# Aux Labs plates — sources and licences

Every plate is built only from public-domain or CC0 images on Wikimedia Commons, toned and composited for Aux Labs. Links go to each file's Commons page, which carries its full licence record.

## `axl-wp-04.jpg`
- Theatre proscenium (subject): [CLOSE VIEW OF STAGE SHOWING FIRE CURTAIN - Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL HABS ALA,37-BIRM,37-35.tif](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CLOSE_VIEW_OF_STAGE_SHOWING_FIRE_CURTAIN_-_Alabama_Theatre,_1811_Third_Avenue_North,_Birmingham,_Jefferson_County,_AL_HABS_ALA,37-BIRM,37-35.tif) — Public domain
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 1940 (on stage): [ORIGINAL UNREPLACED APPROACH FROM FIRST SUSPENSION BRIDGE - Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows at State Route 16, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA HAER WASH,27-TACO,11-32.tif](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ORIGINAL_UNREPLACED_APPROACH_FROM_FIRST_SUSPENSION_BRIDGE_-_Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge,_Spanning_Narrows_at_State_Route_16,_Tacoma,_Pierce_County,_WA_HAER_WASH,27-TACO,11-32.tif) — Public domain; Lowe, Jet, creator

## `axl-wp-05.jpg`
- Convex looking glass (subject): [Looking Glass MET 47730.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Looking_Glass_MET_47730.jpg) — CC0
- Big Sur coast (in the mirror): [Views from Pacific Coast Highway, Scenic State Route 1, a major north-south state highway that runs along most of the Pacific coastline of California LCCN2013633121.tif](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Views_from_Pacific_Coast_Highway,_Scenic_State_Route_1,_a_major_north-south_state_highway_that_runs_along_most_of_the_Pacific_coastline_of_California_LCCN2013633121.tif) — Public domain; Carol M. Highsmith

## `axl-wp-06.jpg`
- Eye (subject): [Close up eye (Unsplash).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close_up_eye_(Unsplash).jpg) — CC0; Liam Welch lwxlch
- Railroad tracks (second exposure): [Railroad-Tracks-Perspective.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Railroad-Tracks-Perspective.jpg) — Public domain; User:MikKBDFJKGeMalak

## `axl-wp-08.jpg`
- Magnifying glass (subject): [Magnifying Glass MET 255262.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnifying_Glass_MET_255262.jpg) — CC0; Louis Comfort Tiffany / Tiffany Studios
- Circuit board (in the lens): [Caviar 2340 Hard Drive Circuit Board Side 2.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caviar_2340_Hard_Drive_Circuit_Board_Side_2.jpg) — CC0; ComputerUserUser
- Etched circuit board (ghost): [Etched circuit board after cleaning.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etched_circuit_board_after_cleaning.jpg) — CC0; Tinux

## `axl-wp-09.jpg`
- Foundry-worker statue (subject): [Statue of Worker Pouring Molten Metal (29989257836).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Worker_Pouring_Molten_Metal_(29989257836).jpg) — CC0; Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China
- Archive stacks (second exposure): [Stack Area of the National Archives Building - DPLA - 22173d52df99d88fcac968c1f9861f8b.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stack_Area_of_the_National_Archives_Building_-_DPLA_-_22173d52df99d88fcac968c1f9861f8b.jpg) — Public domain; General Services Administration. National Archives and Records Service. 1949-1985

## `file-02-crucible.jpg`
- Foundry-worker statue (subject): [Statue of Worker Pouring Molten Metal (29989257836).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Worker_Pouring_Molten_Metal_(29989257836).jpg) — CC0; Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China
- Archive stacks (second exposure): [Stack Area of the National Archives Building - DPLA - 22173d52df99d88fcac968c1f9861f8b.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stack_Area_of_the_National_Archives_Building_-_DPLA_-_22173d52df99d88fcac968c1f9861f8b.jpg) — Public domain; General Services Administration. National Archives and Records Service. 1949-1985

