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).
The Wreck of the Hindostan; East-Indiaman, on the Wedge Sand, off Margate, Jan 11 1803 showing the Margate Boat saving part of the Crew. Hand-coloured.
31 Jan 1803
National Maritime Museum
Cleopatra 32 Guns Launched at Bristol, December, 1779. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle'.
31 Jan 1805
National Maritime Museum
Situation of His Majesty's Ship Defence and her Prize the St Ildefonso. This is a plate from 'The Naval Chronicle' , 1806, subsequently extracted and hand-coloured. It shows the day after the Battle of Trafalgar, with the captured and dism
31 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Captain Hugh Downman. Engraved by H.R. Cook from an original Miniature. Print
31 Jan 1809
National Maritime Museum
Captain Hugh Downman. Engraved by H.R. Cook. from an original Miniature. Print
31 Jan 1809
National Maritime Museum
Commodore Nelson's Squadron skilfully manoeuvering against a superior French Force in 1795. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle', 1812. Pocock's preparatory drawing for this, clearly based on a sketch provided by someone else ('WHR
31 Jan 1812
National Maritime Museum
Captain George Mundy. CB. RN. Hargrave of Liverpool Pinxt. Plate 501. T. Blood sculpt. Print
31 Jan 1818
National Maritime Museum
Tyrian (1826). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing a section and framing elevation for Tyrian (1826), a 10-gun Brig/Brig Sloop (completed as a Packet) and Brigs of 235 tons. According to the annotation dated 31 January 1825, copies of this plan were also sent for
31 January 1825
National Maritime Museum
Adieu de la Reine d' Angleterre a la Marine Francaise. Hand-coloured. depiction: clothing, outerwear: uniform, marine's [French navy]
31 Jan 1846
National Maritime Museum
The Devils Thumb, Ships Boring and Warping in the Pack, Dedicated by special permission to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty By their Lordships most obedient Servant W H Browne, Lieut R N (late of HMS Enterprize ). Print. The Enterprize is shown on
31 Jan 1850
National Maritime Museum
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
Autel et statue de la divinité jaïn Mahavira, Bénarès, Indes, A 4 178
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Autel surmonté d\'un lingam au bord du Gange, Bénarès, Indes, A 70 692 X
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Bas-relief représentant la liste des offrandes dans la chapelle de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 447
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Bas-reliefs à l\'intérieur du temple de Ramsès II, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 460
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Bas-reliefs peints à l\'intérieur du temple de Ramsès II, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 458
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Bas-reliefs peints à l\'intérieur du temple de Ramsès II, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 459
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Brahmane commentant les livres sacrés sur les ghâts, grands escaliers de pierre descendant jusqu\'au Gange, Bénarès, Indes, A 70 691 XS
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Couloir desservant la deuxième salle hypostyle et les sept chapelles du temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 443
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Des enfants, des femmes et un homme devant l\'église copte Béni Mansour, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 451
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Groupe de femmes, Bénarès, Indes, A 70 697 X
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Homme très maigre, Bénarès, Indes, A 70 695 X
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de la chapelle d\'Horus dans le temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 444
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de la chapelle d\'Isis dans le temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 441
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de la chapelle d\'Isis dans le temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 442
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de la deuxième salle hypostyle du temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 446
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de l\'église copte Béni Mansour, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 453
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de l\'église copte Béni Mansour, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 454
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
LINGA (ou LINGAM), représentation phallique de SHIVA et symbole d\'énergie vitale, à l\'intérieur d\'un temple, avec un nandin (taureau, monture de Shiva), Bénarès, Indes, A 4 437
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mur du « poème de Pentaour » dans l\'enceinte du temple, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 461
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Niche située entre deux chapelles dans le temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 445
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Petit temple shivaïte au bord du Gange, Bénarès, Indes, A 70 693 X
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Porte conduisant à l\'église copte Béni Mansour, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 456
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Porte d\'entrée de la chapelle d\'Amon Râ, depuis l\'intérieur, en direction de la deuxième salle hypostyle du temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 448
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Première salle hypostyle du temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 450
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Puits devant l\'Eglise copte Béni Mansour, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 455
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de fortifications datant de la 2 eme Dynastie, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 457
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Scène royale sur un mur de la 1ère salle hypostyle du temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 449
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Temple de Sethi Ier, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 440
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Temple sur les ghâts, Bénarès, Indes, A 70 696
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un brahmane commentant les livres sacrés sur les «ghats» , grands escaliers de pierre descendant jusqu\'au Gange, Bénarès, Indes, A 4 434
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un couple de vieillards et des jeunes enfants à côté d\'un puits devant l\'église copte Béni Mansour, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 452
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un sadhu (ascète errant), au front marqué du signe de Vishnu, sur les ghâts, grands escaliers de pierre descendant jusqu\'au Gange, Bénarès, Indes, A 4 438 X
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un sadhu voué à Vishnu, Bénarès, Indes, A 70 694 X
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur le village de Balyana, Abydos, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 462
31 janvier 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Lewis Henry Shapter. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Death: 31 January 1915 Killed in action near Ypres. Western Front
Died 31 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur John Hulme 21681. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 31 January 1915 Died of wounds at Loos Western Front
Died 31 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Joseph Frank Hopkins L/10753, East Surrey Regiment
Died 31 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Frederick Walsh 1263, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 31 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Thomas Stephen Jones 2330, Corps of Hussars
Died 31 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
John Francis McCarthy 23/1448, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd
Died 31 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Able Seaman Harry Charles Scutt SS5986, H.M.S. "Barham"
Died 31 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 31 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Détail de la façade occidentale de la cathédrale : grande rosace et gâble dédié au couronnement de la Vierge, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 206
31 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Détail du dessus du porche central de la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 575
31 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Détail du gâble symbolisant « le jugement dernier », Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 205
31 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Façade occidentale de la cathédrale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 574
31 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La façade occidentale de la cathédrale en ruine, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 203
31 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les trois portails de la façade occidentale, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 202
31 janvier 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine