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. 20 shown for “World War II Honorable Discharge information sheet issued to Robert S. Jennings” — 48 records examined, 28 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-10 09:19 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.
Joan of Arc, by Jules Bastien-Lepage

Joan of Arc

Jules Bastien-Lepage · 1879

Public domainThe Met
World War II Honorable Discharge information sheet issued to Robert S. Jennings

World War II Honorable Discharge information sheet issued to Robert S. Jennings

Artist not stated in the record · 1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oedipus and the Sphinx, by Gustave Moreau

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Gustave Moreau · 1864

Public domainThe Met
World War II Army Good Conduct Medal awarded to Robert S. Jennings

World War II Army Good Conduct Medal awarded to Robert S. Jennings

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1944

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Venus and Adonis, by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

Venus and Adonis

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) · 1550s

Public domainThe Met
Army Air Forces Certificate of Appreciation for War Services

Army Air Forces Certificate of Appreciation for War Services

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
World War II letter from President Harry S. Truman to Robert S. Jennings

World War II letter from President Harry S. Truman to Robert S. Jennings

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Forest in Winter at Sunset, by Théodore Rousseau

The Forest in Winter at Sunset

Théodore Rousseau · ca. 1846–67

Public domainThe Met
Rock from Robert S. Jennings WW II posting with 56th Aviation Squadron, by Robert Sydnor Jennings, American, 1913 - 1991

Rock from Robert S. Jennings WW II posting with 56th Aviation Squadron

Robert Sydnor Jennings, American, 1913 - 1991 · October 10, 1942

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Massacre of the Innocents, by François Joseph Navez

The Massacre of the Innocents

François Joseph Navez · 1824

Public domainThe Met
Basic Field Manual: Soldiers Handbook (FM 21-100), by United States Department of War, American, 1789 - 1947

Basic Field Manual: Soldiers Handbook (FM 21-100)

United States Department of War, American, 1789 - 1947 · July 23, 1941

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), by Georges Seurat

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Georges Seurat · 1887–88

Public domainThe Met
Lapel pin for Honorable Discharge issued to Lt. Louise Lomax, Army Nurse Corps

Lapel pin for Honorable Discharge issued to Lt. Louise Lomax, Army Nurse Corps

Artist not stated in the record · 1949

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress

Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Honorable discharge papers for Private George Morrison

Honorable discharge papers for Private George Morrison

Artist not stated in the record · March 25, 1919

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rock commemorating basic training at Fort McClellan during World War II, by Robert Sydnor Jennings, American, 1913 - 1991

Rock commemorating basic training at Fort McClellan during World War II

Robert Sydnor Jennings, American, 1913 - 1991 · September 1, 1942

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Letter from General Richard C. Sanders to former Army Air Forces team

Letter from General Richard C. Sanders to former Army Air Forces team

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1946

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
V-Mail letter sheet

V-Mail letter sheet

Artist not stated in the record · October 19, 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
3c Veterans of World War II plate proof, by Bureau of Engraving and Printing

3c Veterans of World War II plate proof

Bureau of Engraving and Printing · April 26, 1946

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. 8 matched · 8 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.8 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 2112986 matched · 40 examined · 28 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 2026-09-10 09:19 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.