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 “Willets' Map of the State of New York” — 64 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 07:08 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.
Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Brigadier General Daniel Davis (1777–1814) of the New York Militia, by John Targee

Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Brigadier General Daniel Davis (1777–1814) of the New York Militia

John Targee · ca. 1815–17

Public domainThe Met
Willets' Map of the State of New York

Willets' Map of the State of New York

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flintlock Longrifle, by George Schreyer, Sr.

Flintlock Longrifle

George Schreyer, Sr. · ca. 1795

Public domainThe Met
A. A. Willets

A. A. Willets

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith and Wesson .32 Caliber Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 17156, by Smith & Wesson

Smith and Wesson .32 Caliber Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 17156

Smith & Wesson · 1881–1902

Public domainThe Met
A. A. Willets

A. A. Willets

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
State bed from Hampton Court, Herefordshire

State bed from Hampton Court, Herefordshire

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1698

Public domainThe Met
A. A. Willets

A. A. Willets

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, by John Lloyd Stephens

Incidents of Travel in Yucatan

John Lloyd Stephens · 1843

Public domainThe Met
A. A. Willets

A. A. Willets

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sword and Scabbard Presented to Captain Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), by John Targee

Sword and Scabbard Presented to Captain Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861)

John Targee · 1815

Public domainThe Met
John H. Willets

John H. Willets

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith and Wesson .32 Caliber Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 94421, by Smith & Wesson

Smith and Wesson .32 Caliber Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 94421

Smith & Wesson · 1892–93

Public domainThe Met
John H. Willets

John H. Willets

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Colt Paterson Percussion Revolver, No. 5, Holster Model, serial no. 940, by Samuel Colt

Colt Paterson Percussion Revolver, No. 5, Holster Model, serial no. 940

Samuel Colt · ca. 1840

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite portrait of Georgy Willets

Carte-de-visite portrait of Georgy Willets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Winchester Model 1886 Takedown Rifle decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 120528), by Winchester Repeating Arms Company

Winchester Model 1886 Takedown Rifle decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 120528)

Winchester Repeating Arms Company · 1899–1900

Public domainThe Met
Enallagma aspersum

Enallagma aspersum

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Jul 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood, by Samuel Putnam Avery Sr.

S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood

Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. · 1800s

Public domainThe Met
Enallagma hageni

Enallagma hageni

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Jul 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith and Wesson .44 New Model No. 3 Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 25120, by Smith & Wesson

Smith and Wesson .44 New Model No. 3 Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 25120

Smith & Wesson · ca. 1888

Public domainThe Met
Enallagma hageni

Enallagma hageni

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Jul 1976

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Powder Horn

Powder Horn

Artist not stated in the record · dated 1760

Public domainThe Met
Enallagma hageni

Enallagma hageni

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Jul 1976

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. 38267 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. 6470560 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 07:08 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.