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).
Serjeant S A Turner 546104, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 4 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Shoeing Smith William Stobbart 47712, 14th (King's) Hussars
Died 4 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Steward Mabel Caroline Pearson G/4229, Women's Royal Naval Service
Died 4 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Surgeon Lieutenant Myrddin Emrys Jones , HMS Indomitable
Died 4 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Flood - Cootamundra, NSW, 4 December 1919
Taken 4 Dec 1919
State Library of New South Wales collection
Lance Corporal William Cupit 7984, Hampshire Regiment
Died 4 December 1919
Lives of the First World War
Le château de la mer, Saïda (Sidon), Liban, A 19 923
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Madame Hyppolite Kamenka, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 19 152
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Madame Rachel Kamenka, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 19 146
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Madame Salomonia Kamenka, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 19 148 X
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Madame Salomonia Kamenka, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 19 149
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoiselle Daria Kamenka et son neveu Sacha Kamenka, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 19 143
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Hyppolite Kamenka, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 19 155
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Musician William Charles Keeping RMB/661, Royal Marine Band
Died 4 December 1919
Lives of the First World War
Panorama sur la mer et la ville depuis un cimetière musulman, Sour (ancienne Tyr), Liban, A 19 921 S
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur la mer et la ville depuis un cimetière musulman, Sour (ancienne Tyr), Liban, A 19 922 S
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Un mausolée musulman à coupole, Sour (Tyr), Liban, A 19 920
4 décembre 1919
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Stoker 1st Class George James Bennett SS105285, HMS "Vivid"
Died 4 December 1920
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Richards Nugee , Army Pay Department
Died 4 December 1921
Lives of the First World War
Monsieur Frowein, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 64 940
4 décembre 1930
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Minneshögtid i soldathemmet 4 dec 1931, här bild från läktaren.
4 December 1931
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
Photograph of the National Archives Building Being Constructed, 12/04/1933
Taken 4 Dec 1933
The U.S. National Archives
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Mitchell , Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
Died 4 December 1934
Lives of the First World War
Matron Florence Marianne Bartleet , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 4 December 1934
Lives of the First World War
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, receiving guests at a State reception at Parliament House, Brisbane in December 1934
Taken 4 Dec 1934
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Aurora (1936). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Arethusa class light cruiser HMS Aurora (1936). Alterations up to 1947 are also shown.
4 December 1937
National Maritime Museum
Aurora (1936). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck for HMS Aurora (1936), a light cruiser, as fitted at Portsmouth. Alterations up to 1947 are also shown.
4 December 1937
National Maritime Museum
Officerare från 1912-års officerskurs vid Krigsskolan Karlberg samlade till gruppfoto vid firande av 25-års jubileum den 4 december 1937.
4 December 1937
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Officerare från 1912-års officerskurs vid Krigsskolan Karlberg samlade till gruppfoto vid firande av 25-års jubileum den 4 december 1937.
4 December 1937
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Geboortekaart (deels uitgeknipt) van een jongen geboren op 4 december 1939 te Java, zoon van de heer en mevrouw J.E. Moltzer-Van Mens
4 December 1939
Rijksmuseum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS BARGES MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: Bebra FRIEDBURG FULDA GIESSEN KASSEL KOBLENZ MAINZ RH
Mission date: 4 December 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Samuel Estes. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) from anoxia
Killed by loss of oxygen while on a mission over Germany
Died 4 December 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel James Younger , Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
Died 4 December 1946
Lives of the First World War
Eklanda gamla gästgivaregård i Siene. Upphörde som gästgivaregård 1895.
4 December 1950
Vänersborgs museum
Sigrid-stenen i närheten av Siene kyrka. 305 cm hög, 45 cm bred vid inskriften.
4 December 1950
Vänersborgs museum