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).
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
17 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Australian troops marching along Macquarie Street, Sydney
Taken 18 Aug 1914
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Australian troops marching on Randwick Road in Sydney
Taken 18 Aug 1914
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Leading Stoker Stephen Josiah Hiscock 233196, H.M.S. "Victory" formerly H.M.S. "London"
Died 18 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Prob, S.B.A. James Albert Biddlecombe M6872, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve
Died 18 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
18 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Gewichtangabe bei Brot - Kundmachung - Aussig
19 August 1914
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
19 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Alexander Harvie Maclean. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders). Death: 20 August 1914 Missing Western Front
Died 20 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
20 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
20 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Little is known about Lt Sharp who is believed to have survived the War. 10 Battalion was also known as the Stockbrokers Battalion, a reference to its origins as a Battalion raised by the Lord Mayor and City of London on 21 August 1914. The Battalion se
Died 21 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Charles George Pack-Beresford MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 21 August 1914 Western Front
Died 21 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles George Gordon Bayly , Royal Flying Corps
Died 22 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant George Masterman Thompson Croix de Guerre with Palms (France).. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 22 August 1914 Killed in action West Africa
Died 22 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Vincent Waterfall. Unit: 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 5th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 22 August 1914 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 22 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Bombardier George Lowther , 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Fergus George Arthur Forbes , Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Frederick Forster. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 23 August 1914, Mons, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Jonathan Edward Knowles. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Kenneth James Roy MID. Unit: 4th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Oswald Bethell Walker. Unit: 15th Battalion, (The Kings) Hussars. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed in Action during the retreat from Mons. Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Walter Richard Augustus Aston Dawes , Wiltshire Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Walter Richard Augustus Aston Dawes. Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Walton Mellor. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Corporal A Rogers L/7281. Unit: D Company, 1st Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 near Mons Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Walter George Last 9742, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Drummer George Robert Duggan 9981, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Ernest Stretton 7510, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal John Stephen Corri 10255, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal William Roche 6820, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Rothes Marlow Wilkinson , Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colin Knox Anderson , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Everard Cecil Smith. Unit: 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 Killed at Nimy near Mons Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Harold Martin Soames. Unit: 20th Hussars. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed while on reconnaissance duty near Binche, in Belgium Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Jervis Moore Tylee. Unit: 15th Hussars. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Rothes Marlow Wilkinson. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Approximate date. Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Kenneth Parnell Henstock. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914, killed in action at Mons, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Maurice James Dease VC , 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Maurice James Dease VC. Unit: Machine Gun Officer, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 23 August 1914 Died of wounds at Nimy near Mons Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Charles Stewart Holland. Unit: 120th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 23 August 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major John Southern Maidlow , 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major John Southern Maidlow. Unit: Commanding 49th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major William Henry Abell. Unit: 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 Obourg Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Francis Albert Bartlett 8319, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private John Joseph Condon 7347, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War