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).
Assistant Paymaster Thomas Fleming Green , Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Paxton
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain James Rockliffe Smith MC. Unit: 16th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 20 May 1917 Killed in action
Died 20 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Percival Sykes 202405, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Eckart Titzenthaler, zoon van de fotograaf, in het woonhuis Friedrichstrasse, Berlijn
20 May 1917
Rijksmuseum
Gunner Bombadier Walter Harry Ainge 62388, Royal Field Artillery
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Arthur Granville Stowe 1142, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Henry William Yeandle 664, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal James Warburton 30094, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Francis Somerled Joseph Silvertop , Oxfordshire Yeomanry
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Major Valentine Fleming, D.S.O., M.P. , Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Marba en Eckart Titzenthaler, kinderen van de fotograaf, in het woonhuis Friedrichstrasse, Berlijn
20 May 1917
Rijksmuseum
Marba Titzenthaler, dochter van de fotograaf, in het woonhuis Friedrichstrasse, Berlijn
20 May 1917
Rijksmuseum
Marba Titzenthaler, dochter van de fotograaf, in het woonhuis Friedrichstrasse, Berlijn
20 May 1917
Rijksmuseum
Marba Titzenthaler, dochter van de fotograaf, in het woonhuis Friedrichstrasse, Berlijn
20 May 1917
Rijksmuseum
Private Albert Edward Woodfine 31930, Liverpool Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Leonard Gatward G/37093, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Natt Brooker G/18924, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private James Robinson 5622/332450, KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Howard Chaplin 36881, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Robin Adam Barr 332070. Unit: B Company, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 20 May 1917
Died 20 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Charles Ligate. Unit: A Company, 16th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 20 May 1917
Died 20 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Victor Alphonso Galley 652955, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Edgar Charles Hobson , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frank Bakel , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Laurence Bernard Forrest. Unit: 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 20 May 1917, Arras, Western Front.
Died 20 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant William Harold Jupp 321027, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 20 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
An RAMC Stretcher-bearer: 'Just come from the Chemical Works, Roeux, 21st May 1917'
21 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Azalées près du marais, en bordure de la forêt dorée, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 840
21 mai 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Azalées près du marais, en bordure de la forêt dorée, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 841
21 mai 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Azalées près du marais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 839
21 mai 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Arthur Hugh Bales Chaplin , Cambridgeshire Regiment
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Chemin du « sanctuaire japonais » menant au sorinto, bordé de rocailles, arbres et bambous, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 843
21 mai 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Chemin du « village japonais » proche de la porte ouvrant sur le « sanctuaire japonais », Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 842
21 mai 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Alexander Thornton Grimes 320955, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Harold Robert Edgar Potter 320700, London Regiment
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Croisement de chemins et rocaille fleurie du « sanctuaire japonais » , proches du verger-roseraie, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 849
21 mai 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Deux boeufs attelés, La Corogne, Espagne, A 10 799
21 mai 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
femmes aux salines, La Corogne, Espagne, A 10 820
21 mai 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Charles Thomas Evans 321852, 6th Battalion London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Gubbins 20951, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Stanley Reddall 269317. Unit: Worcestershire Yeomanry, attached to 1st/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. Death: 21 May 1917 Lens Western Front
Died 21 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William Ambrose Camplin 241253, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William George Goldingay 8419, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Albert Gerard Ambrose 320725, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Alfred James Foley 323356, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Arthur Franklin Postle 5218, 322417, London Regiment
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Christopher John Spink 322425, London Regiment
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Ernest Carpenter 323619, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Frank Squire Cousins 321985, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Frank Thomas Pead 322392, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Frederick S Cook 5036/322257. Unit: 2nd/6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles). Death: 21 May 1917 Missing in action near Bullecourt Western Front
Died 21 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Frederick Samuel Cook 322257, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman George Patterson 321750, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Henry G. Higlett 5776/322876. Unit: 5th Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd/6th Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 21 May 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 21 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman John Albert Darvell 322182, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 21 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman John Albert Darvell 4930/322182. Unit: B Company, 2nd/6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles). Death: 21 May 1917 Wounded and Missing in action believed Killed in action
Died 21 May 1917
Imperial War Museum