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Tree of Temperance, A. D. Fillmore, 1855

A tree whose fruit are the virtues.

What

The Tree of Temperance, issued by A. D. Fillmore of Ohio in 1855 as one of a pair with a Tree of Intemperance, deposited for copyright on January 25, 1855; Library of Congress, LCCN 2003689278.

Why

The fruit are labelled with the names of virtues, among them Industry, Philanthropy, Goodwill and Charity.

Notice

Children play and read at the foot of the tree, with a schoolhouse on the left, a church on the right, and a steamboat on the river beyond.

“The temperance argument as a diagram.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: A. D. Fillmore
Country: United States
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Tree of temperance LCCN2003689278, 1855
Source: Library of Congress · LCCN 2003689278

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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 1855, before the 1930 cutoff; maker A. D. Fillmore; 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.