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 “Gorget for an Officer of the South Carolina Infantry Regiment” — 54 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 14:22 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.
Gorget for an Officer of the South Carolina Infantry Regiment

Gorget for an Officer of the South Carolina Infantry Regiment

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite album of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, by John Ritchie, American, 1836 - 1919

Carte-de-visite album of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

John Ritchie, American, 1836 - 1919 · ca.1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Equestrian portrait of William, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), by David Morier

Equestrian portrait of William, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765)

David Morier · ca. 1751–60

Public domainThe Met
Flag for a reunion of 54th Massachusetts Infantry survivors of Fort Wagner

Flag for a reunion of 54th Massachusetts Infantry survivors of Fort Wagner

Artist not stated in the record · 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry Herbert (1534–1601), Second Earl of Pembroke, by Royal Workshops at Greenwich

Armor of Henry Herbert (1534–1601), Second Earl of Pembroke

Royal Workshops at Greenwich · ca. 1585–86

Public domainThe Met
Silver badge for George Washington Perkins of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry

Silver badge for George Washington Perkins of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry

Artist not stated in the record · 1864-1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895), by Auguste Renoir

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895)

Auguste Renoir · 1878

Public domainThe Met
Infantry Private Frock Coat and Hardee Hat

Infantry Private Frock Coat and Hardee Hat

Artist not stated in the record · 1857 - 1872

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot, by Samuel F. B. Morse

Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot

Samuel F. B. Morse · ca. 1820

Public domainThe Met
Silver badge for Alexander Hill of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry

Silver badge for Alexander Hill of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry

Artist not stated in the record · 1864-1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pitcher

Pitcher

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1813–ca. 1815

Public domainThe Met
Muster roll for Company K of the 24th Infantry Regiment, by United States Army, American, founded 1775

Muster roll for Company K of the 24th Infantry Regiment

United States Army, American, founded 1775 · December 31, 1873

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame Édouard Bernier (Marie-Octavie-Stéphanie Laurens, 1838–1920), by Auguste Renoir

Madame Édouard Bernier (Marie-Octavie-Stéphanie Laurens, 1838–1920)

Auguste Renoir · 1871

Public domainThe Met
Insignia from the 24th Infantry Regiment, Company C

Insignia from the 24th Infantry Regiment, Company C

Artist not stated in the record · 1869 - 1951

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Amerapoora: Part of Balcony on the South Side of Maha-oung-meeay-liy-mhan Kyoung, by Linnaeus Tripe

Amerapoora: Part of Balcony on the South Side of Maha-oung-meeay-liy-mhan Kyoung

Linnaeus Tripe · September 1–October 21, 1855

Public domainThe Met
Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1898, by Kurz & Allison, American, founded 1880

Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1898

Kurz & Allison, American, founded 1880 · 1899

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Staff with Saint Anthony of Padua, by Kongo artist

Staff with Saint Anthony of Padua

Kongo artist · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Lapel pin for 48th Infantry Regiment Unit worn by General Colin L. Powell, by United States Army, American, founded 1775

Lapel pin for 48th Infantry Regiment Unit worn by General Colin L. Powell

United States Army, American, founded 1775 · ca. 1960-1962

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Amerapoora: Corner of Mygabhoodee-tee Kyoung, by Linnaeus Tripe

Amerapoora: Corner of Mygabhoodee-tee Kyoung

Linnaeus Tripe · September 1–October 21, 1855

Public domainThe Met
Traveling trunk used by George Thompson Garrison in the Civil War

Traveling trunk used by George Thompson Garrison in the Civil War

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pitcher, by Millington, Astbury and Poulson

Pitcher

Millington, Astbury and Poulson · ca. 1861

Public domainThe Met
Good Night Angeline

Good Night Angeline

Artist not stated in the record · 1919

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia, by Andrew Joseph Russell

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia

Andrew Joseph Russell · 1863

Public domainThe Met
Order of Commendation from the Commander of the French Armies of the East, by French Republic, French, founded 1792

Order of Commendation from the Commander of the French Armies of the East

French Republic, French, founded 1792 · March 19, 1919

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. 14 matched · 14 examined · 1 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. 4308909 matched · 40 examined · 20 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 2026-09-02 14:22 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.