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).
Casualty List of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from the Assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 07/18/1863
Taken 18 Jul 1863
The U.S. National Archives
Bridge across the Tennessee River, built by troops Oct. 1863.
Taken some time in Oct 1863
The U.S. National Archives
Battlefield, New Hope Church, Ga., 1864, showing Confederate entrenchments.
Taken some time in 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Confederate prisoners under escort to Belle Plain, Va., 1864.
Taken some time in 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Peach Tree Creek Battlefield. (five miles from Atlanta, Ga.) 1864
Taken some time in 1864
The U.S. National Archives
View of Metropolitan Fair Building in New York City, April 14 to April 23, 1864.
Taken some time in 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Address from the Women's Loyal National League supporting the abolition of slavery, 01/25/1864
Taken 25 Jan 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Abraham Lincoln Nominating Ulysses S. Grant to Be Lieutenant General of the Army: 03/01/1864
Taken 1 Mar 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Recruiting in the New York City Hall Park in 1864. Illustration from a sketch by George Law, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 19, 1864., 1943 - 1945
Taken 19 Mar 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Camp of 15th. N.Y. Engineers and 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery. Belle Plain, May, 1864.
Taken some time in May 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Presidential Proclamation 118 (Thanksgiving Day, 1864) (page 2 of 5)
Taken 20 Oct 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Presidential Proclamation 118 (Thanksgiving Day, 1864) (page 3 of 5)
Taken 20 Oct 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Telegram from Nevada Territory Governor Nye to President Abraham Lincoln, 10/30/1864
Taken 30 Oct 1864
The U.S. National Archives
Exterior of Fort "Hell." Petersburg lines, Va., 1865
Taken some time in 1865
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of E. Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Others, ca. 1865
Taken some time in 1865
The U.S. National Archives
View of Fort Sedgwick, (or Hell). Petersburg lines, 1865. Exterior.
Taken some time in 1865
The U.S. National Archives
Joint Resolution Proposing the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 01/31/1865 - 01/31/1865
Taken 31 Jan 1865
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Abraham Lincoln nominating Hugh McCulloch to be Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, 03/06/1865
Taken 6 Mar 1865
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Andrew Johnson nominating Ulysses S. Grant to be General of the Army of the United States, 07/25/1866
Taken 25 Jul 1866
The U.S. National Archives
Memorial of the American Philosophical Society in favor of an exploration of the Alaskan coast, 02/26/1868
Taken 26 Feb 1868
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Mary Todd Lincoln requesting a pension, 01/26/1869 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 26 Jan 1869
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Mary Todd Lincoln requesting a pension, 01/26/1869 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 26 Jan 1869
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Ulysses S. Grant nominating Philip H. Sheridan to be Lieutenant General of the Army of the United States, 03/05/1869
Taken 5 Mar 1869
The U.S. National Archives
Credentials of Hiram Rhodes Revels, 01/25/1870 (Page 1 of 2)
Taken 25 Jan 1870
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from women of the District of Columbia asking for the passage of the Sumner Civil Rights Bill, 01/15/1872 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 15 Jan 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 1 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 3 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 4 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from citizens of Chicago, 02/17/1872 (page 5 of 5)
Taken 17 Feb 1872
The U.S. National Archives
U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony, Record of Conviction, 06/28/1873
Taken 28 Jun 1873
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Colored Citizens of McMinn County, Tennessee, 03/02/1874 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 2 Mar 1874
The U.S. National Archives
President Ulysses S. Grant's Commutation of Oscar Snow's Death Sentence - Page 4
Taken 10 Aug 1875
The U.S. National Archives
President Rutherford B. Hayes's Commutation of “Crow Man's” Death Sentence - Page 1
Taken 14 Mar 1877
The U.S. National Archives
President Rutherford B. Hayes's Commutation of “Crow Man's” Death Sentence - Page 2
Taken 14 Mar 1877
The U.S. National Archives
President Rutherford B. Hayes's Commutation of “Crow Man's” Death Sentence - Page 3
