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Congress Bourbon, 1864

A Civil-War-era bourbon label, lithographed by E. Ackermann.

What

An 1864 advertising lithograph for Congress Bourbon, drawn and printed by E. Ackermann — a Civil-War-era American whiskey mark.

Why

The Congress Bourbon mark is long defunct, with no modern revival; like the Bininger pieces it predates this collection's core window but the same dead-mark doctrine applies.

Notice

The lithographer's own credit — 'E. Ackermann, del. & lith.' — printed on the sheet, from the era when the artist and the printer were often the same hand.

“Older than the drought, and gone just as completely.”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.

Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: E. Ackermann (del. & lith.)
Country: United States
Format: Broadside
Piece published: Congress Bourbon — advertising lithograph, 1864
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · LCCN 2017646656

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Scan: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division; no known restrictions. Hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18. Date 1864 stated by the archive (LOC 2017646656, from the copyright deposit statement). PD on publication year.

Congress Bourbon was gone from the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.