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).
, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 140
1917 ou 1926 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
. Cellulose-based plastic plotting instrument for air navigation. The protractor is square with a central circular degree scale marked from 0 to 360 in degrees. Along the top and bottom edges are scales in metres and yards (corresponding to scales commonl
about 1917
National Maritime Museum
. Slide rule made of boxwood, with a celluloid covering and a metal cursor with cellulose-based plastic window. The slide rule has two scales, one marked for distance (from 4000 to 20000), the other for angle. It is used to solve oblique-angled triangles
about 1917
National Maritime Museum
Ancienne porte moyenâgeuse très abîmée par la guerre de 1914-1918, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 434
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Cuve ou silo portant l\'inscription «magasin», Pommiers, Aisne, France, A 74 402
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ensemble de tombes le long de la route, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 437
1917 ou 1921 ou 1922 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Habitation détruite, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 138
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Habitation détruite, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 139
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
HMS 'Roberts', monitor. Inscribed by the artist, lower left, 'Roberts', this is a reasonably accurate and good quality study of the monitor 'Roberts' (1915), under way in almost starboard-broadside view. It was probably done
probably 1917
National Maritime Museum
Intérieur de la cathédrale, l\'autel protégé par des sacs de sable et les drapeaux français accrochés aux piliers, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 445
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La sucrerie détruite, Pommiers, Aisne, France, A 74 401
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le pont détruit en 1914 par les Allemands et rétabli par les Anglais, d\'où son nom de pont des Anglais, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 373
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les abords de la cathédrale en ruines, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 441
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les abords de la cathédrale en ruines, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 442
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les bases des pilastres de l\'ancienne abbaye, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 431
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les ruines de l\'abbaye, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 427
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les ruines de l\'abbaye, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 428
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les ruines de l\'abbaye, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 429
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les ruines de l\'abbaye, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 430
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les toits de la ville en ruines et effets de ciel, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 376
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les toits de la ville en ruines et effets de ciel, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 377
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les toits de la ville en ruines et effets de ciel, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 378
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les toits de la ville en ruines et effets de ciel, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 379
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les toits de la ville en ruines et effets de ciel, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 380
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les toits de la ville en ruines et effets de ciel, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 381
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'église Saint-Pierre en ruines, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 364
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'une des seules maisons restées intactes, Coucy-le-Château, Aisne, France, A 74 476
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
L\'une des seules maisons restées intactes, Coucy-le-Château, Aisne, France, A 74 477
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Même porte vue de plus loin avec les maisons démolies au premier plan, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 435
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Delorme, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 74 728
Avant 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Delorme, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 74 729
Avant 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Paul Ducellier, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 5 515
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur la ville en ruines depuis la cathédrale, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 443
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur la ville en ruines depuis la cathédrale, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 444
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur un village dévasté avec au fond, la ville de Soissons dont on distingue les flèches de Saint-Jean-des-Vignes, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 416
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Pont détruit et en partie consolidé avec des traverses, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 141
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Portrait d\'un soldat de l\'armée coloniale anglaise, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 374
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Portrait d\'un soldat de l\'armée coloniale anglaise, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 375
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poupée patriotique à l\'effigie de l\'Alsace, Paris, France, A 13 926