Taken 14 Mar 1877
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Mrs. Amelia Bloomer for Relief from Taxation or Political Disabilities, ca. 1878
Taken some time in 1878
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from the Christian Church of Atlanta requesting funds to rebuild its church, 03/24/1878
Taken 24 Mar 1878
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President James A. Garfield nominating James G. Blaine to be Secretary of State, 03/04/1881
Taken 4 Mar 1881
The U.S. National Archives
Application of Discharged Soldier for Arrears of Pay, 03/24/1882
Taken 24 Mar 1882
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from Citizens of Vermont Against Annexation of Texas, 04/1844
Taken some time in Apr 1884
The U.S. National Archives
Homestead Proof Testimony of Almanzo Wilder, 09/12/1884, Page 2/2
Taken 12 Sep 1884
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Chester A. Arthur nominating Ulysses S. Grant to be General on the retired list of the Army, 03/03/1885
Taken 3 Mar 1885
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Grover Cleveland nominating Thomas F. Bayard to be Secretary of State, 03/04/1885
Taken 4 Mar 1885
The U.S. National Archives
Acting Lt. Governor of Texas, Barnett Gibbs's Proclamation for the Apprehension of John Middleton
Taken 21 Apr 1885
The U.S. National Archives
Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Case of U.S. ex. rel. John Wheeler v. Passmore Williamson, 7/19/1885
Taken 19 Jul 1885
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of William Alexander's Death Sentence - Page 1
Taken 27 Mar 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of William Alexander's Death Sentence - Page 2
Taken 27 Mar 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of William Alexander's Death Sentence - Page 3
Taken 27 Mar 1888
The U.S. National Archives
Petition from the Woman's Relief Corps requesting a pension for war Army nurses, 03/29/1888
Taken 29 Mar 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of Richard Southerland's Death Sentence - Page 1
Taken 12 Apr 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of Richard Southerland's Death Sentence - Page 2
Taken 12 Apr 1888
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Grover Cleveland nominating P.H. Sheridan to be General of the Army, 06/01/1888
Taken 1 Jun 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Pardon of Felix Maness - Page 1
Taken 3 Nov 1888
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Benjamin Harrison nominating William Windom to be Secretary of the Treasury, 03/04/1889
Taken 4 Mar 1889
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Benjamin Harrison nominating James G. Blaine to be Secretary of State, 03/05/1889
Taken 5 Mar 1889
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Benjamin Harrison nominating Thomas W. Palmer of Michigan to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain, 03/11/1889
Taken 11 Mar 1889
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from George Jones to James G. Blaine Recommending Frederick Douglass as United States Minister to Haiti, 07/02/1889 (page 2 of 6)
Taken 2 Jul 1889
The U.S. National Archives
Petition and map from John Muir and other founders of Sierra Club protesting a bill to reduce the size of Yosemite National Park., 01/02/1893, Page 4/4
Taken 2 Jan 1893
The U.S. National Archives
Petition signed by Thomas A. Edison and 49 others of Orange, New Jersey, 01/28/1893 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 28 Jan 1893
The U.S. National Archives
Petition for the Establishment of a Roads Department, 12/20/1893 (photograph 1 of 2)
Taken 20 Dec 1893
The U.S. National Archives
Petition for the Establishment of a Roads Department, 12/20/1893 (photograph 2 of 2)
Taken 20 Dec 1893
The U.S. National Archives
A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member., 03/27/1
Taken 27 Mar 1894
The U.S. National Archives
A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member., 03/27/1
Taken 27 Mar 1894
The U.S. National Archives
Patent Drawing for the Duryea Road Vehicle, 06/11/1895 - 06/11/1895
Taken 11 Jun 1895
The U.S. National Archives
"Objections to Woman Suffrage Answered," by Henry Blackwell, 03/1896 (page 1 of 2)
Taken some time in Mar 1896
The U.S. National Archives
"Objections to Woman Suffrage Answered," by Henry Blackwell, 03/1896 (page 2 of 2)
Taken some time in Mar 1896
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President William McKinley nominating Theodore Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 04/06/1896
Taken 6 Apr 1896
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of Willie Johnson, alias Willie Overton's Death Sentence - Page 3
Taken 22 Dec 1896
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of Willie Johnson, alias Willie Overton's Death Sentence - Page 4
Taken 22 Dec 1896
The U.S. National Archives
Grays Harbor Lighthouse Construction Logbook, Page 1.
Taken some time in 1897
The U.S. National Archives