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All 7177Europeana
Vänersborgs museum 204
Bohusläns museum 95
Sjöhistoriska museet 48
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden 30
Rijksmuseum 25
Tekniska museet 19
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library 17
Ajuntament de Girona 9
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum 8
Flygvapenmuseum 8
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum 8
Miliseum 4
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk 3
Stedelijk Museum Zutphen 3
Skansen 2
Lietuvos dailÄ—s muziejus 2
Marinmuseum 2
National library of Montenegro "ÄurÄ‘e Crnojević" 2
Örebro läns museum 2
Riksantikvarieämbetet 1
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet 1
Flickr Commons
The Library of Congress 46
SMU Libraries Digital Collections 19
State Library of Queensland, Australia 15
Liberas / Liberaal Archief 13
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 7
MissouriStateArchives 7
National Library of Norway 7
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 6
The U.S. National Archives 5
National Library of Australia Commons 4
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 3
Provincial Archives of Alberta 3
State Library and Archives of Florida 2
Deseronto Archives 2
Swedish National Heritage Board 1
Cornell University Library 1
The Gallen-Kallela Museum 1
Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane 1
UW Digital Collections 1
Archives de la Planéte, Open Data Hautes-de-Seines
Département des Hauts-de-Seine, musée Albert-Kahn 1722
Imperial War Museums
Bond of Sacrifice portraits 1256
Other 232
Pilkington Christopher (sergeant) Collection 99
Money Robert Cotton (major) Collection 93
Pitman Thomas Tait (major-general) Collection 26
Imperial War Museum First World War Maps Collection 25
Saunders R J Collection 17
Robson Harold Burge (hon) Collection 12
Womens War Work 8
Broom Albert (mrs) 7
The Road To War 7
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection 7
The Royal Navy 1914 - 1918 4
Surgeon Parkes Collection Of Ships Portraits 4
Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection 3
German First World War Official Exchange Collection 3
The Coronation Of Emperor Charles Of Austria As King Of Hungary In Budapest 1916 & Scenes In Austria 2
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 1
British Aircraft And Early Aircraft In Other Museums And Institutions 1913 - 1918 (gsa 129) 1
Imperial War Museum First World War Panoramas Collection 1
First World War Womens War Work Collection 1
Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection 1
Lives of the First World War
Life Story (by date of death) 2614
National Maritime Museum
Historic Photographic Negatives 243
Coins & Commemorative Medals 34
Ship Plans - Admiralty Collections 17
Prints & Drawings 16
Orders & Medals 9
Archive 9
Miscellaneous Antiquities 7
Ordnance 7
Navigational Instruments 7
Uniforms 7
Relics 6
Charts & Maps 6
Antiquities - Tools 5
Antiquities - Ships Equipment 4
Ceramics 4
Glass 3
Edged Weapons 3
Flags 2
Firearms 1
Ship Badges 1
Furniture 1
Horological Instruments 1
Historic Photographic Prints 1
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1862 1
1863 8
1886 1
1893 1
1899 1
1900 5
1901 2
1902 5
1903 2
1904 2
1905 4
1906 2
1907 9
1908 19
1909 31
1910 16
1911 21
1912 19
1913 26
1914 1810
1915 3052
1916 4074
1917 9058
1918 12547
1919 1056
1920 246
1921 36
1922 14
1923 27
1924 4
1925 3
1926 3
1927 8
1928 4
1929 3
1930 3
1931 3
1932 10
1933 12
1934 11
1935 7
1936 9
1937 7
1938 12
1939 120
1940 327
1941 355
1942 634
1943 1860
1944 1715
1945 745
1946 53
1947 5
1949 10
1950 1
1951 3
1952 12
1953 7
1954 8
1955 12
1956 19
1957 4
1958 3
1959 16
1960 4
1961 18
1962 9
1963 8
1964 10
1965 35
1966 9
1967 13
1968 6
1969 11
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).
