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All 250298American Air Museum
American Air Museum 5054
Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum 22336
Sjöhistoriska museet 11809
Bohusläns museum 7936
Vänersborgs museum 7561
Kulturarv Västernorrland 4090
Rijksmuseum 3241
Tekniska museet 2444
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 2317
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 2007
Miliseum 1287
Örebro läns museum 1254
Flygvapenmuseum 1058
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen 1042
Marinmuseum 735
Skansen 629
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 579
Riksantikvarieämbetet 381
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 288
Historisch Museum Ede 254
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 221
Ajuntament de Girona 106
INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest 103
CODA Museum 103
Upplandsmuseet 102
The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland 95
Aaltense Musea 58
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 56
Sundsvalls museum 50
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 44
Länsmuseet Gävleborg 37
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 31
Vasamuseet 28
Images of Old Cluj 27
Nederlands Tegelmuseum 20
Postmuseum 18
Δήμος ΤÏίπολης 11
Cluj County Library 9
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 9
Slovak National Library 8
Stadskasteel Zaltbommel 7
Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs 7
Stichting Liemers Museum 6
Lietuvos dailÄ—s muziejus 4
ŽemaiÄių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" 3
NOC*NSF 3
Deventer Musea 3
Lietuvos Å¡vietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History 2
Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár 2
Nationalmuseum, Sweden 2
Wikimedia Commons Community 2
Slot Loevestein 1
National Library of Bulgaria 1
Museon 1
A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vien 1
Horniman Museum and Gardens 1
jNederlands Openluchtmuseum 1
Museum Elburg 1
Lietuvos dailÄ—s muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum 1
Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum 1
Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives 1730
The Library of Congress 1093
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1038
State Library and Archives of Florida 912
State Library of Queensland, Australia 891
Cornell University Library 840
bibliothequedetoulouse 821
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 567
Swedish National Heritage Board 559
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 494
State Library of New South Wales collection 402
Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums 385
MissouriStateArchives 371
National Library of Australia Commons 295
NASA on The Commons 262
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 249
National Library of Norway 229
Royal Australian Historical Society 216
Deseronto Archives 183
Provincial Archives of Alberta 177
Powerhouse Museum Collection 170
National Library NZ on The Commons 123
UW Digital Collections 123
UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 114
National Library of Scotland 105
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest 89
Australian War Memorial collection 88
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons 78
National Archives of Estonia 67
Museum of Photographic Arts Collections 64
Stockholm Transport Museum Commons 61
Liberas / Liberaal Archief 59
National Museum of Denmark 55
Costică Acsinte Archive 49
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle 46
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 46
Museum of Hartlepool 45
George Eastman Museum 33
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives 32
The National Archives UK 31
tyrrellhistoricallibrary 29
Preus museum 27
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons 21
Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane 21
The Finnish Museum of Photography 20
National Science and Media Museum 17
Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University 9
Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol 7
Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland 4
Smithsonian Institution 4
Getty Research Institute 4
The British Library 2
Camden Public Library (Maine) 2
Kalamazoo Public Library 1
Aalto University Library and Archive Commons 1
Center for Jewish History, NYC 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 58556
Imperial War Museums
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 8509
Air Ministry First World War Official Aerial Photographs Collection 8359
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 7329
Freeman Roger (mr) Collection 3759
Other 2784
French First World War Official Exchange Collection 1482
Womens War Work 620
American First World War Official Exchange Collection 568
War Office Second World War Official Collection 404
Ministry Of Information Second World War Censorship Bureau Library Of Press Photographs: Classified 278
Deaths: Nurses Deaths To 1920 214
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 212
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 206
Lawrence T E (colonel) Collection 192
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 180
Ministry Of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection 179
Deaths: Nurses Deaths 1919-1920 148
Admiralty Official Collection 146
Medals And Decorations: Military Medal 131
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 115
British Post-1945 Official Classified Print Collection 112
Pilkington Christopher (sergeant) Collection 111
Belfast Telegraph Collection 110
