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).
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
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
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 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
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
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
Private William Carran Kneale 1547, 1/9 London Regiment
Died 5 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Arthur Manley Heyes L/6999, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 6 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Gerald Adair Seckham MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 06 January 1915 Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle. Western Front
Died 6 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Ross Dickenson Briscoe , Canadian Infantry
Died 6 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Victor Clark 2992, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 6 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Cecil F Stainton 2177, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 6 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Charles Norman Wheeler. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 07 January 1915 Killed in Action during his first spell in the trenches trying to assist a wounded comrade. Western Front
Died 7 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Eustace Jotham VC , 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
Died 7 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
H Brown. Unit: 7th Battalion, RM Fusiliers. Death: ?? ??? 1915
Died 7 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal James Andrew Dorrell 6117, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 7 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Oliver John Thomas Smith 8392, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 7 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Waddie Wishart 8394, South Wales Borderers
Died 7 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter William Perry 3/10784, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 7 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant William Hoggard 6672, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 7 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Sub Lieutenant Keith Morehead Gunning Campbell. Unit: Royal Navy, Submarine C31. Death: 07 January 1915 off the Belgian Coast English Channel
Died 7 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain (Temporary) Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot MVO. Unit: Royal Horse Guards; Reserve of Officers. Death: 08 January 1915 Died of pneumonia while on active service
Died 8 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Edward Croucher L/8763, 1st East Kent Regiment
Died 8 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Bertie Gibbs 7105, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 8 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Denzil Onslow Cochrane Newton Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), MVO. Unit: Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Death: 09 January 1915 Western Front
Died 9 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Lionel MacKinder 11539, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 9 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Robert Evelyn Orlebar , Middlesex Regiment
Died 9 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Thomas Stones 5922, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 9 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Wilton Percy Cox M10871, H.M.S. "Defiance"
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Frederick E. Burton 8535, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Frederick Harding Turner. Unit: 10th Battalion, The Liverpool Regiment. Death: 10 January 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 10 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Malcolm Eyton Lawrence , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Malcolm Eyton Lawrence. Unit: 6th (Reserve) attached , 2nd Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps.. Death: 10 January 1915 Western Front
Died 10 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Austin Joseph Damen R5752, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Hubert A Turvey 5940, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Gasson 1846, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Bainbridge R5753, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman George E Barrett Y/40, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman George Walton 5555, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Henry Alcock 4785, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman John George Owens R5851, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frederick Harding Turner , The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 10 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Einschränkung des Weizen- und Roggenverbrauchs - Marczali - In ungarischer Sprache
11 January 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Lieutenant Arthur Langton Airy. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 11 January 1915 Cuinchy Western Front
Died 11 January 1915
Imperial War Museum