field Artillery
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Walter Turnbull 125903, Royal Field Artillery
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Madame de Massary, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 560
18 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoisellle Marguerite Clément, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 557
18 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Giovanni Caproni, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 558
18 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Alfred James Michel 669795, Canadian Pioneers
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Bernard Metcalfe 103505, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles William Davidson 24161, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Firth 203406, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Ramsden 18384, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John George Midgley 16/1528, Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Richardson 28125, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Eric Arthur Hall 1218. Unit: 12th Battalion, attached to the 52nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 October 1917, died of wounds, Zonnebeke, Western Front.
Died 18 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Able Seaman Stephen John Glass J 21015 (Ch), HMS P14
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Acting Bombardier Ruthven Ignatius Pegus 43570, 3rd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Harry Reed 267077, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Harry Reed 267077. Unit: 1st/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 19 October 1917 Wounded at Haulst Forest died in 54 London General Hospital Boulogne Western Front
Died 19 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Le capitaine Kohn, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 571
19 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le général Sir Arthur Thomas Slogett, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 567
19 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le général Sir Arthur Thomas Slogett, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 568
19 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Harold Edward Prew , 1st Regiment South African Infantry
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Mademoiselle Heilbronn, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 580
19 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Roger Picard, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 574
19 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Arthur Watkins 26253, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Carl Rudolph Wedekind 2536, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Hector Arthur Coleman 44017, Suffolk Regiment
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John O'Kane 32634, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Percy John Bennett 24055, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 19 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
THE ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
19 October 1917
Imperial War Museum