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The Saloon League Window, Washington, 1921

The Capitol dome, seen through the League's own lettering.

What

A Harris & Ewing glass negative catalogued as a man looking out a window at the Saloon League of America, with a view of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Why

The League's offices looked straight at the building it lobbied.

Notice

The word LEAGUE reads backwards on the glass, and the dome floats pale beyond it.

“The whole politics of the dry years in one window.”

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: Man looking out window at Saloon League of America; view of U.S. Capitol through window, 1921
Source: Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection · LCCN 2016890948

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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.