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).
Nimble (1811); Swan (1811). Scale: possibly 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for the Nimble (1811), a 12-gun Cutter, as built at Cowes, and also for the Swan (1811) built to the same mould. Signed Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Po
Dated: 10 March 1812
National Maritime Museum
Anacreon (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section and plans illustrating the method of attaching the upper deck and lower deck beams to the sides of the Anacreon (1813), a 16 (later 22-gun) Ship Sloop building at Plymouth Dockyard.
Signed by Willia
1 May 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Leopard' (1790). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the spar deck, and upper deck of 'Leopard' (1790), as originally fitted as a fifty gun fourth rate two-decker, and as fitted in 1812 for a troopship.
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master
12 May 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Leopard' (1790); 'Romney' (1812). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the gun deck, and hold with fore and aft platforms for 'Leopold' (1790), as originally fitted as a fifty gun fourth rate two-decker, and as fitted in 1812 for a
12 May 1812
National Maritime Museum
Epervier (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Epervier (1812), an 18 gun Brig Sloop at Rochester by Mrs Ross.
Signed by William Ruke [Surveyor of the Navy, 17
21 May 1812
National Maritime Museum
Argus (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building the Argus (1813), an 18-gun Brig [Brigantine] Sloop at Sandwich by Mr Hills.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
July 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Sealark (1811). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Sealark' (1811), a captured American Schooner, as taken off and fitted in May 1812 for
10 August 1812
National Maritime Museum
Sealark' (1811). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and platforms for 'Sealark' (1811), a captured American Schooner, as taken off and fitted in May 1812 for a 10-gun Schooner.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Master Shipwrigh
10 August 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Swallow' (1812). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for the 'Swallow' (1812), a single-masted forty-five foot longboat built at Deptford
22 August 1812
National Maritime Museum
Epervier (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Epervier (1812), an 18 gun Brig Sloop building at Rochester by Mrs Ross.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813]
September 1812
National Maritime Museum
Andromeda (1812) ex American Hannibal (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half breadth for Andromeda (1812), a captured American Sixth Rate Sloop,
10th September 1812
National Maritime Museum
Epervier (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Epervier (1812), an 18 gun Brig Sloop building at Rochester by Mrs Ross.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
14 September 1812
National Maritime Museum
Argus (1813). No scale, probably 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck, with sail, food and storage bin elevations, for Argus (1813), an 18-gun Brig [Brigantine] Sloop at Sandwich by Mr Hills.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813],
28 October 1812
National Maritime Museum
Argus (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing part of the midship section illustrating the method of fixing the upper deck beams to the sides for Argus (1813), an 18-gun Brig [Brigantine] Sloop building at Sandwich by Thomas Hills.
Initialled by William Rule
28 October 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Montanes' (1794). Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Montanes' (1794), a Spanish 74-gun two-decker.
Signed by Julian Martin de Retamosa [Shipbuilder and designer, and Lie
1 December 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Neptuno' (1795); 'Argonauta' (1798). Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Neptuno' (1795) and 'Argonauta' (1798), both Spanish 80-gun two-decker. These two
1 December 1812
National Maritime Museum
Proposed Spanish 50-gun frigate (1797). Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a proposed flush-deck 50-gun Frigate.
Signed by Julian Martin de Retamosa [Shipbuilder and designer, and Lieutena
1 December 1812
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 112-gun Spanish three-decker (no date). Graduated Bar Scale. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed Spanish 112-gun three-decker. Spain built a number of 112-gun warships of which
1 December 1812
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed Spanish 54-gun two-decker (no date). Body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed Spanish 54-gun two-decker.
Signed by Julian Martin de Retamosa [Shipbuilder and designer, and Lieutenant General of the
1 December 1812
National Maritime Museum