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).
Gunner Ellis Adshead 294466, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 14 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George A. Bailey 763, British West Indies Regiment
Died 14 December 1918
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Mechanician Gerald Howie Thatcher MT/8367, South African Service Corps
Died 15 December 1918
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Serjeant O L Jordon, D.C.M. 1046, British West Indies Regiment
Died 15 December 1918
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Petty Officer Charles Hemming 217661, H.M.S. "Victory I"
Died 16 December 1918
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Private Arthur John Ridgway 235142, Middlesex Regiment
Died 16 December 1918
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Private Emmanuel Modeste 16570, British West Indies Regiment
Died 16 December 1918
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Private Joseph Cephas Mcdonald Edmunds 9050, British West Indies Regiment
Died 16 December 1918
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Private Joseph Henry Bailey 421065, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 16 December 1918
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Rifleman Sidney Charles Stroud A/203877, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 16 December 1918
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Engineman Henry Walter Izzard TS 623, Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pavlova
Died 17 December 1918
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Acting Colour Serjeant David Adam 3206, Highland Light Infantry
Died 18 December 1918
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Assistant Principal Evelyn Mary Mackintosh , Women's Royal Naval Service
Died 18 December 1918
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Private Herbert Harry Hurst S-18378, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 18 December 1918
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Sapper Frederick Sydney Albert Kemp 1098, Royal Engineers
Died 18 December 1918
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Sapper Edward John George Key WR/338444, Royal Engineers
Died 19 December 1918
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Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Weston Gordon , Royal Irish Fusiliers
Died 20 December 1918
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Private George Frederick Wilson McCutcheon 1018120, Canadian Infantry
Died 20 December 1918
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Serjeant William Mitchelhill 266499, Gordon Highlanders
Died 20 December 1918
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Corporal Arnold Simkin Jennings 59897, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 21 December 1918
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Gunner Harold Allen 305508, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 21 December 1918
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Private Alfred George Jones 3/11177, South Wales Borderers Depot
Died 21 December 1918
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Private Alfred Thomas Goodridge 3275, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 21 December 1918
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Serjeant David William Tuffley, D.C.M. 1181, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 21 December 1918
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Private Richard Sandham 240766, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 December 1918
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Staff Serjeant James Proctor Moyes 881, Army Veterinary Corps
Died 22 December 1918
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Captain Mellard Settle , North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1918
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Gunner Ernest Betteridge 151010, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 December 1918
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Private Emanuel Reid 14722, British West Indies Regiment
Died 23 December 1918
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Nurse Catherine Cook Miller , Scottish Women's Hospital
Died 24 December 1918
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Private Alfred Edward Carter 27607, Hampshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1918
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Private James Chivers 18111, 2nd. Battalion. Wiltshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1918
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Private Joseph Charles Hancox 204431, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 24 December 1918
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Private Samuel Whorton 81532, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 24 December 1918
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Sapper Arthur Edward Newcombe WR/295660, Royal Engineers
Died 24 December 1918
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Captain Edward Rainsford Harrison , Royal Army Service Corps
Died 25 December 1918
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Private Arthur Rufus Smith 34237, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 25 December 1918
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Private Norris Schofield 11308, South Wales Borderers
Died 25 December 1918
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Telephonist Elizabeth Sligh Johnston 18375, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
Died 25 December 1918
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Trimmer John Patterson 5167/TS, Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Gunner
Died 25 December 1918
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Private Wellington Pilkington 14959, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 26 December 1918
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Lieutenant Edward Anthony Francis Hawke , Royal Field Artillery
Died 27 December 1918
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Assistant Cook Julia Helen Herbert , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 28 December 1918
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Private 1st Class Robert Dickinson 66490, Royal Air Force
Died 28 December 1918
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Off. Ck. 1st. William Thomas Humpage L6176, HMS New Zealand
Died 29 December 1918
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Private Albert Russell 57756, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 December 1918
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Private Gilbert Henry Hurford 202429, Middlesex Regiment
Died 29 December 1918
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Private Walter Filby Rayner 225649, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 29 December 1918
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Second Lieutenant Walter Duncan , Liverpool Regiment
Died 29 December 1918
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Serjeant Frederick Robinson 386765, Royal Engineers
Died 29 December 1918
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Staff Serjeant Robert Turnbull Henderson, M.S.M. S4/237123, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 29 December 1918
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Jessie Smith Jamieson , Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 30 December 1918
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Private Walter Henry Everett 2534, Royal Marines Divisional Train:
Died 30 December 1918
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Nurse Aileen W Powers-Peel , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 31 December 1918
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Private Walter Harold Walker 3080603, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 31 December 1918
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