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 “United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)” — 64 records examined, 37 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 03:45 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.
Stand, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Stand

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1825–50

Public domainThe Met
Shakers, Their Mode of Worship by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

Shakers, Their Mode of Worship by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1838

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Candle Stand, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Candle Stand

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1800–1840

Public domainThe Met
The Incredulity of St. Thomas by D.W. Kellogg and Company, by D.W. Kellogg and Company

The Incredulity of St. Thomas by D.W. Kellogg and Company

D.W. Kellogg and Company · ca 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rocking Chair, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Rocking Chair

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1820–50

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1823

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Revolving Chair, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Revolving Chair

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1840–70

Public domainThe Met
Calvario, by Caban group, active second quarter of 19th century-first half of 20th century

Calvario

Caban group, active second quarter of 19th century-first half of 20th century · ca. 1875-1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blanket Chest, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Blanket Chest

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1835–75

Public domainThe Met
Icon, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Spool Stand, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Spool Stand

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1830–50

Public domainThe Met
Emery Chamberlain's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church Certificate by Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Company, by Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Company

Emery Chamberlain's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church Certificate by Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Company

Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Company · ca 1867

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Candlestick, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Candlestick

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1820–60

Public domainThe Met
The Believer’s Pocket Companion

The Believer’s Pocket Companion

Artist not stated in the record · 1853

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bedstead, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Bedstead

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1830–60

Public domainThe Met
Noli me Tangere (Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen), from The Little Passion Series

Noli me Tangere (Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen), from The Little Passion Series

Artist not stated in the record · 1509–11

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sewing steps, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Sewing steps

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · ca. 1842

Public domainThe Met
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen, by Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494–1533

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494–1533 · 1519

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side Chair, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Side Chair

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1830–50

Public domainThe Met
5 Dollars, Kirtland Safety Society Bank, Ohio, United States, 1837

5 Dollars, Kirtland Safety Society Bank, Ohio, United States, 1837

Artist not stated in the record · 1837-02-10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Work Table, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Work Table

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1820–50

Public domainThe Met
Christ Appearing to Mary, by Albert Pinkham Ryder, born New Bedford, MA 1847-died New York City 1917

Christ Appearing to Mary

Albert Pinkham Ryder, born New Bedford, MA 1847-died New York City 1917 · ca. 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Candle Stand, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Candle Stand

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1800–1830

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. 411 matched · 24 examined · 8 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. 7483532 matched · 40 examined · 29 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.11 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 03:45 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.