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Sons of Temperance, Certificate, Rosenthal, 1857

A membership certificate with the blanks still empty.

What

A certificate of the Sons of Temperance, lithographed by L. N. Rosenthal and published by Edw. R. Blattner, entered 1857; Library of Congress, LCCN 2003680846.

Why

A new member's name, division and date were written into the blanks, and the order's motto runs on a ribbon across the top.

Notice

The vignette at the top shows a room full of figures, and the ribbon beneath it reads Love, Purity and Fidelity.

“Membership, on paper fit to frame.”

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

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$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: L. N. Rosenthal
Country: United States
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Sons of Temperance LCCN2003680846, 1857
Source: Library of Congress · LCCN 2003680846

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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 1857, before the 1930 cutoff; maker L. N. Rosenthal; Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{PD-Layout}} {{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.