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).
This Plate representing the Opening of the St Katherine Docks, on Saturday the 25th of October 1828. The 'Elizabeth' entering St Katharine Dock on the opening day in 1828. The docks had over a million square feet of storage area to house items s
1 Jan 1829
National Maritime Museum
View from the Hotel Window, Leamington, Warwick, March, 1829
Taken some time in 1829
Museum of Photographic Arts Collections
Captain (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 16. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, captain's [Royal navy]
Feb 1829
National Maritime Museum
Lieutenant & Clerk (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 11. Depiction clothing, outerwear: uniform, clerk's [Royal navy]; clothing, outerwear: uniform, lieutenant's [Royal navy]
Feb 1829
National Maritime Museum
Lord High Admiral and Admiral (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 14. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, admiral's [Royal navy]; clothing, outerwear: uniform, Lord High Admiral's [Royal navy]
Feb 1829
National Maritime Museum
Physician (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 13. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, physician's [Royal navy]
Feb 1829
National Maritime Museum
The Discovery Convict ship (lying at Deptford). The vessel which accompanied Capt. Cook on his last voyage. A plate from Cooke's 'Shipping and Craft'. The inscribed information about this vessel being used by Captain Cook is incorrect. Cook
Feb 1829
National Maritime Museum
Vice Admiral (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 15. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, vice admiral's [Royal navy]
Feb 1829
National Maritime Museum
French lugger off N. Foreland Mar 3 1829....? after Stanfield. original art: drawing
3 Mar 1829
National Maritime Museum
Message of President Andrew Jackson nominating his cabinet, 03/06/1829 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 6 Mar 1829
The U.S. National Archives
'It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh?'. Caricature of a black servant in exaggerated footman’s livery, which is entitled 'Sketches of Character - Footman - pl. 9', above the i
April 1829
National Maritime Museum
The Modern Perseus endeavouring to save Britannia (caricature). Hand-coloured.
9 Apr 1829
National Maritime Museum
George Street, (Sydney), from the Wharf. 2nd plate in Select Views of Sydney New South Wales. Technique includes etching.; Bound with PAD2116-PAD2117, PAD2119-PAD2122.
1 May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Light House from the Open Sea on the South head-land, Sydney. Title page of Select Views of Sydney New South Wales. Vignette.; Bound with PAD2117-PAD2122.
1 May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Sydney from Hyde Park. 5th plate in Select Views of Sydney New South Wales. Technique includes etching.; Bound with PAD2116-PAD2120, PAD2122.
1 May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Sydney from The Domain Near Government House. 3rd plate in Select Views of Sydney New South Wales. Technique includes etching.; Bound with PAD2116-PAD2118, PAD2120-PAD2122.
1 May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Sydney from Woolloomooloo Hill. 4th plate in Select Views of Sydney New South Wales. Technique includes etching.; Bound with PAD2116-PAD2119, PAD2121-PAD2122.
1 May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Searching an English ship in the Dardanelles - or our faithful Ally showing his respect for the British Flag (caricature). Hand-coloured.
30 May 1829
National Maritime Museum
Rover (cancelled 1831); Scout (1832); Pheasant (cancelled 1831); Redwing (cancelled 1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines with midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for Rover (cancelled 1831),
1 June 1829
National Maritime Museum
Beach capstans, an open boat and a block, Brighton July (1829). Mounted with PAE5444, PAE5446-PAE5447.
Jul 1829
National Maritime Museum
Two views of a beach capstan, dismantled. Brighton, July 30 1829. Mounted with PAE5444-PAE5445, PAE5447.
30 Jul 1829
National Maritime Museum
A pair of warping capstan drums on the pier at Newhaven, July 31 1829. Mounted with PAE5448.
31 Jul 1829
National Maritime Museum
Sir Francis Drake OB 1596 From The Original in The Collection of The Most Noble The Marquis of Lothian. Print
1 Aug 1829
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honble Lord Yarborough's Yacht, the 'Falcon' of 351 tons off Cowes. Hand-coloured aquatint after Huggins inscribed as per title. The 'Falcon' is shown in port-broadside view as commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, whos
17 Sep 1829
National Maritime Museum
Vessels in the Pool near Rotherhithe and a sketch of a gaff-rigged barge with stored up bowsprit. Seven sketches of various vessels on reverse. Mounted with PAE6354. A sketch of the Lower Pool at Rotherhithe.
18 Sep 1829
National Maritime Museum
Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation, plan, and section for the cap; and the plan, elevation and section for the main and fore tops for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig/sloop as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dock
26 September 1829
National Maritime Museum
Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with waterline for Barracouta (1820), a 10-gun Brig/Brig Sloop as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829.
Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard
26 september 1829
National Maritime Museum
Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig Sloop, as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829.
Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1826-1836].
26 September 1829
National Maritime Museum
Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing the lower deck with elevations for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig Sloop, as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829.
Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard
26 September 1829
National Maritime Museum
Royal Marines. Fifer. (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 50.; Signed by artist in plate. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, fifer's [Royal marines]
Oct 1829
National Maritime Museum
The bow of a barge, details of the heel of the sprit and other rigging details. original art: drawing
5 Oct 1829
National Maritime Museum
Constructional details of a wherry at Richmond with notes, with more wherry details on reverse. All studies for the Shipping and Craft plate. original art: drawing
23 Oct 1829
National Maritime Museum
Wherries at Richmond, a study for the Shipping and Craft plate, with further studies on reverse. Mounted with PAE6406.
23 Oct 1829
National Maritime Museum
Confiance (1827). No scale. Plan showing a section through, and front view of the wheel, and framing blocks for the Haslenben patent paddle wheel, as fitted to the Confiance (1827), originally ordered as a 10-gun Brig Sloop, converted and completed as a
2 November 1829
National Maritime Museum
Wilhelm III., Prinz von Oranien, König von England
2 November 1829
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
A ship's stove. A study for a vignette to illustrate a list of plates. Mounted with PAE6420.
17 Nov 1829
National Maritime Museum
Royal Marines. Drum Major. (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Signed by artist in plate. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, drum major [Royal marines]
Dec 1829
National Maritime Museum
Royal Marines. Sergeant. (uniform). Hand-coloured.; Plate 53.; Signed by artist in plate. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, sergeant's [Royal marines]
Dec 1829
National Maritime Museum
The Hastings seventy four. Lying in Ordinary in the Medway. A scene of the Hastings lying in ordinary (meaning a vessel out of service for repair or maintenance) at Medway with men climbing onboard beside her.. She is depicted port-bow, whilst various sai
Dec 1829
National Maritime Museum
The Stationer's Barge. The Stationer's Barge on ceremonial duties on the Thames. This was one of many river scenes etched by Cooke for his 'Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft' series.
Dec 1829
National Maritime Museum
Horatio Viscount Nelson. From the original of Hoppner in His Majesties Collection. Drawn by Wm Derby and engraved with Permission by W.Finden. Technique includes etching.
1 Dec 1829
National Maritime Museum
Horatio, Viscount Nelson. From the original of Hoppner in His Majesty's Collection. Drawn by Wm Derby and engraved with Permission) by W Finden. Print
1 Dec 1829
National Maritime Museum
Rudder cap for a Ship of the Line (1829). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the elevation and plan of a cap over the head of the rudder for Ships of the Line (1829).
8 December 1829
National Maritime Museum
Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after cockpit illustrating the layout of the dispensary on Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as 'pointed out' by Admiral Sir Robert Stopford [Admiral of the Blue, seniority: 27 May 182
11 December 1829
National Maritime Museum