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).
'Vanguard', 'St Vincent' and a Royal Yacht at Spithead, 1850s. William Joy frequently collaborated on watercolours with his brother John. This example, however, appears to be all William's work and he achieves atmospheric effect w
1850s
National Maritime Museum
. Black transfer-printed plate of the Crimean War period, depicting Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860) on deck in full dress uniform holding a telescope and pointing to a chart of the Baltic with his right hand. The ship's mast, shrouds, and a dr
1850s
National Maritime Museum
Design for a 205ft, 90-gun Seond Rate, three-decker (no date).. Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 205ft, 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. It was recorded that she was 200 tons
No date, possibly 1850
National Maritime Museum
Henry Flack, Seaman, Royal Navy. An ambrotype photographic portrait. A three-quarter length portrait of Henry Flack, seaman, seated in a chair with his right hand clasped over his left resting between his thighs. He is wearing a dark long-tailed coat an
1850s
National Maritime Museum
HMS ‘Ganges’, 84 Guns, off Valparaiso, late-1850s(?). ‘Ganges’, shown in port-broadside view, dominates the picture, riding at anchor in a calm, against a backdrop suggestive of a naval base or shoreside warehousing.
Inscribed be
late-1850s
National Maritime Museum
Portait of Joseph Edwin Moore, seaman. A hand-tinted ambrotype, photographic miniature. A half-length portrait of Joseph Edwin Moore. He is wearing a dark jacket and shirt with a blue scarf. Moore is looking at the camera. He is believed to have run away
1850s
National Maritime Museum
Portrait Ambrotype of Joseph Edwin Moore. A photographic ambrotype quarter plate. A full length photograph of Joseph Edwin Moore standing in front of a brick building with a window and garden trellis against the wall. The sitter is wearing pale trousers a
1850s
National Maritime Museum
The Greenwich Pensioner. Wood engraving of a Greenwich Pensioner seated to the right, leaning on a stick held between his knees in his right hand, smoking a pipe and with his face shaded by his hat - though not enough to conceal a red drinker's nose.
probably 1850s
National Maritime Museum
Unidentified seated male figure. A collodion positive (Ambrotype). A full length portrait of an unidentified male figure seated in a cloth covered arm chair. He is wearing a dark suit with a medal pinned to his left breast. His arms are resting on the
1850s-1860s
National Maritime Museum
View of Greenwich Hospital and the River Thames at Greenwich. An atmospheric, almost monochrome wash drawing over pencil, looking from beside the north front of the King Charles Court eastward along what is now Admiral's Walk. The opening of the Gran
probably 1850s
National Maritime Museum
"Lysekils Havsbad 18501860." enligt text som följde med.
"Foto Curman 1862 Original Hallgren No. 79. Original Hallgren Cop. Jacobson." enligt text inristad i emulsionen.
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Porträtt av Carl Fredrik Alfred Nauckhoff, löjtnant vid Andra livgardet I 2.
Se även AMA.0008136.
1 January 1850
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Elis Bernhard Adolf Nilsson, kapten vid Södra skånska infanteriregementet I 25.
Se även AMA.0008145.
1 January 1850
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Hakon Rudenschöld, löjtnant vid Västgöta-Dals regemente I 16.
1 January 1850
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Porträtt av Johan Gustaf Theodor Schagerström, andra bataljonsläkare vid Andra livgrenadjärregementet I 5.
1 January 1850
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Text på kortets baksida: "Apotekare Carl Fredrik Kamp. Född den 10 mars 1810 död 8 okt. 1859".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Augusta Rodhe, f. Lundholm. G.m. rektor Johan Rodhe".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Borgmästarinnan Ebba Sandegren, f. Blidberg".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Fru Anna Sofia Weiss, f. 21/4 1804 d. 8/5 1883. Gift med hattm.
mäst. A. P. Weiss 9/11 1832. Syster till guldsmed Ruthenbeck".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Fru Bothin. Maken hattmakaren H.E Bothin (18101858)".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Handel.o skeppsredare Emanuel Hasselgren. Född 1804 död 1872".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Kapten Carl Johan Georg Wästfält, f. 1814 d. 1864. Fullmakt 1837 Dec. 15. Kapten o Chef Fräkne comp på Backamo".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Kopparslagare Gustaf Martin Nyberg. Rådman. Född 1/3 1816 död 4/9 1878".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Magister Viktor Ossian Sandegren, f. 1823 i Weddige, pastorsson. Magister i Lund 1853. Collega i Strömstad 1857. Do Uddevalla 1859. Läroverksadjunkt i Göteborg 1868. Död 1879 25/4. Gift m. A. S. Lin
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Prostinnan Johanna Marg. Lignell. G. m. Komminster Carl Erik Lignell".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Sjökaptenen sedermera Handlanden Anders Reinhold Kullman. Dansk v. Consul. Död d. 23 april 1860 62 år 7m 9d".
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
Text på kortets baksida: "Tullkontrollören vid Tullkammaren i Uddevalla Nils Daniel Gereon Kidron. Öfveruppsyn. man vid Sjötullsbevakningen i Göteborg. Från Dec. 1859 Öfverupps. man vid Tullbevakningen i Ua. Gift
1 January 1850
Bohusläns museum
The Leda Yacht, R.W.Y.C. Hand-coloured.; Medium includes gum arabic.
1 Jan 1850
National Maritime Museum
'Plain of Santiago, Chile, from the Cuesta del Prado, Jany 7th 1851'. No. 46 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe was at Valparaiso over the winter of 1851, en
7 January 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Rancho at Concon, between Valparaiso and Quillota, Jany 14th 1850' [Chile]. No. 35 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Having returned to Valparaiso from Samoa in the
14 January 1850
National Maritime Museum