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DDT W-50
- After 1941 – before 1972
Pesticide can with black and white text on red, white, and green label. "De-Pester" in white text across top of can.
- Manufacturer Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Standard Mothban Moth Killer
- After 1931 – before 1969
Standard brand Mothban aerosol spray can with red, white, and blue text on white and red background with Standard brand logo. Round red cap.
- Manufacturer Standard Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Air-Way Wirl-A-Way Insector
- Circa 1944
Air-Way brand pesticide vacuum sprayer with glass jar and box.
A. Glass jar with small label. Text reads "Moth Control Especially Prepared For Use with Wirl A Way Insector."
B. Metal, blue Wirl-A-Way sprayer with two…- Manufacturer Air-Way Electric Appliance Corp.
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Lumetron Photoelectric Colorimeter Model 400-A
- 1940s
Electric-powered meter with instructions housed in wooden box. Movable components within box: two (2) slide glass filters (1 with red, green, and blue slides; 1 with orange, green, and blue slides); one (1) encasing to…
- Manufacturer Photovolt Corporation
- Subject Colorimetry--Instruments, Photovolt Corporation
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Tanglefoot Difusor New Method Insect Destroyer
- After 1930 – before 1949
The Tanglefoot Company first introduced the Difusor insecticide sprayer and Difuso insecticide in 1932. Difuso was a pyrethrum-based insecticide. At the time, the Difusor was considered a revolutionary new method of…
- Manufacturer Tanglefoot Company
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Tanglefoot Company, Insecticides
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Hanford Engineer Works Manual for Beckman Instruments equipment
- 1944-Oct
This instruction manual for several Beckman Instruments products was created by the Hanford Site Instrument Department, specifically for use with Beckman instruments used in their facility. Instruments covered in this…
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FlyDed Sprayer
- Before 1927 – before 1959
Hand sprayer with wooden hand pump and metal canister labeled "FlyDed" in white text with blue outline on bright orange background. Green glass jar attached with metal screw cap at front end of sprayer.
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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The Hercules Mixer, Volume 26
- 1944-Jan – 1944-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was the Hercules Powder Company's in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the…
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Letter from Vannevar Bush to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1944
The letter expresses Bush's "personal and official appreciation and commendation" for contracted work performed in furtherance of the war effort.
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Chase's Products New Insect Bomb
- After 1927 – before 1972
Chase's brand insecticide aerosol spray can with black and white text on black, white, and yellow label. Round red cap.
- Manufacturer Chase Products Co.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Shell Tox Aerosol Insecticide
- After 1941 – before 1967
Shell brand insecticide aerosol spray can with red and white text on red, gold, and white label with shell and insect graphic.
- Manufacturer Shell Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Standard Aerosol Insect Killer
- After 1870 – before 1972
Standard brand pesticide spray can with red and blue text on red, white, and blue label. Standard logo. Round red cap.
- Manufacturer Standard Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Truline Binder: Complicated Castings...Clean as a Whistle
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Founding, Metal castings, Advertising, Industrial
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Advertisement for Hercules Truline Binder
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Founding, Metal castings, Advertising, Industrial
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Truline Binder: Faster-Start to Finish
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Foundry workers, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Founding, Metal castings, Advertising, Industrial
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Truline Binders: Get More Good Castings
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Founding, Metal castings, Advertising, Industrial
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Truline Binder: Save Casting Time up to 50%
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Founding, Metal castings, Advertising, Industrial
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Increased Production of Thanite to Meet Present-Day Demands!
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Double-sided advertisement for Thanite, an insecticide manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement, which appeared in the December 1994 issues of Soap and Sanitary Chemicals, features an…
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Increased Capacity with the New and Larger Thanite Plant
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Pesticides industry, Pesticides, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry
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Testing? Remember Thanite Offers FIVE Big Advantages
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Pesticides industry, Pesticides, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry
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Planning Sprays for '45? Include Thanite in Your Testing Program
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Pesticides industry, Pesticides, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry
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Advertisement for Hercules Thanite Insecticide
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Double-sided advertisement for Thanite, an insecticide manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement, which appeared in the June 1994 issues of Soap, features interior and exterior views of a…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Pesticides industry, Research, Industrial, Pesticides, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry
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Quick and Lasting Knockdown...with Low-Cost Thanite
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Pesticides industry, Pesticides, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry
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Higher Power...Lower Cost for Your Livestock Sprays
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Cattle, Pesticides industry, Pesticides, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Insecticides, Livestock, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Insect pests
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Thanite for Household Sprays: Improves Quality...Cuts Costs
- Part of 1944 Hercules Advertisements
- 1944
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Pesticides industry, Pesticides, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Women in advertising