## `axl-wp-10.jpg`
- Studio microphone (subject): [LATE NIGHT (Unsplash).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LATE_NIGHT_(Unsplash).jpg) — CC0; Matt Botsford mattbotsford
- Handwritten letter: [Hutchinson Letter 2.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hutchinson_Letter_2.jpg) — Public domain; Alfred Bergen Hutchinson
- Handwritten letter (Modi script): [Balaji Vishwanath's handwritten letter 02.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balaji_Vishwanath%27s_handwritten_letter_02.jpg) — Public domain; Balaji Vishwanath
- Handwritten court record (Persian): [Khalsa Darbar record of the Sikh Empire's Lahore Darbar, concerning court-cases, bundle of various records (some dating to post-annexation), ca.1817–1861 04.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khalsa_Darbar_record_of_the_Sikh_Empire%27s_Lahore_Darbar,_concerning_court-cases,_bundle_of_various_records_(some_dating_to_post-annexation),_ca.1817%E2%80%931861_04.jpg) — Public domain; Scribe of the Sikh Empire's administration
- Handwriting sample: [The Quimby Manuscripts - P. P. Q. handwriting sample.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Quimby_Manuscripts_-_P._P._Q._handwriting_sample.jpg) — Public domain; P. P. Quimby
- Handwritten letter, 1865: [Letter from Mollie Grimes to Edwin Brown, November 23, 1865 - DPLA - 03e784f0b4447525dd72da8e7bdd4a21 (page 2).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_from_Mollie_Grimes_to_Edwin_Brown,_November_23,_1865_-_DPLA_-_03e784f0b4447525dd72da8e7bdd4a21_(page_2).jpg) — Public domain; Grimes, Mollie

## `axl-wp-01.jpg`
- Crowd-surfer carried over a concert crowd (subject): [Crowdsurfing man (Unsplash).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crowdsurfing_man_(Unsplash).jpg) — CC0; lifesimply.rocks
- Chain-link fence (second exposure): [Chainlink fence Fence Barrier.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chainlink_fence_Fence_Barrier.jpg) — CC0; unknown author (via Pikwizard)

## `axl-wp-03.jpg`
- Reader behind an open newspaper (subject): [Person reading a newspaper (Unsplash).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Person_reading_a_newspaper_(Unsplash).jpg) — CC0; Roman Kraft
- 1890 front page, set into the sheet in place of the photographed paper: [Seligman Sunbeam, Nov. 1 1890.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seligman_Sunbeam,_Nov._1_1890.jpg) — Public domain; Fanschon Mitchell et al.
- Mended seams, traced from the lacquer repairs on a glass bowl: [Glass Bowl, Kofun period, 6th century, perhaps from the tomb of Emperor Ankan, Habikino-shi, Osaka - Tokyo National Museum - DSC06402.JPG](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glass_Bowl,_Kofun_period,_6th_century,_perhaps_from_the_tomb_of_Emperor_Ankan,_Habikino-shi,_Osaka_-_Tokyo_National_Museum_-_DSC06402.JPG) — CC0; Daderot

## `file-03-nectar.jpg`
- Straw hive with comb (subject): [CombsInHiveLHist.JPG](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CombsInHiveLHist.JPG) — CC0; Simon Speed
- Engraving of honeycomb (second exposure): [Creation by Evolution (1928) p190 comb of bee hive.png](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creation_by_Evolution_(1928)_p190_comb_of_bee_hive.png) — Public domain; Arthur Shipley

## `axl-wp-01-plate.jpg`
- Prairie (subject): [Cedar River National Grassland, Dakota Prairie Grasslands (52098966958).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cedar_River_National_Grassland,_Dakota_Prairie_Grasslands_(52098966958).jpg) — Public domain; Forest Service - Northern Region
- Township plat, survey lines only: [Plat book and complete survey of Christian County, Illinois - containing plats of all townships with owners' names, also outline map of the county showing location of townships, villages, roads, LOC 2008622197-33.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plat_book_and_complete_survey_of_Christian_County,_Illinois_-_containing_plats_of_all_townships_with_owners%27_names,_also_outline_map_of_the_county_showing_location_of_townships,_villages,_roads,_LOC_2008622197-33.jpg) — Public domain; Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa)

## `axl-wp-03-plate.jpg`
- Tea bowl with gold repairs (subject): [Tea bowl, Korea, Joseon dynasty, 16th century AD, Mishima-hakeme type, buncheong ware, stoneware with white engobe and translucent, greenish-gray glaze, gold lacquer - Ethnological Museum, Berlin - DSC02061.JPG](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_bowl,_Korea,_Joseon_dynasty,_16th_century_AD,_Mishima-hakeme_type,_buncheong_ware,_stoneware_with_white_engobe_and_translucent,_greenish-gray_glaze,_gold_lacquer_-_Ethnological_Museum,_Berlin_-_DSC02061.JPG) — CC0; Daderot
- Restoration scaffolding (ghost): [Restoration work Parthenon facade Acropolis Athens Greece.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Restoration_work_Parthenon_facade_Acropolis_Athens_Greece.jpg) — CC0; Jebulon

