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The Fruits of Temperance, 1848
He comes home sober, and the children run to meet him.
What
A hand-coloured lithograph of 1848, held by the Library of Congress.
Why
Temperance prints sold the reward as well as the warning, and this is the reward.
Notice
The mills along the river behind the picket fence: a working man, home from work.
“The happy ending, printed as its own picture.”
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
- The fruits of temperance, lithograph, 1848
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2001699771
Scan: Library of Congress; 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 2026-11-01. Published 1848, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Popular Graphic Arts; Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{LOC-meta}} {{PD-1923}} {{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.
From The Dry Years
The Lost — mark extinguishedConfiscated Still, 1922
Confiscated still — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedLiquor Raid, 1922
Liquor raid — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedDestroying Liquor, 1923
Destroying liquor — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedE. C. Yellowly, Chief of General Prohibition Agents, 1925
E.C. Yellowly, Chief of gen. prohibition agents — National Photo Company press photograph
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