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).
Type 6/18. Liquid compass
Bowl: Brass, inside painted white , expansion diaphragm attached to base. Filler plug and electric lamp fitting on side of bowl. Verge glass carries a fixed arrow inside the bowl. The bar which carries the arrow carries a cup to
1918
National Maritime Museum
U-Boat War Badge. Uniface badge fitted with a pin. Resting on a garland, surmounted by a crown starboard broadside view of a U-Boat. [Adopted in January 1918 for crews who'd been engaged in a least two operational sorties, or one particularly success
1918
National Maritime Museum
Unofficial gun tompion for HMS Sepoy. One of a pair of cast brass gun tompions from HMS 'Sepoy' 1918. With unofficial design showing the head and shoulders of a bearded man wearing a turban, looking to the left. On a ribbon below: 'H.M.S. S
circa 1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 24. Off Havre - Taking the Pilot aboard a Hospital Ship. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the W
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 29 On board a Battleship Between Decks - HMS Lion. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 30. The Fo'c'sle of a battleship. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front,
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 34 Welsh Soldiers. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front, as well as naval subject
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 37. Taking the Wounded on Board. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front, as well as
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 38. A Line of Destroyers. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front, as well as naval
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 43. A Hospital Ship on the Seine. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front, as well a
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 47. On Board a Battleship: A Gun Turret. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front, as
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 50. The Seven Cranes. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front, as well as naval subj
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 51. A Naval Panorama. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front, as well as naval subj
1918
National Maritime Museum
War Drawing 53. Rouen from the Deck of a Hospital Ship. This work is one of sixty lithographs published together in a portfolio titled ‘War Drawings by Muirhead Bone’ by the War Office in 1918. The prints include scenes from the Western Front,
1918
National Maritime Museum
Webley Mark VI. Revolver owned by Commander W E May, RN (1899-1989) with holster (see AAA2421.1). Twin rubber plaques are applied to each side of the butt to form a grip. The solid frame is made in one with the barrel. The rear sight is situated on top of
1918
National Maritime Museum
Webley Mark VI. Revolver with twin hard rubber plaques applied to each side of the butt to form the grip of the stock. A lanyard ring is fitted to the base whilst a solid frame is made in one with the barrel. The double action lock of the revolver has a s
1918
National Maritime Museum
White Ensign. British naval ensign. Battle ensign of CMB 32a, during Zeebrugge Raid, April 1918. Printed wool bunting, machine-sewn. Rope attached.
1918
National Maritime Museum
White Ensign. British naval ensign. Worn by HMS 'Cardiff' 1917 which led the German fleet into Scapa Flow when it surrendered on 21 November 1918. The crew drew lots for it after the surrender and it went to Horace Basil Sweetman RN. Rope attac
1918
National Maritime Museum
Wooden moulding from H.M.S. 'Vindicitive'. Strip of wooden moulding cut in toothed design and mounted on a piece of wood. On a plaque: 'ZEEBRUGGE MOLE APRIL 22 1918 OSTEND HARBOUR MAY 9, 1918 This piece of wood was taken from the Captain
1918
National Maritime Museum
. A plotting intrument for air navigation that orginally consisted of three parts: a circular plastic disc approximately 150mm in diameter with a square grid drawn on it; a circular plastic disc approximately 150mm in diameter, marked in degrees from 0 to
about 1918
National Maritime Museum
. These prismatic binoculars have a leather-covered body (of which much of the leather is now missing) and two loops for a carrying strap, now missing. There is also a canvas cap for the eyepieces, held on with metal springs. The two eyepiece tubes are fo
about 1918
National Maritime Museum
Cabin Class Dining Saloon on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Dining Saloon, on the Awning Deck (D Deck); a view of the central area under the well, looking towards the stairs
January 1918
National Maritime Museum
Cabin Class Drawing Room on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Drawing Room, on the starboard side of the Promenade Deck (B Deck); a view looking towards the Writing Recess at t
January 1918
National Maritime Museum
Cabin Class Lounge on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Lounge, on the Promenade Deck (B Deck); a view from the port side. A grand piano appears in the background.
The main Ca
January 1918
National Maritime Museum
Cabin Class Lounge on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Lounge, on the Promenade Deck (B Deck); a view from the starboard side. A grand piano appears in the background.
The ma
January 1918
National Maritime Museum
Cabin Class Promenade on the 'Melita' (1918). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Promenade on the starboard side of the Promenade Deck (B Deck). A view looking aft, with the bay window of the Cabin
January 1918
National Maritime Museum
Cabin Class Promenade on the 'Melita' (1918). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Promenade on the starboard side of the Promenade Deck (B Deck). A view looking forward, with the bay window of the C
January 1918
National Maritime Museum
Cabin Class Smoking Room on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Smoking Room, on the Promenade Deck (B Deck); a view of the central area, looking towards the fireplace at the for
January 1918
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Australia': bow view, alongside a quay. The battlecruiser 'Australia' was built by John Brown & Co at Clydebank, launched on 25 October 1911 and completed in June 1913. This reasonably accurate drawing shows her as fitted in
early 1918
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Vindictive'. A watercolour study of the 'Vindictive', seen from off the port bow, as fitted out for the raid on Zeebrugge on 23 April 1918. It has been squared up witha ruled grid, probably for enlarging to a significantly bigger
1918/ 1920s
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Vindictive'. An annotated watercolour study of the 'Vindictive', seen from off the port bow, as fitted out for the raid on Zeebrugge on 23 April 1918. Like PAE1864 it is squared up, probably for enlarging, and is taken from a sli
1918/1920s
National Maritime Museum
Studies of a monitor ('M24', 'M25' or 'M26'). Five separate studies, two of the complete ship and three of details, but all of the same craft - a 7.5-inch-gunned monitor built by Sir Raylton Dixon at Middlesbrough, on the R
probably 1918
National Maritime Museum
Kusu Bay. H.M. Monitor's Raglan and '28' sunk Jany 20 1918 by the Goeben and Breslau. H.M.S. Edgar's divers at work. Signed by artist.
