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).
Plea to the Jurisdiction of Cinque and Others, 08/21/1839 - 08/21/1839
Taken 21 Aug 1839
The U.S. National Archives
Vertrag zwischen dem Vereine zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer nach Texas und dem Herrn Johann Peter Hoffmann V....
Taken 20 Aug 1845
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Receipt of slave purchases by Frederick R. Cotten
Taken some time in Aug 1852
State Library and Archives of Florida
Burning of the Government Buildings at Kertch. 9th June 1855.
Taken 28 Aug 1855
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest Throughout The Crimea from Paintings by Carlo Bossoli. [title page]
Taken 1 Aug 1856
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Notary Form with Seal for John Karl, 08/10/1857 (Reverse)
Taken 10 Aug 1857
The U.S. National Archives
Abstract of Disbursements for New Custom House at New Orleans, 08/1860
Taken some time in Aug 1860
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Sidney J. Norton to Ciran Barney, New York Collector of Customs, 08/09/1862 (Page 1)
Taken 9 Aug 1862
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Sidney J. Norton to Ciran Barney, New York Collector of Customs, 08/09/1862 (Page 1)
Taken 9 Aug 1862
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Sidney J. Norton to Ciran Barney, New York Collector of Customs, 08/09/1862 (Page 2)
Taken 9 Aug 1862
The U.S. National Archives
Letter from Sidney J. Norton to Ciran Barney, New York Collector of Customs, 08/09/1862 (Page 2)
Taken 9 Aug 1862
The U.S. National Archives
President Ulysses S. Grant's Commutation of Oscar Snow's Death Sentence - Page 4
Taken 10 Aug 1875
The U.S. National Archives
Mrs Hutchison, August 1878 / photographer American & Australasian Photographic Company
Taken some time in Aug 1878
State Library of New South Wales collection
Queensland Rugby Union Team who played New South Wales in an Intercolonial Match, August 1883
Taken some time in Aug 1883
State Library of Queensland, Australia
(Bevansville) Old ruin of a grand house near bottom of Town ridge looking back on our road
Taken some time in Aug 1884
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Bloody Lane Antietam looking Eastward. Second section, from corner of first section from Hagerstown Pike.
Taken some time in Aug 1884
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Frostburg from hill east of it. Miners and lamp at right hand corner.
Taken some time in Aug 1884
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Hagerstown Presbyterian Church looking S.E.
Taken some time in Aug 1884
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
Raudteesild üle Velikaja jõe (Riia sild), sammaste ehitamine / Railway bridge over the Velikaya River (Riga Bridge), construction of the pillars
Taken 26 Aug 1886
National Archives of Estonia
Veetorn Cēsise (Võnnu) raudteejaamas / Water tower at the Cēsis train station
Taken 4 Aug 1889
National Archives of Estonia
Pumbajaam Cēsise (Võnnu) raudteejaamas / Pumping station at the Cēsis train station
Taken 5 Aug 1889
National Archives of Estonia
Valga raudteejaam tänava poolt vaadatuna / Valga train station, street side view
Taken 14 Aug 1889
National Archives of Estonia
Raudteevahi maja Strenči lähistel / House of the railway guard by Strenči
Taken 18 Aug 1889
National Archives of Estonia
Valga raudteejaam rööbaste poolt vaadatuna / Valga train station, rail side view
Taken 30 Aug 1890
National Archives of Estonia
Près du rocher de la Vierge, Biarritz, octobre 1891
Taken some time in Aug 1891
bibliothequedetoulouse
Une élégante à la grande plage, Biarritz, octobre 1891
Taken some time in Aug 1891
bibliothequedetoulouse
<b>Titre :</b> Voie ferrée, rampe du....., fait dans le wagon-salon, Luchon, 15 août 1898
Taken some time in Aug 1895
bibliothequedetoulouse
Drawing for a Kinetographic Camera, 08/31/1897 - 08/31/1897
Taken 31 Aug 1897
The U.S. National Archives
Mme Fabre, Mlles Colomès et Caroline : Vallée du Lys, septembre 1898
Taken some time in Aug 1898
bibliothequedetoulouse
Tour du château de Pesteils, avec grange au premier plan, Polminhac, Cantal, 14 août 1898
Taken 14 Aug 1898
bibliothequedetoulouse
Grange sur le sentier du Pas de la Cère, Vic-sur-Cère, 15 août 1898
Taken 15 Aug 1898
bibliothequedetoulouse
Pearyekspedisjonens skip, "Windward" / The Peary expedition's ship, "Windward"
Taken some time in Aug 1899
National Library of Norway
Italian bark "Cortesia" (?) wrecked near the beach, after a hurricane: Apalachicola, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida
Norwegian bark "Hindos," blown ashore by a hurricane: St. George Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida
Norwegian bark "Hindos," blown ashore by a hurricane: St. George Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida
Schooner "James A. Garfield," aground after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida
Unidentified foreign bark wrecked off coast after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida
Various disabled ships, aground after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida
Various disabled ships, aground after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida
Various disabled ships, aground after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida
Anadarko Townsite, August 8, 1901. Auction in progress in lumber company booth. Temporary bank buildings and the beginnings of a lodging house nearby
Taken 8 Aug 1901
The U.S. National Archives
Some of the finest of Long Branch "Clubs," where gambling was suppressed the other day (LOC)
Taken 3 Aug 1902
The Library of Congress