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. 21 shown for “Poster for the film Space is the Place” — 64 records examined, 33 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-31 04:38 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.
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

Public domainThe Met
Poster for the film Space is the Place

Poster for the film Space is the Place

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1974

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Umberto Boccioni · 1913, cast 1950

Public domainThe Met
Space is the Place, by North American Star System Production, American

Space is the Place

North American Star System Production, American · 1974

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Annunciation, by Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi)

The Annunciation

Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
Poster for The Crimson Skull, by Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928

Poster for The Crimson Skull

Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928 · 1922

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Three-sheet film poster for The Bull Dogger

Three-sheet film poster for The Bull Dogger

Artist not stated in the record · 1922

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
At the Milliner's, by Edgar Degas

At the Milliner's

Edgar Degas · 1882

Public domainThe Met
Poster for Dark Manhattan

Poster for Dark Manhattan

Artist not stated in the record · 1937

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Fortune-Teller, by Georges de La Tour

The Fortune-Teller

Georges de La Tour · probably 1630s

Public domainThe Met
Poster for Harlem on the Prairie, by Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s

Poster for Harlem on the Prairie

Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s · 1937

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Film poster for Gang Smashers

Film poster for Gang Smashers

Artist not stated in the record · 1938

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft, by Emanuel de Witte

Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft

Emanuel de Witte · probably 1650

Public domainThe Met
Poster for The Devil's Daughter

Poster for The Devil's Daughter

Artist not stated in the record · 1939

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Charles I (1600–1649), King of England, by Daniël Mijtens

Charles I (1600–1649), King of England

Daniël Mijtens · 1629

Public domainThe Met
Poster for Ebony Parade

Poster for Ebony Parade

Artist not stated in the record · 1947

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chair (Sgabello), by Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497)

Chair (Sgabello)

Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497) · ca. 1489–91

Public domainThe Met
Prayer in the Mosque, by Jean-Léon Gérôme

Prayer in the Mosque

Jean-Léon Gérôme · by 1874

Public domainThe Met
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
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. 849 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. 7253063 matched · 40 examined · 31 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.9 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-31 04:38 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.