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).
H.Q. of the Royal Marines Siege Regiment, 1942. Watercolour entitled "H.Q. of the Royal Marines Siege Regiment, 1942". The drawing is signed by the artist and dated.
1942
National Maritime Museum
HMS 'Revenge' leaving harbour. One of a group of eleven oil paintings by Eurich, an official war artist, allocated to the National Maritime Museum after the Second World War.
HMS 'Revenge', a battleship of the North Atlantic escort f
1942
National Maritime Museum
Interior of a Naval P.O.W's room Marlag 'O'. John Worsley joined the Royal Navy in 1939. His depictions of life on board ship were soon acquired by the War Artists Advisory Committee (WAAC), and he was quickly made an official war artist. I
1944
National Maritime Museum
Launching bottle. Green glass bottle (broken), covered with rope work and tied with red and blue ribbons. In glass-topped wooden box with the lid secured by brass screws. On a brass plate on the side of the box: 'CHRISTENING BOTTLE S.S. "OCEAN S
1942
National Maritime Museum
Libertymen at Lyness. A war artist's interpretation of the Drifter Pier at Lyness, Hoy, in the Orkney Islands. Lyness became the centre of Boom Defences, where the massive pier portrayed here was erected. Its complexity and cost earned it the name
1942
National Maritime Museum
Mark IXA. The sextant has an alloy casing with artificial materials, housing optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, and a rubber eyecup. It is contained in a fitted shaped plastic case with a leather carrying-strap. The
circa 1942
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the Battle of the Java Sea, 1942. Medal commemorating the Battle of the Java Sea, 1942. Obverse: Short bust of Rear-Admiral Krel W.F.M. Doorman (1889-1942) in uniform, face three-quarter left. Legend: 'K . W . F . M . DOORMAN SCHO
1942
National Maritime Museum
Members of the crew of H.M.S. King George V. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of drawing and
1942
National Maritime Museum
Merchant Service Fireman. This image portrays a merchant stoker working at the open door of a boiler. A fireman, known as a stoker in the Navy, needed to feed five tons of coal a day into the ship's furnace. The space is confined, dark and hot, empha
1942
National Maritime Museum
National Flag of USA (1912-1959). USA national flag, 1912-59 pattern, used as a table flag. It is made of synthetic fabric, machine sewn with the design printed onto the fabric. A yellow fringe is attached to the edge and the flag is mounted on a stick w
1942
National Maritime Museum
Naval light forces going into action. As an official war artist to the Admiralty during the Second World War, Eurich painted the war effort at home, epic maritime engagements, and stories of survival at sea. Although he did not witness action himself, he
1942
National Maritime Museum
Playing volleyball. Méchéria [Mecheria] internment camp. During the Second World War, John Kingsley Cook (1911-94) served in the merchant navy as a wireless officer. He joined in 1940, and went on his first sea voyage, to the United States,
1942
National Maritime Museum
Portrait of Lieutenant G.D.A. Gregory, DSO and Bar. William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of draw
1942
National Maritime Museum
Queen Alexandra's Royal Navy Nursing Service uniform: pattern 1942. Matron in Chief's jacket
1942
National Maritime Museum
Rude Star Identifier A-N Type 1. Star identifier board markded with names of constellations. 2 sides - one for north, one for south
The seven plates and case are marked NAV1892.1-2 and can be found via the Whole/Part toggle.
From label with it:
Publish
1942
National Maritime Museum
Sea Cadets Blue Ensign. Blue ensign of the Sea Cadets. Synthetic/wool bunting with printed Union Flag in the canton and Sea Cadets badge machine sewn on the fly, inscribed 'SEA CADET CORPS', 'READY AYE READY'. Designed by H. Gresham Ca
1942
National Maritime Museum
Seekreiselsextant. The sextant has a casing of aluminium and artificial materials, housing optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, and a rubber eyecup. The instrument has four index shades, three grey and one red.
