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 “Press Pass Worn by Ethel L. Payne” — 61 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-08 21:32 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 Adoration of the Magi, by Joos van Wassenhove

The Adoration of the Magi

Joos van Wassenhove · 1472–74

Public domainThe Met
Press Pass Worn by Ethel L. Payne

Press Pass Worn by Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · 1957

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jewelry Elements

Jewelry Elements

Artist not stated in the record · late 14th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Pinback Button, "Working Press Pass" Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Pinback Button, "Working Press Pass" Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · 1953

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Leaf of a Writing Tablet

Leaf of a Writing Tablet

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Press Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Press Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · 1972

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
'Otua fefine (deity figure), by Ha'apai Islands artist

'Otua fefine (deity figure)

Ha'apai Islands artist · Early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Press Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Press Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Public Viewing David's "Coronation" at the Louvre, by Louis Léopold Boilly

The Public Viewing David's "Coronation" at the Louvre

Louis Léopold Boilly · 1810

Public domainThe Met
Visitor Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Visitor Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · Late 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47), by Royal Workshops at Greenwich

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Royal Workshops at Greenwich · dated 1527

Public domainThe Met
White House Conference Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

White House Conference Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · 1965

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mask, by Teotihuacan artist(s)

Mask

Teotihuacan artist(s) · 3rd–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Hat Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Hat Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1960

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mask, by Teotihuacan artist(s)

Mask

Teotihuacan artist(s) · 300–600 CE

Public domainThe Met
White House Conference Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

White House Conference Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · 1965

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mask, by Teotihuacan artist(s)

Mask

Teotihuacan artist(s) · 300–600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Ceremonial Pen Used By President Lyndon Johnson To Sign The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

Ceremonial Pen Used By President Lyndon Johnson To Sign The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

Artist not stated in the record · 1964

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

Tupu (pin)

Wari or Inca artist(s) · Before the 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Pin, "Press Pin 1955"

Pin, "Press Pin 1955"

Artist not stated in the record · 1955

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold Buckle

Gold Buckle

Artist not stated in the record · 700s

Public domainThe Met
Engraved Metal Bookmark Belonging to Ethel L. Payne

Engraved Metal Bookmark Belonging to Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold Belt Mount with Loop

Gold Belt Mount with Loop

Artist not stated in the record · 700s

Public domainThe Met
Hat Box Used by Ethel L. Payne

Hat Box Used by Ethel L. Payne

Artist not stated in the record · 20th century

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. 21 matched · 21 examined · 0 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. 1799938 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-09-08 21:32 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.