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. 24 shown for “Chest Organ” — 64 records examined, 17 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 16:35 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.
Chest Organ

Chest Organ

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700

Public domainThe Met
Christmas assistant chest badge, number 561

Christmas assistant chest badge, number 561

Artist not stated in the record · 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reed Organ (Physharmonica), by Alexander-François Debain

Reed Organ (Physharmonica)

Alexander-François Debain · ca. 1860

Public domainThe Met
RMS clerk chest badge, number 17542, by American Railway Supply Company

RMS clerk chest badge, number 17542

American Railway Supply Company · 1898

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Canopic Chest of Khonsu

Canopic Chest of Khonsu

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1290–1224 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Base Post Office chest badge, number 250

Base Post Office chest badge, number 250

Artist not stated in the record · 1950s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reed Organ (Physharmonika), by Alexander-François Debain

Reed Organ (Physharmonika)

Alexander-François Debain · early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Sea post clerk chest badge, number 81

Sea post clerk chest badge, number 81

Artist not stated in the record · 1891-1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Royal portrait of Akessa(?), by Boyo artist

Royal portrait of Akessa(?)

Boyo artist · Late 18th–19th century

Public domainThe Met
RMS clerk chest badge, number 5968

RMS clerk chest badge, number 5968

Artist not stated in the record · 1899

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Canopic box of Hatnefer

Canopic box of Hatnefer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Public domainThe Met
City letter carrier chest badge, number 202, by J. P. Cooke Company

City letter carrier chest badge, number 202

J. P. Cooke Company · late 1800s - early 1900s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chamber Organ, by Unknown

Chamber Organ

Unknown · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
City letter carrier chest badge, number 76, by J. P. Cooke Company

City letter carrier chest badge, number 76

J. P. Cooke Company · early 1900s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chamber Organ, by Thomas Chapman

Chamber Organ

Thomas Chapman · 1779

Public domainThe Met
City letter carrier chest badge, number 215, by J. P. Cooke Company

City letter carrier chest badge, number 215

J. P. Cooke Company · early 1900s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chamber Organ, by William Crowell

Chamber Organ

William Crowell · 1852

Public domainThe Met
City Letter Carrier Chest Badge, Number 415, by J. P. Cooke Company

City Letter Carrier Chest Badge, Number 415

J. P. Cooke Company · early 1900s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tupu (pin), by Inca artist(s)

Tupu (pin)

Inca artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
RMS clerk chest badge, number 6692, by C. G. Braxmar

RMS clerk chest badge, number 6692

C. G. Braxmar · 1899

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Claviorganum, by Lorenz Hauslaib

Claviorganum

Lorenz Hauslaib · 1598

Public domainThe Met
Roundsman chest badge

Roundsman chest badge

Artist not stated in the record · early 1880s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chamber Organ, by George Clisbee

Chamber Organ

George Clisbee · ca. 1845–60

Public domainThe Met
RMS clerk chest badge, number 74996

RMS clerk chest badge, number 74996

Artist not stated in the record · 1949

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. 78 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 16386 matched · 40 examined · 15 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 2026-09-03 16:35 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.