## `axl-wp-04-plate.jpg`
- Painted stage curtain (backdrop): [Stage- Painted curtain and proscenium - Atlas Theatre, 213 West Sixteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY HABS WYO,11-CHEY,2-4.tif](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stage-_Painted_curtain_and_proscenium_-_Atlas_Theatre,_213_West_Sixteenth_Street,_Cheyenne,_Laramie_County,_WY_HABS_WYO,11-CHEY,2-4.tif) — Public domain; Jack Boucher
- Brick wall (through the tear): [Brick Wall Building.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_Wall_Building.jpg) — CC0; Bango Textures

## `axl-wp-05-plate.jpg`
- Fog over the Pacific, Big Sur: [Hurricane Point view Big Sur, Aug 2019 4.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Point_view_Big_Sur,_Aug_2019_4.jpg) — CC0; Thomson200
- Big Sur coastline (mismatched reflection): [Hurricane Point view Big Sur, Aug 2019 3.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Point_view_Big_Sur,_Aug_2019_3.jpg) — CC0; Thomson200

## `axl-wp-07-plate.jpg`
- Archive stacks: [Stack Area of the National Archives Building - DPLA - 22173d52df99d88fcac968c1f9861f8b.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stack_Area_of_the_National_Archives_Building_-_DPLA_-_22173d52df99d88fcac968c1f9861f8b.jpg) — Public domain; General Services Administration. National Archives and Records Service. 1949-1985

**Note on `axl-wp-09` / `file-02-crucible`:** the photograph of the statue is CC0, but the statue itself is a public artwork in China whose sculptor may hold a separate copyright. Low risk for editorial use; swap for the public-domain crucible-tongs photo if you want zero exposure.

**Note on `axl-wp-08`:** the circuit-board crop was chosen to avoid manufacturer logos; only component reference numbers are visible.

**Note on `axl-wp-01`:** the fence photo is marked CC0 on Commons, but it came by way of a stock-aggregator site and its author is unknown, so its provenance is thinner than the rest. In the crowd photo, the surfer is seen from behind with his face turned away, and the crowd is mostly raised hands, so no one can be identified.

**Note on `axl-wp-03`:** the newspaper in the source photo is a recent, copyrighted German paper. Its whole printed face was replaced with the public-domain 1890 *Seligman Sunbeam*, so none of the modern page survives. The reader's face is hidden behind the sheet.

## `instrument-01-perpendiculum.jpg`
- Gallo-Roman plumb bob on its cord (subject): [Fil à plomb gallo-romain Metz 100109.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fil_%C3%A0_plomb_gallo-romain_Metz_100109.jpg) — Public domain; Vassil
- Mission Control, consoles and operators (second exposure): [Overall view of Mission Control Center during Apollo 14 (S71-16879).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overall_view_of_Mission_Control_Center_during_Apollo_14_(S71-16879).jpg) — Public domain; NASA Johnson Space Center

## `axl-wp-11.jpg`
- Switchboard operators from behind (subject): [Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. View of row of operators. View of chairs showing type of chairs used by... - NARA - 522875.tif](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chesapeake_and_Potomac_Telephone_Company._View_of_row_of_operators._View_of_chairs_showing_type_of_chairs_used_by..._-_NARA_-_522875.tif) — Public domain; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- Mycelium network (second exposure; the mushroom itself removed): [A common mushroom in the button stage, photo from The Encyclopedia of Food by Artemas Ward.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_common_mushroom_in_the_button_stage,_photo_from_The_Encyclopedia_of_Food_by_Artemas_Ward.jpg) — Public domain; Artemas Ward

## `axl-wp-11-plate.jpg`
- Town plan (ground): [Map of the Original City of Philadelphia in 1682 by Thomas Holme.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Original_City_of_Philadelphia_in_1682_by_Thomas_Holme.jpg) — Public domain; Thomas Holme
- Mycelium network and the new node: [A common mushroom in the button stage, photo from The Encyclopedia of Food by Artemas Ward.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_common_mushroom_in_the_button_stage,_photo_from_The_Encyclopedia_of_Food_by_Artemas_Ward.jpg) — Public domain; Artemas Ward

## `boot/stickers.jpg` (the boot cube)
Fifty-four 160×160 stickers, one per outward face of the boot cube. No new source material: each is a crop of a plate already listed above (the research covers, the interludes, the homepage and section plates, the Perpendiculum plate) or of a figure drawn in code for the papers, rasterised on the paper ground.
## The door (`/door/`)
- The duck-rabbit, rendered as text in the site's monospace from the engraving in Joseph Jastrow, "The Mind's Eye", *Popular Science Monthly* 54 (1899), public domain; the figure first appeared, unsigned, in *Fliegende Blätter* (23 October 1892). Scan supplied by Imran. No photograph, no AI imagery.