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).
A Geometrical Plan, and West Elevation of His Majesty's Dock Yard, near Plymouth, with the Ordnance Wharfe, &c... (with key). Print. Print. A plan of the Royal Dockyard at Plymouth, surveyed and drawn by Thomas Milton with shipping by John Clevel
2 Feb 1756
National Maritime Museum
Myneer Nic Frogs Lamentation or Dutch Milk a fine Relish to English Sailors (caricature). Print
2 Feb 1781
National Maritime Museum
Mannelijk naakt, met een been geknield op een blok en leunend op een andere blok
2 February 1802
Rijksmuseum
'Bacchus's and Cupid's Vintage'. 'Bacchus's and Cupid's Vintage' by James Godby after Friedrich Rehberg. A young Bacchus is teaching Cupid how to tread grapes in a sculpted trough? decorated with lions' heads f
2 February 1815
National Maritime Museum
Monument erected in St Pauls Cathedral to the Memory of Lord Viscount Nelson Executed by John Flaxman Esqr. R.A. Frontispiece to the European Magazine Vol.73. Print. John Flaxman’s grand monument to Admiral Nelson in St Paul’s Cathedral, in a
2 Feb 1818
National Maritime Museum
First Communication with the Natives of Prince Regents Bay, as Drawn by Iohn Sackheouse, and Presented to Capt Ross, Augt 10 1818. Isabella and Alexandra. An illustration (p.88) from ‘A voyage of Discovery in His Majesty’s Ships Isabella and A
2 Feb 1819
National Maritime Museum
First communication with the Natives of Prince Regents Bay, as Drawn by John Sackhouse and presented to Capt. Ross, Augt 10, 1818. This engraving shows the Royal Navy’s first encounter with Inuit in the Arctic. John Ross explored Prince Regent&rsquo
2 February 1819
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Le Follet Courier des Salons' 1835-02-02
2 February 1835
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Part of the South Polar Barrier, 2nd Feb 1841. Medium includes bodycolour and graphite.
2 Feb 1841
National Maritime Museum
The America Hove-to off Valetta, Feb 2nd 1852. Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine Sep 1852. Vignette.
Sep 1852
National Maritime Museum
The march through snow of a portion of the sixth division from Tseszetai, S.E. of Wei-hai-Wei, towards Hooshan
2 February 1895
Rijksmuseum
Owen Williams in the railway office, Hillside, Dunedin, 2 February 1897
Taken 2 Feb 1897
National Library NZ on The Commons
Aanleg van het Viaur Viaduct in Frankrijk door de Societé de Construction des Battignolles, 2 februari 1902
2 February 1902
Rijksmuseum
Aanleg van het Viaur Viaduct in Frankrijk door de Societé de Construction des Battignolles, zonder datum, waarschijnlijk februari 1902
2 February 1902
Rijksmuseum
Uitzicht op achtergevels en tuinen vanuit Eerste Helmersstraat 110 in Amsterdam
2 February 1912
Rijksmuseum
Maisons peintes de derviches, Assiout, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 480
2 février 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama de la ville et route menant aux hypogées de Deihr el Bahri, Assiout, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 479
2 février 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Sur les hauteurs du barrage hydraulique, en amont, Assiout, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 475 S
2 février 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Sur les hauteurs du barrage hydraulique, en amont, Assiout, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 476 XS
2 février 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Sur les hauteurs du barrage hydraulique, en aval, Assiout, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 477
2 février 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Sur les hauteurs du barrage hydraulique, en aval, Assiout, Egypte, Afrique, A 3 478 X
2 février 1914
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Serjeant Harold Edward Pitt 5046, Coldstream Guards
Died 2 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Gilbert Victor White 871, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 2 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Samuel Harry Ashworth 735, Canadian Infantry
Died 2 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Murphy S S/4356, Army Service Corps Labour Company
Died 2 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas William Ballard 19492, Cheshire Regiment
Died 2 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Knobes 18652, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 2 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sister Agnes Beryl Corfield , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 2 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Engineer Lieutenant William Wellington Sharland , Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Pebble"
Died 2 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Flight Sub Lieutenant Walter Edward Traynor 1776, Royal Naval Air Service
Died 2 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Alfred St. Clair Headley 3147. Unit: "B" Company, 52nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 February 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 2 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Gilford Holley. Unit: No. 23 Squadron (Observer), Royal Flying Corps. Death: 2 February 1917, missing in action (with Pilot Second Lieutenant R. T. Whitney), Western Front.
Died 2 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 February 1918
Imperial War Museum