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).
Civilian Florence Earle Lamont nee Morant , Air-raid Victim
Died 20 May 1915
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Colonel Sir George Herbert Farrar , Assistant Quartermaster General (A.Q.M.G) - Active Citizen Force attd. General S
Died 20 May 1915
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Lance Corporal Leslie James Silvester 1906TF, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 20 May 1915
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Lieutenant Geoffrey William Stopford-Sackville , RN HMS Ribble
Died 20 May 1915
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Private Cecil Charles Alexander Ratcliff-Gaylard 167, 1st Infantry Division
Died 20 May 1915
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Private Francis George Bratchell L/7412, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Cor
Died 20 May 1915
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Private Frederick William Lawson Forfeitt 2739, Hertfordshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1915
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Private James Baldie 3695, London Regiment (London Scottish)
Died 20 May 1915
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Private Joseph Coop 1429, 1/5th South Lancashire Regiment
Died 20 May 1915
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Rifleman Reginald Herbert Leslie Norris 1599, London Regiment
Died 20 May 1915
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Serjeant Albert William Rigby 6879, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1915
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Staff Nurse Nora Veronica Brett , Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 20 May 1915
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Private George Edmund Wood 1524, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1916
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Private Philip H Thomas 13/985, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 20 May 1916
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Second Lieutenant Anthony Harvey Bowman , Royal Field Artillery
Died 20 May 1916
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Serjeant Otto William Krepper 5939, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1916
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Acting Bombardier William G Ely L/15005, Royal Field Artillery
Died 20 May 1917
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Assistant Paymaster Thomas Fleming Green , Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Paxton
Died 20 May 1917
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Corporal Percival Sykes 202405, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 20 May 1917
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Gunner Bombadier Walter Harry Ainge 62388, Royal Field Artillery
Died 20 May 1917
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Gunner Arthur Granville Stowe 1142, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 20 May 1917
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Lance Corporal Henry William Yeandle 664, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
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Lance Corporal James Warburton 30094, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 20 May 1917
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Lieutenant Francis Somerled Joseph Silvertop , Oxfordshire Yeomanry
Died 20 May 1917
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Major Valentine Fleming, D.S.O., M.P. , Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
Died 20 May 1917
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Private Albert Edward Woodfine 31930, Liverpool Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
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Private Frederick Leonard Gatward G/37093, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 20 May 1917
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Private Frederick Natt Brooker G/18924, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 20 May 1917
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Private James Robinson 5622/332450, KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
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Private John Howard Chaplin 36881, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 20 May 1917
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Rifleman Victor Alphonso Galley 652955, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
Died 20 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Edgar Charles Hobson , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Frank Bakel , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 20 May 1917
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Serjeant William Harold Jupp 321027, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 20 May 1917
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Corporal Edward Thomas Costin 282556, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 20 May 1918
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Corporal Harold William Pickett 78980, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 20 May 1918
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Lance-Corporal William Shearer 10660, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Died 20 May 1918
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Private Arthur Ernest Clews 24570, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1918
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Private Charles William Senior TR5/174211, Machine Gun Corps
Died 20 May 1918
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Private Henry William Deeks 64297, Royal Fusiliers attached to Royal West Surrey Reg.
Died 20 May 1918
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Private James Sinclair 12563, British West Indies Regiment
Died 20 May 1918
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Private Merville St. Phor 11623, British West Indies Regiment
Died 20 May 1918
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Private Reginald Charles Bell 61267, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 20 May 1918
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Private Walter Charles Price G/6912, The Queen's Regiment
Died 20 May 1918
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Private William Frederick Jarman M/348577, Army Service Corps
Died 20 May 1918
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Private William Thomas Hyatt 556862, 1/16 London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Died 20 May 1918
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Telegraphist Frederick George Pym 1/1247, Royal Naval Division
Died 20 May 1919
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Brigadier General Edward Allan Wood DSO and three Bars , General List
Died 20 May 1930
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Joseph Thomas Farfan, CB, DSO, OBE , Royal Field Artillery
Died 20 May 1953
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Major General Walter Howarth Greenly , 14th (Light) Division
Died 20 May 1955
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Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Bastard DSO and Bar , 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1960
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Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. Richard Martin Peter Preston, D.S.O. and Bar , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 20 May 1965
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Brevet Major Archie Cecil Thomas White VC , Yorkshire Regiment
Died 20 May 1971
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