Hand-colored lithograph of two men in dark coats with white sashes and medals in a draped parlor with a tall window and a side table of books.

Sons of Temperance, hand-colored lithograph, ca. 1850

Two young men in dark tailcoats, white sashes and ribboned medals stand in a parlor before a tall window with draped crimson curtains. The man at left holds a small book, the one at right a bundle of papers and raises a hand, and a draped side table holds stacked volumes.

Artist: Kelloggs & Comstock
Date: ca 1850
Medium: paper (overall material) ink (overall material) hand-colored (image production method/technique)
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 1839 × 2560 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1855).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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