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).
Private Frederick Charles Dummer L/10612, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 11 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant William Webb 6473, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 11 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal John Greene 8707, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 12 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Patricius George Chaworth-Musters. Unit: 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 12 January 1915 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 12 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Able Seaman Thomas Richard Price 5/147, HMS "Viknor"
Died 13 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Commander Ernest Orford Ballantyne. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Viknor. Death: 13 January 1915 At Sea off Ireland
Died 13 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Engineer Fred Bell , Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Viknor."
Died 13 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Fireman M H Alderson , Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS 'Viknor'
Died 13 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant (Acting) Christopher Herbert Lucking. Unit: HMS Viknorâ€, Royal Naval Reserve. Death: 13 January 1915 Lost with vessel on patrol North Sea
Died 13 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Midshipman Bertie Harold Cullimore. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Viknor. Death: 13 January 1915 Killed in action when HMS Viknor was lost on patrol duty in Indian waters
Died 13 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Petty Officer 1st Class Edward James Akehurst 123194, HMS 'Viknor'
Died 13 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Alexander Steuart McArthur Roy 984, 6 Seaforth Highlanders
Died 13 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John James Newman PO/14929, Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Viknor"
Died 13 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Alfred Pigot-Moodie. Unit: 6th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 13 January 1915 Western Front
Died 13 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Sub Lieutenant (Acting) John MacDonald Cooper. Unit: HMS Viknor, Royal Navy. Death: 13 January 1915 Killed in action on board HMS Viknor lost on patrol off Ireland Home Front
Died 13 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) George Newton Watkins. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Viknor. Death: 13 January 1915 Killed in Action when his vessel a passenger steamship requisitioned by the Admiralty was sunk by a mine on patrol duty with the loss of all of
Died 13 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Surgeon Vernon Lickford Matthews. Unit: HMS Viknor, Royal Navy. Death: 13 January 1915 North Sea
Died 13 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Writer 2nd Leslie Charlton Arkle , Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS 'Viknor'
Died 13 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Herbert Allen Bass. He initially served with the Army, enlisting with the 14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) in January 1915. He attended Newmarket Cadet School in November 1916 and received his commission in the 7th Battalion, L
Died 14 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Owen Bulteel Ditmas MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Death: 14 January 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 14 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Basil John Orlebar. Unit: 3rd battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 15 January 1915 Western Front
Died 15 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private George Joseph Hartopp 1285, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 15 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Eric Vyvian Douglas-Jones. Unit: 33rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 15 January 1915 Killed in action Western Front.
Died 15 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Tegen een neutrale achterwand poseren twee militairen, een vrouw en een kind. De man links op de foto is Ferdinand Suls. Hij zit achter een zwart bord waar met wit krijt het volgende geschreven staat: Bezoek van mijn Vrouw te Harderwijk 15-1-1915. Hij hee
15 January 1915
Stadsmuseum Harderwijk
Lieutenant (Acting) Harold Worsley Whittle. Unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HM Tug Char.. Death: 16 January 1915 Died when the tug “Char†collided with s.s.â€Erivan†off Deal Home Waters
Died 16 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant (acting) Robert Percy Melsome. Unit: HM Tug Char, Royal Naval Reserve. Death: 16 January 1915 English Channel
Died 16 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lt Sharp was commissioned on 16 January 1915. For reasons unrecorded but probably as a consequence of wounds received, he was placed on retired pay on 5 May 1917 and remained so for the rest of the War.
Died 16 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Obstverkauf und Schadensmeldungen - Kundmachung - Neusatz - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
16 January 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Sergeant Stephen Smith Gilbert 9111, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 16 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Robert Edward Michael Pakenham. Unit: Reserve of Officers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers,. Death: 17 January 1915 Western Front
Died 17 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Jim Walden Fortune McNaught-Davis. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 17 January 1915 Died of wounds at Givenchy Western Front
Died 17 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Miss Mary Thompson Kerr, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 17 January 1915.
Died 17 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Miss Mary Thompson Kerr, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 17 January 1915.
Died 17 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private David Rees Ware 17490, South Wales Borderers
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Jim Walden Fortune McNaught Davis , 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Mary Thompson Kerr , Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Brot- und Mehlpreise - Verordnung - Gyöngyös - In ungarischer Sprache
18 January 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Lieutenant Colonel Raghbir Singh Pathania , 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
Died 18 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Commander William St John Fraser , HM Submarine E10
Died 18 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Rosier 125488, HMS "Pembroke"
Died 18 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Branntweinausschank - Kundmachung - Laibach - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
19 January 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private Thomas H Cosnett 8467, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 19 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William George Clifford 7200, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 19 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Maurice Leigh Gardner , Royal Flying Corps
Died 19 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Harry Sheehy Keating. Unit: Brigade Bomb Officer, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 20 January 1915 Grenade accident Western Front. Son of the late Henry S. and Elinor Erskine Keating, of London.
Died 20 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Llewellyn Langridge Evans 1776, Welsh Regiment
Died 20 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Hand William Edward Brown SA 871, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 20 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
The Regimental Goat Taffy the Fourth , Welsh Regiment
Died 20 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain The Honourable John Beresford Campbell, D.S.O. , Coldstream Guards
Died 21 January 1915
Lives of the First World War