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 July 1918 108
Australian First World War Official Exchange Collection 108
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 101
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Colonial Nursing Services 82
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 81
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 December 1917 - February 1918 80
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 October - November 1917 78
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August - September 1917 75
First World War Womens War Work Collection 71
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 August 1918 68
Deaths: Nurses Deaths (nursing Services) 67
Deaths: Nurses General 67
Deaths: Nurses: Tfns 62
The British Army In North-west Europe 1944-1945 61
The Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 56
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 September 1917 55
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June - July 1918 52
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 51
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 April - June 1917 48
Deaths: Other Services- Munition Workers 43
Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department (pid) Second World War Photograph Library: Classifi 35
American (us) Embassy Second World War Photograph Library: Classified Print Collection 31
Photographs: Memorial For The Fallen 1 June 1918 30
Imperial War Museum First World War Maps Collection 29
Pitman Thomas Tait (major-general) Collection 28
War Office First World War Official Collection 28
Ministry Of Information Second World War Official Collection 26
Lachmann Gustav Collection 24
Canadian First World War Official Exchange Collection 23
Barbanti Gian G (mr) Collection 20
Italian First World War Official Collection 20
Imperial War Museum First World War Aerial Photographs Collection 19
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Red Cross (joint War Committee) 1920 19
Saunders R J Collection 17
Robson Harold Burge (hon) Collection 17
Deaths: Other Services- Land Army 17
Ministry Of Information Second World War Colour Transparency Collection 15
Deaths: Nurses Deaths- Scottish Nursing Services 15
Cooke G H (lieutenant Colonel) 15
Prytyåš Wåadysåaw Jacek Collection 14
Medals And Decorations: Royal Red Cross 14
Broom Albert (mrs) 14
Slater Percival James (colonel) Collection 13
The Road To War 13
Zimnal Marian (lieutenant Colonel) Collection 03 12
Joel H 12
Heydecker Joe Julius Collection 12
Masters David 12
British Aircraft And Early Aircraft In Other Museums And Institutions 1913 - 1918 (gsa 129) 12
Ministry Of Information First World War Unofficial Collection 12
Wright Robert 12
Corporation Of The City Of London Collection 12
The Royal Naval Air Service 1914 - 1918 12
The Coronation Of Emperor Charles Of Austria As King Of Hungary In Budapest 1916 & Scenes In Austria 11
Deaths: Nurses- Serbian Relief Fund 11
Australian Forces In Gallipoli 1915 - 1916 11
Deaths: Other Services- Waacs 10
War Diary In Four Volumes 10
War Office, Central Office Of Information And American Second World War Official Collection 10
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 33134
National Maritime Museum
Prints & Drawings 8575
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 7034
Charts & Maps 2593
Coins & Commemorative Medals 2542
Orders & Medals 1489
Oil Paintings 894
Navigational Instruments 868
Historic Photographic Negatives 738
Ship Models 669
Uniforms 618
Astronomical Instruments 485
Ceramics 321
Horological Instruments 229
Edged Weapons 225
Polar Equipment & Relics 225
Relics 221
Globes 207
Miscellaneous Antiquities 196
Flags 164
Plate 127
Ship Plans - Merchant Collections 103
Firearms 82
Sculpture 80
Archive 72
Glass 72
Ethnography 69
Textiles 65
Ships Equipment 62
Antiquities - Tools 62
Jewellery 56
Ordnance 54
Miniatures 48
Small Craft 43
Historic Photograph Albums 40
Figureheads & Carved Decorations 38
Antiquities - Ships Equipment 33
Oceanography 29
Furniture 24
Historic Photographic Prints 21
Ship Badges 12
Other 12
Antiquities - Models 12
Library Material 10
Heraldry 10
Year
All 724341800 106
1801 21
1802 58
1803 34
1804 14
1805 47
1806 41
1807 29
1808 97
1809 51
1810 77
1811 18
1812 30
1813 34
1814 39
1815 57
1816 26
1817 29
1818 21
1819 32
1820 104
1821 24
1822 69
1823 16
1824 31
1825 126
1826 16
1827 24
1828 74
1829 43
1830 109
1831 42
1832 49
1833 26
1834 47
1835 85
1836 77
1837 82
1838 127
1839 62
1840 111
1841 69
1842 62
1843 60
1844 63
1845 115
1846 89
1847 92
1848 57
1849 115
1850 116
1851 114
1852 69
1853 78
1854 77
1855 123
1856 72
1857 78
1858 100
1859 66
1860 124
1861 125
1862 161
1863 147
1864 118
1865 129
1866 140
1867 147
1868 139
1869 150
1870 183
1871 138
1872 114
1873 167
1874 174
1875 71
1876 110
1877 106
1878 124
1879 138
1880 161
1881 105
1882 108
1883 146
1884 126
1885 118
1886 172
1887 165
1888 134
1889 176
1890 153
1891 155
1892 141
1893 148
1894 275
1895 299
1896 237
1897 278
1898 300
1899 290
1900 341
1901 316
1902 289
1903 216
1904 277
1905 296
1906 262
1907 330
1908 334
1909 427
1910 346
1911 521
1912 499
1913 433
1914 493
1915 631
1916 601
1917 577
1918 549
1919 541
1920 425
1921 466
1922 421
1923 464
1924 861
1925 646
1926 486
1927 384
1928 425
1929 536
1930 547
1931 435
1932 540
1933 821
1934 607
1935 693
1936 692
1937 1325
1938 1030
1939 1114
1940 1003
1941 600
1942 820
1943 909
1944 958
1945 846
1946 1002
1947 1580
1948 1244
1949 1226
1950 2522
1951 1958
1952 3160
1953 1914
1954 2045
1955 2382
1956 1741
1957 1178
1958 1574
1959 1276
1960 1173
1961 1148
1962 1177
1963 1056
1964 978
1965 1004
1966 844
1967 921
1968 1025
1969 1761
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).
