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).
Major John Russell Wardle , Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal)
Died 2 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Medal of Military Merit, 2nd class 1916-17. Obverse: Round plaque edged with a wreath of laurel, superimposed upon a Greek cross with inscribed arms and a phoenix in the centre, with two swords placed saltirewise under the cross. Reverse: "ELLAS 1916
1917
National Maritime Museum
Milchkarten - Kundmachung - Wien
2 January 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Milchkarten - Kundmachung - Wien
2 January 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private John Jarvie S/11278, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 2 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Percy Banks Medway 3622, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Ralph Banks PS/42, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools City of London) Regiment
Died 2 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Henry S Carter. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: Not known POW 1916 to 1918 Western Front
Died 2 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
T.h.Ellen Eriksson f. 1896-05-04 d. 1975-12-25. T.v. Troligtvis systern Helga Eriksson f. 1901-03-06 d. 1973-05-16, Vänersborg
2 January 1916
Vänersborgs museum
Acting Colour Serjeant W W Banks L/7809, 6th East Kent Regiment
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Clements SS/17293, Army Service Corps
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Edgar George Crockett 1585, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward R. Lingard M2/116844, Army Service Corps
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Fitz-Albert Cains 580, British West Indies Regiment
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Edward Watkin 16187, Manchester Regiment
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Thomas Castree 9802, South Wales Borderers
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Jack S Southwood 22334, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Dick 1516, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Died 3 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Blackwell 7660, 1st Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 3 January 1916
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Corporal Hubert Wellington Cox 17674, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 4 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Inkraftsetzung der Mehl- und Brotmarken - Budapest - In ungarischer Sprache
4 January 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Hudson Courtenay MID. Unit: Commander, 1st Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 04 January 1916 Killed in action at Kut Kut , Mesopatamia
Died 4 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
Major Herbert William Dumaresq. Unit: Rifle Brigade. Death: 04 January 1916 died in London after his health broke down Home Front.
Died 4 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private William Henry Withington 7816, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Ritchie Cairns , Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Mehl- und Brotmarken - Kundmachung - Györ - In ungarischer Sprache
5 January 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Henry George Kelsey G/5364, East Kent Regiment
Died 5 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Nelson N. Fevrier , British West Indies Regiment
Died 5 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney Gee PLY/753/S, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died 5 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Batkin 17404, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Trooper George Charles Paget 7/483, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Died 5 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Caledon (1916). Scale 1:24. A plan showing the body plan redrawn following laying-off full-scale in mould loft for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1916). The plan was modified in red, dated 2 February 1916 (flare to forecastle deck increased at SS 1 &
6 January 1916
National Maritime Museum
Capt. L.E.G. Oates, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. No 3. from Players cigarette cards, second series of 25, 'Polar Exploration'. Front: 'Players Cigarettes CAPTAIN OATES. Reverse: 'Capt. L.E.G. Oates, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. He was in c
1916
National Maritime Museum
Lance Corporal Archie Perrett 19698, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 6 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colin Andrew Proudfoot. Unit: 53rd Sikhs, (The Frontier Force), Indian Army. Death: 06 January 1916 Mesopotamia
Died 6 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Harold Lunn Ferrier Austin , 12th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
Died 6 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Wilcoxon 12098, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 6 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Dudley Innes Ackland 19653, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 6 January 1916
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Private Thomas Ellis Lord Kay 2536, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 6 January 1916
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Trimmer Daniel Sullivan TS 4577, Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Courtier
Died 6 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal William George Lucas 14004, Coldstream Guards
Died 7 January 1916
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Lance Corporal William O'Brien 1615, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 7 January 1916
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Lieutenant David Costa Royce , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 7 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Alexander Duncan S/7827, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 7 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Porter 18122, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 7 January 1916
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Private Robert Morris 1354, Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Died 7 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Charles Satchwell 1473, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Ivor Phillips Williams , King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 7 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Thomas Lavender 10992, South Wales Borderers
Died 7 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain E F B Wyatt MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 08 January 1916 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 8 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Herbert Hartley M2/113737, Army Service Corps
Died 8 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant John Henry Humphreys 903, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
Died 8 January 1916
Lives of the First World War