1917-1918 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Poupée patriotique Britannica, Paris, France, A 13 927
1917-1918 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines autour de la cathédrale, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 366
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de la cathédrale, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 367
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de la cathédrale, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 368
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de la ville, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 365
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de la ville, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 370
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de la ville, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 371
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de la ville, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 372
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de la ville, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 382
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Ruines de l\'abbaye vues depuis la porte de la ville, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 436
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Série de tombes de soldats, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 438
1917 ou 1921 ou 1922 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Série de tombes de soldats, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 439
1917 ou 1921 ou 1922 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue depuis les murailles, Coucy-le-Château, Aisne, France, A 74 421 S
1917 ou 1921 ou 1922 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue depuis les murailles, Coucy-le-Château, Aisne, France, A 74 449 S
1917 ou 1921 ou 1922 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue rapprochée des voûtes et des ogives de l\'ancienne abbaye, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 432
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue rapprochée des voûtes et des ogives de l\'ancienne abbaye, Longpont, Aisne, France, A 74 433
1917 ou 1921 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur la Grand Place et sur la cathédrale fortement endommagée, Noyon, France, A 74 143
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur la Grand Place et sur la cathédrale fortement endommagée, Noyon, France, A 74 144
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur la Grand Place et sur la cathédrale fortement endommagée, Noyon, France, A 74 145
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur la ville dévastée, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 362
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur la ville dévastée, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 363
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur une ouverture gothique dont les vitraux ont disparu, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 369
1917 ou 1920 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Vue sur une partie de la ville détruite, Soissons, Aisne, France, A 74 142
1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
'1st Battle squadron in North Sea'. Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. This is 1st Battle Squadron of R-class and 'Iron Duke'-class battleships in the North Sea in 1917. It is essentially a study of the distant appearance
1917
National Maritime Museum
'Sweet Evangeline.' Goose Creek, Texas. Aug. 5th, 1917. 35,000 Bbls. Per Day.
Taken some time in 1917
SMU Libraries Digital Collections
"El Fureidis," James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Montecito, California. (LOC)
Taken some time in 1917
The Library of Congress
"Inellan," Walter Douglas house, Channel Drive, Montecito, California. (LOC)
Taken some time in 1917
The Library of Congress
"Newmar," Senator George Almer Newhall house, 1761 Manor Drive, Hillsborough, California. (LOC)
Taken some time in 1917
The Library of Congress
1917. Vid provflygning av flygplan SW 16 utbröt eld ombord varvid löjtnanterna Hilding Pfeiff och Hans von Blixen-Finecke omkommer.
1 January 1917
Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum
Althea Atherton Cook daughter of A. A. Cook as a small child 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Anaesthetist in theatre, Forest Park WW1 New Zealand military hospital / Rex Nan Kivell
Taken some time in 1917
National Library of Australia Commons
Badge and star: Order of the British Empire, 1st class (civil). Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross awarded to Dame Katherine Furse in 1917. Badge: A silver-gilt cross patonce enamelled blue.
Obverse: In the centre, the seated figure of Britan
1917
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Royal Victorian Order, 1st class. Badge: uniface. A gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, in the centre of which as an oval of crimson enamel with the cypher "V.R.I." in gold letters. Encircling this is a blue enamel riband
1917
National Maritime Museum
Beach tug of war at Southport, Gold Coast
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Beside the sea at Redcliffe Beach Queensland ca. 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bildtext till kopian i fotoalbumet: "Hemslöjd 1917.
Fr.vä: Emelia Johansdotter f. 1833, Sofia Åller Henriksson f. 1852, Sigrid Henriksson f.1880, Jenny Henriksson Lindqvist f. 1894.
Kvinnan till vänster kardar ull.
Kvinnan till
1 January 1917
Bohusläns museum
Canadian nurse Madeleine Jaffray (taking photo) with French soldiers
Taken some time in 1917
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Curtis Falls at Mount Tamborine Queensland ca. 1917
Taken some time in 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Det oinskränkta ubåtskriget har proklamerats 1917. En stor del av Svenska Lloyds flotta ligger avvaktande vid nya kajen i Göteborg. Fartyget i mitten är S/S Mansuria (ex. Oskarsborg), på 1620 ton. Inköpt 1915, såld 1
1 January 1917
Sjöhistoriska museet
En grupp soldater vid ett stenröse på fjället. Sidor ligger på marken och stavar är stuckna i snön.
1 January 1917
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Enligt fotografens journal nr 3 19161917: "Lundstedt, Karin Skröperöd Svenshögen".
1 January 1917
Bohusläns museum