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).
Ground plan of the City of Londonderry relieved by Mountjoy, Phoenix and Dartmouth breaking the Boom, 16th April-30 July 1689. Page 5.
1693
National Maritime Museum
Endeavour (1768). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Endeavour (1768), a purchased collier, prior to final fitting as a ship-rigged Bark for exploration.
April 1768
National Maritime Museum
A Sailor's Return in Peace. A sailor greets his wife with a kiss on returning home from sea, surrounded by their family. See BHC1125 for the original oil (or a preparatory version). This is one of a set of four plates of effectively the same size an
16 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum
Sailors in a Fight. Entitled 'Sailors in a Fight', this print is inscribed: 'To the British Navy this plate is respectfully dedicated by there [sic] obedient humble Ser[van]t. John Raphael Smith'. It is one of a set of four plates of
16 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum
Sailors in a storm. This print shows four sailors fighting for their lives in a storm on the deck of a dismasted ship. The deck is at a dramatic angle in the raging sea breaking over it, with the stump of what appears to be the broken mizzen mast clearly
16 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum
Sailors in Port. Sailors relaxing on the deck of a what is probably a naval ship. They are dancing to the fiddler's music and enjoying the company of girls. Although seamen would often visit taverns and brothels ashore, prostitutes were often brought
16 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum
Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 1 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 2 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 3 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 4 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 5 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 6 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives
Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 8 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives
Liffey (1813); Forth (1813); Severn (1813); Liverpool (1814); Glasgow (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Liffey (1813), Forth (1813), Severn (1813), Liverpool (1814), and Glasgow (1814), all fir-built 40-gun Fifth Rate, Frigates bu
16 April 1813
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Porter's Fleet running the Rebel blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th 1863. Hand-coloured.
1863
National Maritime Museum
HMS Coquette (1871). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Ariel class composite gunboat HMS Coquette (1871).
16 April 1872
National Maritime Museum
HMS Coquette (1871). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck of the Ariel class composite gunboat HMS Coquette (1871).
16 April 1872
National Maritime Museum
Message of President William McKinley nominating Charles H. Allen to be Governor of Porto Rico, 04/16/1900
Taken 16 Apr 1900
The U.S. National Archives
Palm Sunday and Holy Week now command attention of the devout in many lands (LOC)
Taken 16 Apr 1905
The Library of Congress
View of Red Light District on C Street, N.W. near 13th, with Griffin Veatch who was showing the photographer around No. 6 Special Messenger Service, 04/16/1912
Taken 16 Apr 1912
The U.S. National Archives
Private Ernest Baker 2825, Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry
Died 16 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Turnbull 11164, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 16 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Jefferies 20405, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harold F Marion-Crawford , Irish Guards
Died 16 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harold F Marion-Crawford. Unit: Special Reserve, attached 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 16 April 1915 Western Front
Died 16 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Bruce Conduitt. Unit: 14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), attached to 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 16 April 1915 Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 16 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 010
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 011
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 012
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 013
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 014
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 015
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 016
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 017
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 018
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 019
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 020
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 021
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 022
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, A 8 023
16 avril 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal Sidney William Ware VC 920, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 16 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal William Bellamy 2501, Royal Munster Fusiliers
Died 16 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Samuel Whittaker G/2493, Royal Fusiliers
Died 16 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Aaron Bonnett 311, British West Indies Regiment
Died 16 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Jones 1652, 15th London (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) Regiment
Died 16 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Richard Calcutt 41044, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 16 April 1916
Lives of the First World War