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).
Acting Petty Officer Stoker Matthew Rosevere Davey Burnard K.1894. (DEV), H.M. Submarine E47
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Albert Edmonds 65286, Royal Flying Corps
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Lewis Hallam Wilkinson W.4474. (Ch.), H.M. Submarine E47
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal George Richard Lees B/1701, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Kenneth Edward Elder , Royal Naval Reserve
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Madame Emile Hovelaque et ses deux enfants, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 11 896
20 août 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Madame Emile Hovelaque et ses deux enfants, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 11 897
20 août 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mesdemoiselles Appell, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 11 902
20 août 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Nursing Sister Sarah Ellen Garbutt , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Petty Officer Frank Johnson 235231 (Dev), H.M. Submarine E47
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Pflaumenernte-Beschlagnahme - Kundmachung - Užice - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
20 August 1917
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Private John Weeding G/13259, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Laurence Borthwick Turnbull 3/8030, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Stanton Charles Edgoose 307662, West Yorkshire Regiment
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Smith 19842, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Taylor PLY/81/S, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Cecil Brannon Payne. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to No. 21 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 20 August 1917, Western Front.
Died 20 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Cecil Brannon Payne. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to No. 21 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 20 August 1917, Western Front.
Died 20 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Farquhar Young. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, att. 43rd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 20 August 1917 Near Lens with Pilot 2nd Lieutenant J E Winser
Died 20 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant James Hamilton Speirs S/18170, Cameron Highlanders
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Frank Fellowes K18636, HMS IRON DUKE
Died 20 August 1917
Lives of the First World War