20 Jan 1918
National Maritime Museum
HMS Engadine at Mudros Bay, Lemnos in the North Agean Sea, 1918. HMS ‘Engadine’ was a seaplane carrier that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was converted from a cross-channel steamer in 1914 and initially carried three
22 Feb 1918
National Maritime Museum
HMS Dragon (1917) undergoing alterations and the tanker War Angler (1918) fitting out at Scott's Yard, Greenock.. An elevated view of part of Scott's Yard, Greenock. In the foreground is a starboard bow view of the cruiser HMS Dragon (1917) und
18 March 1918
National Maritime Museum
The steamship War Helmet (1917) sinking by the stern.. A port bow view of the steamship War Helmet (1917) sinking by the stern after being struck by a torpedo. The bow is out of the water with the stern submerged to just aft of the funnel. The ship was i
19 April 1918
National Maritime Museum
'Iris' and 'Daffodil' at Dover, 23 April 1918. These two vessels seen in stern view are the Mersey ferries 'Iris' and 'Daffodil' (both 1906) double-berthed at Dover. If the received date is correct it refers to the
1918
National Maritime Museum
Rough sketch of the 'Vindictive' in the Zeebrugge Raid, 23 April 1918. This rough early study shows HMS 'Vindictive' at Zeebrugge, seen from the port bow, between midnight and 12.45 on 23 April 1918. The 'Daffodil' is close
1918/ 1920s
National Maritime Museum
Studies of 'Iris', 'Daffodil' and 'Vindictive' after the Zeebrugge Raid of 23 April 1918. The two sketches at the top are inscribed by Wyllie (left) 'Daffodil Lieut Cambell RN Iris Comd Valentine Gibbs 24th April 1918
1918
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive alongside the Mole, Zeebrugge, 23 April 1918. In this work, Charles Dixon (1872-1934) has depicted the HMS ‘Vindictive’ alongside the Mole at the Zeebrugge Raid, which took place during the First World War on the night of 23 April 1
1923
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Vindictive' returning from the Zeebrugge Raid with the destroyer 'Warwick', 24 April 1918. Signed and dated, lower left, and also inscribed by the artist with the names of the two ships (in the sea below them). The frame also bea
1925
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass
Card: A mica band 1" (2.5 cm) wide attached to needles by a wire framework. The card is white with black markings graduated to quarter points and from 0 - 360
Needle: The four needles, in two pairs, are each held in metal tubes a
May 1918
National Maritime Museum
Emerald (1920). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the builder's Body Plan for the light cruiser HMS Emerald (1920).
Modified in accordance with Admiralty Letter 18/6/18.
Submitted: J. Rowlands, Overseer, 22.5.18;
Noted and modified J Rowlands, Overseer, 18.
17 May 1918
National Maritime Museum
The Mersey ferries 'Iris' and Daffodil' returning to New Brighton on 17 May 1918, after the Zeebrugge raid. Signed by the artist, lower right, this drawing shows the return to the Mersey of the two Wallasey ferries 'Daffodil' and
1918
National Maritime Museum
Hermes (1919). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the bridge structure and topsides of the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (1919).
August 1918
National Maritime Museum
Hermes (1919). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (1919).
August 1918
National Maritime Museum
'City of Bethlehem [i.e. Brisbane] torpedoed 13th Augst 1918 5pm off Rottingdean' / 'Destroyers firing depth charges at retreating enemy'. Two views inscribed, as title, but probably not by the artist. Whoever did so made an error in t
15 Aug 1918
National Maritime Museum
Personal letters and notes of Enstone Albert James, Captain, 1895-1963.. Letters, telegrams and notes of Captain Enstone including a letter from Mrs Hill to Albert James Enstone about her son (Richard Alexander Gathorne Hill) who was reported missing in 1
1918-1921
National Maritime Museum
British battleships of the 1st Battle Squadron at sea on the morning of the German surrender, 21 November 1918. Inscribed by the artist, lower right, 'Morning of German surrender'. This study of R-class battleships of the 1st Battle Squadron of
1918
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Cardiff ' leading the German High Seas Fleet to surrender in the Firth of Forth, 21 November 1918. (Updated May 2013) This large painting shows the light cruiser, HMS 'Cardiff' (1917), flagship of the 6th Light Cruiser Squadron,
1919
National Maritime Museum
The German High Seas Fleet standing into the Forth to surrender, 21 November 1918. Inscribed and signed by the artist, lower right, 'Surrender. German / fleet standing in / W.L.Wyllie'. A distant line of five visible but undistinguishable ships
1918
National Maritime Museum
'In Honour of the British Navy. To Commemorate the Surrender of the German Fleet.'. This magazine print shows the triumphant figure of Britannia on a sea-horse emerging from the waves, with warships behind. It is a page extracted from the maga
27 November 1918
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass
Card: A dished metal card attached to the needles. The card is white with black markings graduated to quarter points.
Needle: The two needles are each enclosed in metal tubes and are attached to both the card and the float. Length 3
Dec 1918
National Maritime Museum
Danae (1918). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the forecastle deck, fire control and manoeuvring platform, bridge, superstructure, director tower, lookout platform, fire control platform (forward), searchlight platform and fire control platform (aft) as fitted f
17 December 1918
National Maritime Museum