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).
HMS Rattlesnake passing Curtis Island, Jany 19 '49. Medium includes bodycolour.; Technique includes scraped highlights.
19 Jan 1849
National Maritime Museum
Circulaire van de Minister voor de Zaken der hervormde Eeredienst enz, S. van Heemstra, 24 januarij 1849. Melding dat een prinses is geboren. (Wilhelmina Maria Sophia Louise (Sophie) Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Prinses der Nederlanden, geboren 20 januari 18
24 January 1849
CODA Museum
Medal commemorating the North and South Holland Life-Saving Society; 25th anniversary. Medal commemorating the North and South Holland Life-Saving Society; 25th anniversary. Obverse: Within an oak wreath tied with a bow, inscription: Founded in the year 1
1849
National Maritime Museum
'Cape Frio [Brazil] N by W 1/2 W distant 4 leagues. Lighthouse on highest point'. No. 2 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This atmospheric study, entirely in tones o
25/26 January 1849
National Maritime Museum
Message of President Zachary Taylor nominating his cabinet, 03/06/1849 (page 1 of 2)
Taken 6 Mar 1849
The U.S. National Archives
Message of President Zachary Taylor nominating his cabinet, 03/06/1849 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 6 Mar 1849
The U.S. National Archives
Programma voor de begrafenis van Zijne Majesteit Willem II, Koning der Nederlanden (...) op woensdag den vierden april 1849 (...)
28 March 1849
Rijksmuseum
Steering Wheel (1849). Various scales. Plan showing the side and front elevation of a steering wheel, and detail elevations of the bolts and rings for a steeering wheel, illustrating how they are built at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed John Fincham [Master
7 April 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Mount William, Falkland Islands, May 1849'. No. 6 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic drawing, on two sheets, the right one stuck down to the album page, and captioned by the artist below the image, as title. A vie
May 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Settlement at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, May 1849'. No. 5 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe's 'Daphne' anchored in Port William, East F
May 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Tussac Grass, Falkland Islands'. No. 4 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist below the image, as title, with the additional note that 'The brown hillocks are the decayed roots, earth &c of the growth of f
late May 1849
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns, During a N.W. Gale, in Lat 40o 28'N Lon 18o 0' W, March 28th 1849. Print
25 May 1849
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns, During a N.W. Gale, in Lat 40o 28'N Lon. 18o 0' W, March 28th 1849. Hand-coloured.
25 May 1849
National Maritime Museum
Distant view at Osborne from The West Cowes Road, Isle of Wight. Technique includes etching.
11 Jun 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Andes, Aconcagua Peak distant 170 miles, June 18th 1849'. No. 7 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A drawing by Fanshawe recording his approach to Valparaiso in the
18 June 1849
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 3. Doctor. Boatswain. Master. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, boatswain's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, doctor's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, master's [Royal nav
18 Jun 1849
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 4. Mate. 2nd Class Boy. Commodore. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, mate's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, commodore's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, mate's [Royal na
18 Jun 1849
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns on her passage from Lisbon to Gibraltar on the morning of the 30th Jany 1849. Hand-coloured.
25 Jun 1849
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of Coral Haven - Louisiade Archipelago, June 27 1849. Drawing
27 Jun 1849
National Maritime Museum
Cutter Yacht Vision, 45 Tons, Winner of The Grand Challenge Cup of the R.M.Y.C. and Thirteen other Prizes. Hand-coloured.
12 Jul 1849
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 5. Paymaster. Cadet. Assistant Surgeon. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, assistant surgeon's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, cadet's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, paymast
28 Jul 1849
National Maritime Museum
The Royal Navy. No 6. Clerk. Second Master. A B Seaman. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, clerk's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, second master's [Royal navy]
28 Jul 1849
National Maritime Museum
'John Adams' house and grave Pitcairn's Island, Augt 12th 1849'. No. 9 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A slightly unfinished drawing, in which the positi
12 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Pitcairn's Island, Augt 12th 1849'. No. 8 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title, with the further note on the island's height: '1200 ft - The Village is o
12 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Maitea [Mehetia], Augt 20th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 11 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The drawing shows Fanshawe's 'Daphne' under sail off wh
20 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Matavai Bay and Point Venus, Tahiti, Augt 24th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 15 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the page below the image, as title. Matavai Bay, Cook's main base on Tahiti on all his v
24 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Tahiti [Society Islands]. The Ravine of Fautaua - Crown or Diademe Mountain in the centre of the Island, and the town of Papeiti, Augt 24th 1849'. No. 13 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic drawing of Tahiti, on tw
24 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Eimeo [Moorea] from near Papeiti [Tahiti, Society Islands], Augt 25th 1849'. No. 12 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe's 'Daphne' arrived at
25 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Fautaua, Tahiti, Augt 25th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 14 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the page below the image, as title. This drawing is reproduced in Fanshawe's biography (1904) f. p. 196, on
25 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'In Eimeo [Moorea, Society Islands], Augt 27th 1849'. No. 17 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. An inland view on Eimeo (Moorea) with the dramatically jagged peak of
27 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
Panorama of Eimeo [Moorea], Society Islands. No. 16 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic outline drawing on five joined sheets, of which the second from right is stuck to the album page. Eimeo is one of the 18th- and 19th-cent
27 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Teriitaria or Ariapaia [Teri’i tari’a II Ari’i' paea], Queen of Huahine, Augt 30th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 18 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as
30 August 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Panorama of Raiatea, Septr 1st 1849. Tahaa to the right' [Society Islands]. No. 19 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic drawing on three joined sheets, the central one stuck down to the album page. Raiatea (properly
1 September 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Bora bora [Society Islands], from a ruined native fort above the chief village on the East side of the island, Septr 5th 1849'. No. 21 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as ti
5 September 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Bora bora, SE side, within the reef, Septr 5th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 22 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe's viewpoint appears to be inside the
5 September 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Bora bora, Septr 4th 1849' [Society Islands]. No.20.; 13. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Bora Bora is an island in the leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, about 230 km (140 miles) nort
4 September 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Sunday bonnets at the Navigators' Islands [Samoa], Apia Bay, Septr 14th 1849'. No. 23 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A group of figures outside a hut, of wh
14 September 1849
National Maritime Museum
'Apia Bay, Upolu, Navigators' Islands [Samoa] Septr 18th 1849'. No. 24 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Reproduced in Fanshawe's biography (1904), f. p. 2
18 September 1849
National Maritime Museum
Barton Grange from the lake with a pair of swans. Mounted with PAE5594.
24 Sep 1849
National Maritime Museum