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The Tree of Temperance, 1849

Every fruit on the tree is labelled with a virtue.

What

A hand-coloured lithograph of 1849, held by the Library of Congress.

Why

The trunk is lettered with health, strength of body and happiness, and the branches bear the rewards of abstinence one by one.

Notice

Below the tree, a family walks toward a church while a farmer ploughs behind them.

“An orchard as a sermon.”

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 18x24" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Country: United States
Format: Other
Piece published: The tree of temperance, lithograph, 1849
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002697364

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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 1849, 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.