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 breech of after port side four-inch gun on HMS 'Aurora (1913) while in drydock.. A close-up of the breech of the after port side four-inch gun, without its shield, on the light cruiser HMS 'Aurora' (1913) while in dry dock during her co
September 1914
National Maritime Museum
Belgische cavalerie, augustus 1914 / Belgian cavalry, August 1914
Taken some time in Sep 1914
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Belgische infanterie verdedigt een wegversperring, augustus 1914 | Belgian infantry defending a road block, August 1914
Taken some time in Sep 1914
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Bombardier Charles Martin 56849, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier George William Richards 39669, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Kinder Bradbury VC 10538, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Kinder Bradbury VC. Unit: 'L' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 01 September 1914. Son of Judge James Kinder Bradbury and Grace Bradbury, of Altrincham, Cheshire.
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Iain MacDougall. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 01 September 1914 Villers Cotterets Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Harold Oliver. Unit: 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Death: 01 September 1914 Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Driver Albert Edward Burtenshaw 53525, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Een Belgische mitrailleursstelling in de eerste maanden van Wereldoorlog I | An improvised machine gun position of the Belgian army in the first months of the First World War
Taken some time in Sep 1914
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Alexandersson, Erik Här".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Berntsson, Johan Åh, Ödsmål".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Berntsson, Johan Åh, Ödsmål".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Espelund, Sjukvårdare, Kustartilleriet".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Hermansson, Bernh. Vedkullen Här".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Hermansson, Bernh. Vedkullen Här".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Johansson, Johannes, Ljungskile".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Johansson, Johannes, Ljungskile".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Jonasson, Fru Lydia, Svanvik, Höviksnäs".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Nilsson, Herman, Årsnäs, Jäger".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Pilo, Fr. Hortencie, Upphärad".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Pilo, Fr. Hortencie, Upphärad".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Thorsson, Anna Houg, Ödsmål".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Tvätt hus H.H. L.l. Sept. 1914." ::
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Gunner Horace Edwin Bryant 67928, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Thomas William Rae 29809, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William Edward Copplestone 55306, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William James Richardson 61503, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Jean Pecher (rechts) met twee andere soldaten van de mitrailleursectie van het 7de Linieregiment, augustus 1914 | Jean Pecher (right) with two other soldiers from the machine gun section of the 7th Li
Taken some time in Sep 1914
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Jean Pecher en een vriend poseren met Duitse helmen, augustus 1914 | Jean Pecher and a friend pose with German helmets, August 1914
Taken some time in Sep 1914
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Lieutenant Claude Norman Champion de Crespigny , 2nd Dragoon Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Claude Norman Champion De Crespigny. Unit: 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action at Compiegne Western Front.
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Morris. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 01 September 1914 Villers-Cotterets Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel George Kirkpatrick Ansell , Dragoon Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel George Kirkpatrick Ansell Passed Staff College. Unit: Commanding Officer, 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. George Henry Morris , Irish Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Davies Campbell , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Davies Campbell. Unit: L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 1 September 1914 Killed in action Nery near Compiegne Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Neville Manners. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards.. Death: 01 September 1914 Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lionel Frank Hastings Mundy MID. Unit: L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 01 September 1914 Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Charles Arthur Tisdall. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Hubert Francis Crichton. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major John Stephen Cawley MID. Unit: 20th Hussars, attached to 1st Cavalry Brigade. Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Age 34 Nery, Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Percy Hastings. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Death: 1 September 1914, died from wounds, Western Front.
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private John James Sullivan 6568, Coldstream Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Harry Withall 6339, Dragoon Guards (The Bays)
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William Ewart Gladstone Eaton 14886, Grenadier Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Edward Cecil. Unit: 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 1 September 1914, killed in action, age 18, Western Front.
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Edward Gascoyne-Cecil , Grenadier Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Daniel Percy Phillips 19380, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Walter William Fortune 32096, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Terugtocht van de 2de Belgische Divisie na de slag bij Halen, augustus 1914 | Retreat of the 2nd Belgian division after the battle of Halen, August 1914
Taken some time in Sep 1914
Liberas / Liberaal Archief
Private Bartley Bannister 215, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Stephen Henry Christy DSO. Unit: 20th Hussars; Reserve of Officers. Death: 03 September 1914 Killed in action ar Ussy-sur-Marne Western Front.
Died 3 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Claude Martin Davies CMG DSO. Unit: Rifle Brigade; Staff work: GSO 3rd Grade, General Staff Branch, 2nd Division; Staff Brigade Major, 12th Infantry Brigade, both appointmnets in September 1914. Death: Not known
Died 3 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Geoffrey Lambton. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 03 September 1914 Western Front
Died 3 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lionel Frank Hastings Mundy , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 3 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Major Granville Joseph Chetwynd Stapylton. Unit: 130th Battery, 30th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 03 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 3 September 1914
Imperial War Museum