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 steam yacht ST GEORGE anchored in Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in May 1892
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
HEREWARD wrecked on Maroubra Beach
Taken some time in May 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Hundreds of onlookers watch as the wreck of the HEREWARD is pounded by waves on the shoreline of Maroubra Beach
Taken some time in May 1898
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
SS MEDIC departing Dalgetty's wharf at Millers Point
Taken 8 May 1903
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
French three-masted barque VINCENNES aground on Manly Beach Sydney, May or June 1906
Taken some time in May 1906
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Vessels at Woolloomooloo Bay wharves
Taken some time in May 1914
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Sterling family in the saloon on board E R STERLING
Taken 12 May 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two images overlaid, depicting a woman and people in a car
Taken 25 May 1915
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
The troopship WARILDA and the tug RACER, Melbourne
Taken 25 May 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Farewell to the troopship ASCANIUS
Taken 27 May 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Barque RAUPO on Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in May 1920
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Captain Otto Schniewind in his cabin on board the German cruiser KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Captain Otto Schniewind in his cabin on board the German cruiser KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Crew members standing in front of the ship's gun turret on board the German cruiser KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Dr Rudolf Asmis and Captain Otto Schniewind boarding KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Dr Rudolf Asmis and Captain Otto Schniewind on board the German cruiser KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German crew and officers on board KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German cruiser KOLN berthed at West Circular Quay
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German cruiser KOLN berthed at West Circular Quay, Sydney
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German naval officers and officials at 'Ye Olde Crusty Cellars' in George Street, Sydney
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German naval officers and sailors on deck of KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German seamen standing at ease on deck of KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German seamen standing at ease on deck of KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
KOLN soccer team and Royal Australian Naval Team, Lyne Park, Sydney
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Man inspecting the crew of German cruiser KOLN at Circular Quay
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Three German sailors with a wallaby on board the German cruiser KOLN
Taken some time in May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
KOLN soccer team in play Lyne Park in Rose Bay, Sydney
Taken 10 May 1933
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Boatswain Karl Muller smoking a pipe and hosing the deck of SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Boatswain Karl Muller smoking a pipe and hosing the deck of SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Cook, Hohn Winter, on board SEETEUFEL with a civilian man
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Cook, Hohn Winter, on board SEETEUFEL with a civilian man
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf and Countess Ingeborg von Luckner, at the Man O' War Steps in Sydney
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner at the wheel of SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner holding a life belt on SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner smoking a pipe at a table with unidentified individuals
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner smoking a pipe at a table with unidentified individuals
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner smoking a pipe next to an unidentified man
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner standing in centre in profile at a dinner
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner, right, and an unidentified man squeezing coins on SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix von Luckner, centre with wife Ingeborg von Luckner, at the Man O' War Steps in Sydney
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
First Officer Paul Kause on board the SEETEUFEL.
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
First Officer Paul Kause, Count Felix Graf von Luckner and unidentified man on board SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
German seaman Frederich Thiele on board SEETEUFEL
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL anchored in Neutral Bay near Kirribilli, Sydney
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL in Sydney Harbour
Taken some time in May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Count Felix Graf von Luckner with wife Countess Ingeborg von Luckner on board SEETEUFEL
Taken 20 May 1938
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Sailors on board SS AUTOLYCUS depart Sydney for Portsmouth, 13 May 1939
Taken 13 May 1939
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Sailors on board SS AUTOLYCUS depart Sydney for Portsmouth, 13 May 1939
Taken 13 May 1939
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons