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).
Lionel Were Hill 7/2269, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Acting Corporal Henry Fowler 18479, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Enligt fotografens journal nr 3 19161917: "Larsson, Jenny Hullebäcken, Svenshögen".
1 October 1916
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 3 19161917: "Olsson, Aina Grinnerås Här".
1 October 1916
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 3 19161917: "Olsson, Aina Grinnerås Här".
1 October 1916
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 3 19161917: "Olsson, Jenny Grinnerås Här".
1 October 1916
Bohusläns museum
Lance Corporal Bernard Francis Kelly 18444, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Frank William Landymore 104368, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Frederick Hale 20183, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Landscape in northern France with local civilians digging in the field
1 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Ainger John Davey 158073, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Allen Gouldsbrough 27876. Unit: 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 1 October 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 1 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Edwin Phillipson 25874, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Charles Schonewald 4525, London Regiment
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Arkinstall 25161, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Hilton Burnley Eccles 65304, Canadian Infantry (Victoria Regiment)
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Stewart 186707. Unit: 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Death: 01 October 1916 Missing believed in an attack on Regina Trench
Died 1 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Lionel Frank Parker 6503, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Maurice Hopwood G/16528, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Alfred Robinson 632983. Unit: 1st/20th Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 01 October 1916 Western Front
Died 1 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Theophilus Spencer 6181, British West Indies Regiment
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Elbourne 4334. Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 01 October 1916 Missing in action.
Died 1 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private William Law G/18207, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Phillips 19906, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Returned wounded soldiers - Guard of Honour to Mr Hughes outside the 'Dugout', Hobart Tasmania, October 1916
Taken some time in Oct 1916
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons
Rfmn Willy was reported wounded and missing on 1 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on theThiepval Memorial.
Died 1 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Robert Alfred Fisher 572676, London Regiment
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sapper William Archer Craddock 51601. Unit: 84th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 01 October 1916 to 02 October 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 1 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Arthur William Armitage. Unit: "D" Company, 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 1 October 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 1 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Donald Forrester Brown VC 8/3504, Otago Infantry Regiment
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Francis Courtney Bensberg F/1166, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Died 1 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Thomas George Mills 23847, Wellington Infantry Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
2nd Lieutenant George Trevor Hudson , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Wilfred Essex 11355, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Members of the 21st Reinforcements, 4th Light Horse Brigade about to depart on the troopship NESTOR
Taken 2 Oct 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
Private Charles Henry Mountstephen 15984, Devonshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Alfred Bedley 5730/702461. Unit: 1st/23rd Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 2 October 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 2 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Hugh Aubrey Cockerton 2991, Cambridgeshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Jabez Smith 14917, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Kidd Palmer 20327, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant John Chandler, M.C. , 9th (County of London) Regiment (St Pancras)
Died 2 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Serb Camp, Mikra Bay; Thirty-six Drawings of Salonika and Macedonia
2 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Soldiers about to embark on HMAT NESTOR
Taken 2 Oct 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
WRECKAGE OF GERMAN ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP L.31 BROUGHT DOWN AT POTTERS BAR
2 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Acting Serjeant Alphonso Mellor 49382, The Cheshire Regiment
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Chemist Sydney Reuben Hall 183827, Royal Engineers
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Sergeant Ernest Middleton 5115 or 201718. Unit: 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 03 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 3 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Alfred Thomas Eaves , Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Andrew Ernest Sutherland , Royal Field Artillery, 211 (A) Bty, 67th Brigade
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Frederic Prockter. Unit: 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 03 October 1916 Western Front
Died 3 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Goldthorpe 17850, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Goldthorpe 17850. Unit: Machine Gun Section, 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Death: 3 October 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 3 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Owen Rees PS/9849, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment)
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles G Roberts 4882, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Charles Alfred Lambert G/15841, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Edward Hill 16489, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Samuel Williamson 27145, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Leonard J. Farr S/17988. Unit: 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 3 October 1916, Arras, Western Front.
Died 3 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant James Kenneth MacGregor Greer , Irish Guards Special Reserve/ Dragoon Guards
Died 3 October 1916
Lives of the First World War
Ölgewinnung aus Obstkernen - Kundmachung - Užice - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
4 October 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Alice Maud Russell, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty in Malta 04 October 1916.
Died 4 October 1916
Imperial War Museum
Alice Maud Russell, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty in Malta 04 October 1916.
Died 4 October 1916
Imperial War Museum