The i
1943
National Maritime Museum
Seven studies of Arab figures. This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime service in the merchant navy between December 1940 and August 1945. Th
1942
National Maritime Museum
Stokers Mess 85 (H.M.S. K.G.V.). William Dring (1904-90) earned his reputation as a fine draughtsman and portrait painter whilst studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art between 1922 and 1925. He worked as a teacher of drawing and painting at
1942
National Maritime Museum
The catapult-armed merchant (CAM) ship Empire Tide (1941) at Hvalfjord, Iceland. A port bow view of the catapult-armed merchant (CAM) ship Empire Tide (1941) at anchor in Hvalfjord, Iceland. Mounted on the ship’s forecastle is an aircraft launching
Circa 1943
National Maritime Museum
Three inmates and a chameleon. During the Second World War, John Kingsley Cook (1911-94) served in the merchant navy as a wireless officer. He joined in 1940, and went on his first sea voyage, to the United States, in December 1940. His ship was sunk off
1942
National Maritime Museum
Two inmates and a chameleon. During the Second World War, John Kingsley Cook (1911-94) served in the merchant navy as a wireless officer. He joined in 1940, and went on his first sea voyage, to the United States, in December 1940. His ship was sunk off th
1942
National Maritime Museum
White Ensign. British naval ensign. Fragment of the ensign from HMS 'Sikh' sunk 14 September 1942 by shore batteries at Tobruk. Wool bunting, machine-sewn.
1942
National Maritime Museum
White Ensign. British naval ensign. Machine-sewn, wool bunting. Belonged to Captain D.B. Nichol d.1973. Rope attached.
1942
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass from a ship's lifeboat, card diameter 4 inches (102 mm), on a wooden stand. An inscription on a label on the stand reads: 'SS Abosso torpedoed in Atlantic. Crew and compass in ship's boat saved by HMS Magic'.
SS '
about 1942
National Maritime Museum
Badge: Order of the British Empire, 4th class (military). Awarded to Constructor Capt A J Merrington CBE RCNC in 1942. A silver gilt cross patonce, surmounted by the Imperial Crown. In centre within a circle inscribed: "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE" a
1942
National Maritime Museum
5050. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with a pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the brass piano hinge has a removable pin allowing th
1942 (one of 1600 ordered by the US Naval Observatory in March 1942)
National Maritime Museum
5460. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with a pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the brass piano hinge has a removable pin allowing th
1942 (one of 1600 instruments ordered by the US Naval Observatory in March 1942)
National Maritime Museum
5513. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the brass piano hinge has a removable pin allowing the
1942 (one of 1600 instruments to be ordered by the US Naval Observatory in March 1942)
National Maritime Museum
5674. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the brass piano hinge has a removable pin allowing the
1942 (one of 1600 instruments ordered by the US naval Observatory in March 1942)
National Maritime Museum
5709. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the brass piano hinge has a removable pin allowing the
1942 (one of 1600 instruments ordered by the US Naval Observatory in March 1942)
National Maritime Museum
580. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with a pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the brass piano hinge has a removable pin allowing the
1942 (one of 2400 instruments to be ordered by the US Naval Observatory in March 1942)
National Maritime Museum
We secured alongside the destroyer Westminster and went aboard for breakfast! April 20 1942. Signed by artist and dated.
20 Apr 1942
National Maritime Museum
Unslipping screw Lowestoft trawler, May 1942. Signed by artist and dated.
May 1942
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Sir William Milbourne James KCB, Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth. Drawing inscribed by the artist 'Admiral Sir William James KCB, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth', signed and dated June 1942. It shows James at his desk in the great cabin
June 1942
National Maritime Museum
Bellwort (1941). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the docking plan: body sections, profile and hull breadth (plan view) as fitted for the Flower class corvette HMS Bellwort (1941) built at G Brown & Co.
30 June 1942
National Maritime Museum
3309. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the brass piano hinge has a removable pin allowing the
1942 (one of 1500 instruments ordered by the US Naval Observatory in July 1942)
National Maritime Museum
3653. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the brass piano hinge has a removable pin allowing the
1942 (one of 1500 instruments ordered by the US Naval Observatory in July 1942)
National Maritime Museum
Fête [fete] on 14th July 1942. Put on by Prisoners at Méchéria [Mecheria]. This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime servic
1942
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the forecastle deck of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938).
The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard.
Alter
November 1942
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the hold of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938).
The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard.
Alterations carr
November 1942
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the hull sections at stations 13, 30, 46, 72, 96, 126, 145, 172, 198, 218, 232, 251 and at the aft peak of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938).
The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped
November 1942
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938).
The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard.
Alter
November 1942
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the lower deck of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast (1938).
The plan is dated 16 November 1942 and is stamped and signed by the Manager of the Constructive Department, Devonport Dockyard.
Alteration
November 1942
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the outboard profile and 'top-down' plan view of the Edinburgh class light cruiser HMS Belfast, illustrating the arrangement of the working and WT [wireless telegraphy] rig.
November 1942
National Maritime Museum
Belfast (1938). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the upper bridge, hangar top bridge, after control deck, wheelhouse flat, direction-finding office flat, ready-use magazine roof, aft superstructure deck, pom-pom platform and forward superstructure deck of the E
November 1942
National Maritime Museum