OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 23 shown for “1c Franklin and 2c Jackson on cover” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 01:31 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Quilt, Album pattern, by Brown and Turner families

Quilt, Album pattern

Brown and Turner families · begun 1846

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin and 2c Jackson on cover

1c Franklin and 2c Jackson on cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1863-1867

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Emperor's Carpet

The Emperor's Carpet

Artist not stated in the record · second half 16th century

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin and 2c Andrew Jackson War Department combination cover

1c Franklin and 2c Andrew Jackson War Department combination cover

Artist not stated in the record · December 6, 1878

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup with cover and stand (one of a pair), by John Parker

Cup with cover and stand (one of a pair)

John Parker · 1766/67

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin and 2c Washington cover

1c Franklin and 2c Washington cover

Artist not stated in the record · February 23, 1889

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Penitence of Saint Jerome, by Joachim Patinir

The Penitence of Saint Jerome

Joachim Patinir · ca. 1515

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin single on circular, by National Bank Note Company

1c Franklin single on circular

National Bank Note Company · August 17, 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Benjamin Franklin, by Charles L. Hogeboom

Benjamin Franklin

Charles L. Hogeboom · by 1885

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin and 3c Washington with USPO Despatch carrier cancel on cover

1c Franklin and 3c Washington with USPO Despatch carrier cancel on cover

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1851

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Six Jewel Rivers, by Sakai Ōho

Six Jewel Rivers

Sakai Ōho · ca. 1839

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin on Confederate cover

1c Franklin on Confederate cover

Artist not stated in the record · May 25, 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gilded wax on a reconstructed body of ancient linen

Gilded wax on a reconstructed body of ancient linen

Artist not stated in the record · 400–250 BCE

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin strip of three on cover

1c Franklin strip of three on cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1863

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor, by Joos van Cleve

The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
1c USPO Despatch carrier stamp on cover

1c USPO Despatch carrier stamp on cover

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1851

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mask and Foot Cover of "Corn Mummy"

Mask and Foot Cover of "Corn Mummy"

Artist not stated in the record · 400–250 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Confederate 2c Andrew Jackson on semi-official imprinted envelope

Confederate 2c Andrew Jackson on semi-official imprinted envelope

Artist not stated in the record · 1861-1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Anhalt Medallion Carpet

The Anhalt Medallion Carpet

Artist not stated in the record · probably first half 16th century

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin with New York Carrier cancel cover

1c Franklin with New York Carrier cancel cover

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1852

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armored Cavalryman

Armored Cavalryman

Artist not stated in the record · 18th–19th century

Public domainThe Met
1c Franklin Chicago Perforation single on cover

1c Franklin Chicago Perforation single on cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
1853-dated cancel used for only one month in New York City on cover

1853-dated cancel used for only one month in New York City on cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1853

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 2033 matched · 24 examined · 3 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 1825887 matched · 40 examined · 1 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-01 01:31 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.