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 “World War II letter from President Harry S. Truman to Robert S. Jennings” — 64 records examined, 24 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-10 11:01 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 Love Letter, by Jean Honoré Fragonard

The Love Letter

Jean Honoré Fragonard · early 1770s

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
Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540), by Francesco Francia

Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540)

Francesco Francia · 1510

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 Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) · 1445

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
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), by Robert Campin

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin · ca. 1427–32

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
A Hunting Scene, by Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) · ca. 1494–1500

Public domainThe Met
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
The Jabach Family, by Charles Le Brun

The Jabach Family

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1660

Public domainThe Met
Letter to Frances Albrier from Harry S. Truman with envelope, by President Harry S. Truman, American, 1884 - 1972

Letter to Frances Albrier from Harry S. Truman with envelope

President Harry S. Truman, American, 1884 - 1972 · September 12, 1957

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, by Jan van Eyck

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1436–38

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
Joan of Arc, by Jules Bastien-Lepage

Joan of Arc

Jules Bastien-Lepage · 1879

Public domainThe Met
US Navy postal officer’s album page 38

US Navy postal officer’s album page 38

Artist not stated in the record · 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer, by Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer

Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) · probably 1577

Public domainThe Met
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
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1504

Public domainThe Met
Vmail facsimile letter

Vmail facsimile letter

Artist not stated in the record · August 16, 1945

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mars and Venus United by Love, by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)

Mars and Venus United by Love

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) · 1570s

Public domainThe Met
V-mail letter sheet for PO Box 1663

V-mail letter sheet for PO Box 1663

Artist not stated in the record · June 12, 1944

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plaque with Christ Receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I

Plaque with Christ Receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 962–968

Public domainThe Met
World War II Patriotic cover, by Harry Ioor

World War II Patriotic cover

Harry Ioor · November 23, 1944

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. 138 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 1996444 matched · 40 examined · 20 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 11:01 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.