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Lager Bier, Mensing & Stecher, 1879

A national drink, a healthy drink, a family drink.

What

A colour lithograph by J. Z. Wood, printed by Mensing & Stecher, held by the Library of Congress.

Why

Three panels make three claims, written on banners: a national drink, a healthy drink, a family drink.

Notice

The blank cartouche across the top was left for a brewer's name, so any saloon could hang it.

“The argument for beer forty years before the vote against it.”

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

Personalization (title-swap) is coming to this piece — join the house list to hear first.

$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: J. Z. Wood
Printer: Mensing & Stecher
Country: United States
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Lager bier, lithograph, 1879
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 96507589

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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 1879, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Mensing & Stecher.; Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{LOC-meta}} {{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.