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Howard H. Russell, Founder of the Anti-Saloon League, 1921

The man who built the dry machine, reading in a quiet room.

What

A glass-plate portrait by the Harris & Ewing studio of Washington, catalogued by the Library of Congress as Howard H. Russell, founder of the Anti-Saloon League.

Why

Prohibition took effect in 1920; this is the League's founder a year into the dry years.

Notice

A single lamp behind him and a sheet of paper in his hands.

“The face behind the dry years, photographed at their height.”

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 40x60" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Harris & Ewing
Country: United States
Format: Other
Piece published: Howard H. Russell, founder of the Anti-Saloon League, glass negative, 1921
Source: Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection · LCCN 2016887061

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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 1921, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Harris & Ewing, photographer; Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{LOC-meta}} {{PD-Harris-Ewing}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-70-1923}} {{PD-old-70-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 extinguished by Prohibition in 1920. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.