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 Charles Arthur Walker 17651, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 1 May 1916
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Private Charlie Calvert Chantler 17401, Coldstream Guards
Died 1 May 1916
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Private Edward James Byrne 1793, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 May 1916
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Private James Burston R4/140793, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 1 May 1916
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Private Leonard Henry Morant 2978, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 May 1916
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Private Reginald Charles Haward 3947, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 1 May 1916
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Private David Watkin Williams 9875, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1916
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Private Duncan Edward Garwood TF/2299, East Surrey Regiment
Died 2 May 1916
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Private Edward James Clifton 4025, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2 May 1916
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Private Frank Leonard Griffiths 4221, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2 May 1916
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Private George Henry Gater 13685, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 2 May 1916
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Private Frank Herbert Hunter 3181, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 3 May 1916
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Derfel Hughes , Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Died 3 May 1916
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William Arthur Oliver 18784, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Died 4 May 1916
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Private Alexander Archer S/8966, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 4 May 1916
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Private Ernest George Makepeace 4749, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 May 1916
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Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Stephen Robertson , Ministry of Munition Staff
Died 5 May 1916
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Private Cyril Aron Samms 3675, British West Indies Regiment
Died 5 May 1916
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Private Robert Freer 15711, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 5 May 1916
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Private Alfred Blackwell 893, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 6 May 1916
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Private Charles Henry Bristow 579, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1916
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Private Richard Frederick Arthur Westphal Spt4121, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment)
Died 7 May 1916
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Private Edwin Griffiths Jones 22360, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 8 May 1916
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Second Lieutenant Herbert Taggart , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 8 May 1916
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Stoker 1st Class John Fairnie SS116553, H.M.S. "Victory" formerly H.M.S. "Hindustan"
Died 8 May 1916
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Private George Hydes 13/2371, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 9 May 1916
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Captain Alexander Basil Crawford , West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 10 May 1916
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Private Albert John Jacomb 4457, 3/15th London (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) Regiment
Died 10 May 1916
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Private Arthur Ralph Rendell 26855, South Wales Borderers
Died 10 May 1916
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Lance Corporal Thomas Davenport 13027, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 11 May 1916
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Private William Henry Bodilly 2298, 18th London Regiment
Died 11 May 1916
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Private Edward Kerry 726, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 12 May 1916
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Acting Corporal Alan Charles Williamson 2523, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 13 May 1916
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Lieutenant Alexander William Aitchison, M.C. , Canadian Infantry
Died 13 May 1916
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Private Henry Clitheroe 20314, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 13 May 1916
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Corporal Albert Edward Gough 10965, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Died 14 May 1916
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Lance Corporal John Sullivan 13446, South Wales Borderers
Died 14 May 1916
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Private John Trumble 13940, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 14 May 1916
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Keith McFarlan , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 15 May 1916
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Private Joseph Strickland 12/1480, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 16 May 1916
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Second Lieutenant Edward Herbert Jewell , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 16 May 1916
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Serjeant George Mount Haines 426, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 16 May 1916
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Captain William Bensley Algeo. M.C. , Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 17 May 1916
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Lieutenant Henry Grove Morton Mansel-Pleydell , Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 17 May 1916
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Private Cyril Ewart Beckford R/14365, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 17 May 1916
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Private Edward Frederick Sheffield M2/056065, Army Service Corps
Died 17 May 1916
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Private Joseph Hargreaves 13/481, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 May 1916
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Private Ernest Harston 14/1365, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 May 1916
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Private Horace John Norton 1070, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 May 1916
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