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Dewdrop Bitters, the Great American Stomach Regulator, 1868

A bride above the name, a man drinking below.

What

A colour lithograph label for Dewdrop Bitters, the great American stomach regulator, 1868; Library of Congress, LCCN 2004671460.

Why

Bitters were sold as medicine and drunk as liquor, and the label promises both.

Notice

DEW DROP is set in white in a red oval, ringed by a green band, and a stout man in the lower circle sips from a glass.

“A patent medicine label, sold as a tonic.”

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 11x17" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Country: United States
Format: Other
Piece published: Dewdrop bitters - the great American stomach regulator LCCN2004671460, 1868
Source: Library of Congress · LCCN 2004671460

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Scan: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; public domain. 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 2026-11-02. Published 1868, before the 1930 cutoff; maker unidentified; Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-100-1923}} {{PD-old-100-expired}} {{PD-old-X-expired}} {{PD-old-text}} {{SDC-PD-old}}. Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.