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).
Pyramids Postcard from Sgt. Roy Proctor to his sister Ruby
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Quartet in costume leading an old fashioned singing school. Photo used in Cornell Reading ...
Taken some time in 1915
Cornell University Library
Queen Lizzie's guns [HMS Queen Elizabeth, off Gallipoli ?]
Taken some time in 1915
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons
Red Cross "Donks" [donkeys, Gallipoli]
Taken some time in 1915
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons
Rifleman Cecil Martin 1980, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rowlands drink stall set up beside the Marked Tree for the Coo-ee recruiting march - Medlow Bath, NSW, c. 1915 by P J Rodgers
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of New South Wales collection
Second Lieutenant (Temporary) Alastair Graham Menzies Menzies. Unit: 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 01 January 1915 Western Front
Died 1 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Rodolph Algernon Persse , Rifle Brigade attached 2nd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Rodolph Algernon Persse MID. Unit: Rifle Brigade, attached to 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 01 January 1915 Western Front
Died 1 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Senior Reserve Attendant Henri Villiers Russell M/10984, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Senior Reserve Attendant John Villiers Russell M/10985, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable."
Died 1 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Snapshots on the Beach (Anzac), Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
State Library of New South Wales collection
Soldat från Södra skånska infanteriregementet I 25 till häst.
1 January 1915
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Soldat från Södra skånska infanteriregementet I 25 till häst.
1 January 1915
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Some of Beachy's work [dead donkeys, Gallipoli]
Taken some time in 1915
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons
Studies in democracy at the city market in Ithaca, NY where shawl clad immigrants ...
Taken some time in 1915
Cornell University Library
Surgeon Septimus Hibbert. Unit: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Formidable. Death: 1 January 1915, killed in action, English Channel. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Died 1 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
The interior of Captain Withers dug-out, Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915
Taken some time in 1915
National Library NZ on The Commons
The Old Skating Rink. Aldwych : October 1915, a clearing house for Belgian refugees
1 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Tio män poserar i en park. Sex stående och de övriga fyra halvligger på marken framför dem. Samtliga bär hatt eller skärmmössa på huvudet.
1 January 1915
Bohusläns museum
Tre soldater från Södra skånska infanteriregemente I 25 samt en civil vid ett trädgårdsbord.
1 January 1915
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Troligen en familj samlad på en veranda.
En kvinna och en man och fyra pojkar i olika åldrar.
Foto från Villa Klippan, Gustafsberg, som ägdes av fotografen 1899-1921.
Källa: Gustafsbergsstiftelsens arkiv. Gustafsberg, en bado
1 January 1915
Bohusläns museum
Turkish heroes from Lone Pine [dead bodies, Gallipoli]
Taken some time in 1915
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons
Två soldat från Södra skånska infanteriregementet I 25 i en trädgård.
1 January 1915
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Två soldater från Södra skånska infanteriregementet I 25 i trädgården.
1 January 1915
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
View along trenches, Russell's Top, Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915
Taken some time in 1915
National Library NZ on The Commons
Wrisley Brown [and] Cong'man. [Charles Hedding] Rowland (LOC)
Taken some time in 1915
The Library of Congress
["Red Maples," Mrs. Rosina Sherman Hoyt House, Southampton, New York. (LOC)
Taken some time in 1915
The Library of Congress
[Arnold Schlaet house, Campo Point, Saugatuck, Connecticut. (LOC)
Taken some time in 1915
The Library of Congress
[Arnold Schlaet house, State Road 136, Campo Point, Saugatuck, Connecticut. (LOC)
Taken some time in 1915
The Library of Congress
[Charles H. Ebbets Sr., owner of Brooklyn NL (baseball)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1915
The Library of Congress
[Les Darcy and Eddie McGoorty shake hands on the night of their first battle]
Taken some time in 1915
National Library of Australia Commons
[Managers Bill Carrigan, Boston AL & Pat Moran, Philadelphia NL holding ears of cup (baseball)] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1915
The Library of Congress
Private George Henry Hewitt 5828, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 2 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Seeley 1727, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Douglas Saint 13798, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan)
Died 2 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Dye 3192, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 3 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Arthur Sumner 1115, Northamptonshire Yeomanry
Died 3 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Thomas Kelly 5904, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 4 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Sub Lieutenant Keith Morehead Gunning Campbell , HM Submarine C31
Died 4 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Lightly Harold Birt , Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 5 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Miss Margaret Wood, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 05 January 1915.
Died 5 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Miss Margaret Wood, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 05 January 1915.
Died 5 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Oorkonde van de Internationale Tentoonstelling voor Boeknijverheid en Grafiek
5 January 1915
Rijksmuseum
Private Henry Brian Wright R5741, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 5 January 1915
Lives of the First World War