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).
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the Inboard profile plan for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan modified in 1823 for the success. Initialled H.P, J.T and
3 January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan modified in 1823 for the success. Initialled H.P, J.T and R.S.
3 January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan modified in 1823 for the success.
Initialled H.P
3 January 1820
National Maritime Museum
Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan modified in 1823 for the success.
Initialled H.P, J.T and R.
3 January 1820
National Maritime Museum
The East Indiamen 'Minerva', 'Scaleby Castle' and 'Charles Grant'. A group of ships belonging to the East India Company are shown in fair weather with Table Mountain, Cape Town, in the background on the right. The ship on the
1820
National Maritime Museum
Three male figures, one bent over using a walking stick. Three male figures, one bent over using a walking stick, the other looking on.
Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by the renowned antiquar
1820
National Maritime Museum
Thunderer (1831). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the framing profile (disposition), and half-stern framing for 'Thunderer' (1831), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 181
5 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Two deck scenes: two men relaxing on deck, and a man working a winding handle fixed on a barrel. Two separate scenes aboard ship. On the left, two men passing the time of day on deck; on the right, a man working a winding handle fixed to a barrel.
Page
1820
National Maritime Museum
Two figures seen from behind, one tall the other short. Two figures seen from behind. On the left a tall, thin figure wearing a red coat and blue trousers, on the right a shorter plump man with brown waterproof hat and coat. Page from an album of drawings
1820
National Maritime Museum
Two sailors on the upper deck of a ship, seen from below. Two sailors on the upper deck of a ship, apparently taking a reading from an azimuth compass. From an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by the renowned
1820
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 116ft Steam Packet (circa 1823). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with paddle box bracing, sheer lines with paddle box bracing, and the longitudinal half-breadth with paddle box bracing, and detail of the iron bracing for an unnamed 116ft
9 January 1823
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824), Powerful (1826), Formidable (1825), Monarch (1832), Thunderer (1831). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Vengeance' (1824), 'Powerful' (1826), 'Formidable' (1825), and 'Monarch
22 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824), Powerful (1826), Formidable (1825), Monarch (1832), Thunderer (1831). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Vengeance' (1824), 'Powerful' (1826), 'Formidable' (1825), 'Monarch
22 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for building 'Vengeance' (1824), a 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surve
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for building 'Vengeance' (1824), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surveyor o
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for building 'Vengeance' (1824), a 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Rober
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for building 'Vengeance' (1824), a 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppin
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck for building 'Vengeance' (1824) (1824), a 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Pembroke Dockyard.
Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surve
26 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vengeance (1824); Powerful (1826); Formidable (1825); Monarch (1832); Thunderer (1831); Asia (1824); Bombay (1828). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck for 'Vengeance' (1824), 'Powerful' (1826), 'Formidable' (1825),
22 May 1820
National Maritime Museum
Vice-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853. Full-length portrait facing left, in vice-admiral's full-dress uniform, 1812-25, with the ribbon and star of the GCB. On the table to the left is his hat behind some books and papers. He wears a sword to h
1820
National Maritime Museum
. Pocket compass in a wooden case probably made by Jones of Charing Cross.
circa 1820
National Maritime Museum
. This small magnifier has a brass tube that is painted to look like wood. It is contained in a case made of paper or card.
about 1820
National Maritime Museum
. Wooden rack with space to hold up to three telescopes and a wooden shelf above. The rack would have been attached to a wall or partition.
about 1820
National Maritime Museum
A flower pot with a cactus growing in it inscribed, 'from nature'. original art: drawing
Jan 1820
National Maritime Museum
Commander John Larkan, 1746-1830. A rectangular bust-length miniature in watercolour and bodycolour on ivory (with a vertical central split) in a gilt moulded wooden picture frame.The sitter is shown in the 1812-25 commanders' and captains' full
circa 1820
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich Hospital & Royal Naval Asylum. A romanticized, picturesque view which the title indicates may date from before 1825, when the Royal Naval Asylum and the Greenwich Hospital School combined as the Upper and Lower Schools of Greenwich Hospital
early 1820s
National Maritime Museum
HMS London. Polychrome-painted, pine figurehead of HMS 'London', in the form of a female figure wearing a mural crown (a traditional attribute of cities) which may be based on the White Tower in the Tower of London. '. Stylistically this
1820s or 1840
National Maritime Museum
Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Hebe (1826); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Amazon (1821); Aeolus (1825) [alternative spelling: Eolus]; Thisbe (1824); Cerberus (1827); Circe (1827); Clyde (1828); Thames (1823); Fox (1829); Unicorn (1824); Daedalus (1826);
March 1823
National Maritime Museum
Marchand d'Esclaves. Printed by Delpech. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
1820s
National Maritime Museum