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Dr. Roback's Stomach Bitters, 1866

A goddess lifts a glass of bitters beside an eagle.

What

A lithograph for Dr. Roback's Stomach Bitters of Prince, Walton & Co., 56 to 62 East 3rd Street, Cincinnati, deposited for copyright in the Southern District of Ohio in 1866; Library of Congress, LCCN 2003654199.

Why

Unrivaled, says the banner, and the eagle and the classical figure lend a tonic the dignity of a nation.

Notice

The firm's building appears in the lower left, and a ribbon names the proprietors in large capitals.

“A Cincinnati bitters, sold with a goddess.”

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

$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Country: United States
Format: Other
Piece published: Dr. Roback's stomach bitters unrivaled LCCN2003654199, 1866
Source: Library of Congress · LCCN 2003654199

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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 1866, before the 1930 cutoff; maker unidentified; Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{PD-1923}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{SDC-PD-US}}. 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.