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2 itemsSnowy Egrets Watched the Men in the Marsh
- Advertisement for Dow insecticide
- 1966
Transparency copy of a print advertisement for Dursban, an insecticide marketed and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use against mosquitoes. The advertisement features an illustration of several snowy egrets in a…
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Toxaphene exhibition display (circa 1950s)
- 1950s
General view of an exhibition display panel marketing Toxaphene, a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Toxaphene, Insecticides, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Women in advertising
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National 4-H Entomology Program exhibition display (circa 1950s)
- 1950s
General view of an exhibition display depicting steps in the manufacture of Toxaphene, a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Toxaphene, Insecticides
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Insects You Should Know
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement for Toxaphene Dusts – Sprays illustrating crop destroyers including the rapid plant bug, cotton leafworm and lygus bugs.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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1953 Entomology Program
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement for Hercules Powder Company's sponsorship of the National 4-H Entomology Program for 1953 with a photograph of a boll weevil killed by toxaphene.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, 4-H clubs, Hercules Incorporated, Insect pests, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Corporations
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Toxaphene Socks 'Em
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement featuring a black and white photograph of a dead boll weevil with caption reading:
Close-up of a boll weevil, flat on its back – killed by toxaphene
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Insects You Should Know
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement for Toxaphene Dusts – Sprays illustrating crop destroyers including alfalfa weevils, sweetclover weevils and salt-marsh caterpillars.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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14 items1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
The extensive collection of Hercules advertising materials, covering the years 1913 through 1952, documents the company's growth as a major manufacturer of chemical products. A portion of the 1952 edition is digitized…
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Aerial Operators Prefer Toxaphene Dusts – Sprays
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Illustrated advertisement for Toxaphene Dusts – Sprays depicting a farmer standing in a farm field with an airplane spraying Toxaphene Dusts – Sprays. Text reads:
Toxaphene dusts and sprays are widely recommended for…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene Kills Cotton Insects
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement featuring a billboard reading "Toxaphene kills cotton insects" with a depiction of a tuft of cotton wool. Two men are visible in the foreground, one holding a tuft of cotton wool.
Originally trademarked…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene Socks 'Em
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement featuring a black and white photograph of a dead boll weevil with caption reading:
Close-up of a boll weevil, flat on its back – killed by toxaphene
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene Kills Insect Pests
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement for toxaphene depicting various insects with an extended list of harmful insects that can be controlled through the use of toxaphene.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was…- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Insects You Should Know
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement for Toxaphene Dusts – Sprays illustrating crop destroyers including thrips, conchuela and boll weevil bugs.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic organic…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene Kills Insect Pests
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement for toxaphene with a photograph of a dead boll weevil and an extended list of harmful insects that can be controlled through the use of toxaphene.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene Agricultural Insecticides
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement for Toxaphene Agricultural Insecticides depicting the western hemisphere with an airplane and tractor spraying insecticides.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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4 itemsToxaphene exhibition display (1952)
- 1952
Series of photographs depicting a Hercules Powder Company exhibition display showcasing the use of Toxaphene, a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant, in grasslands farming. The individuals visible in the last…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Advertising, Industrial, Advertising, Toxaphene, Insecticides, Agriculture
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9 items1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
The extensive collection of Hercules advertising materials, covering the years 1913 through 1952, documents the company's growth as a major manufacturer of chemical products. A portion of the 1952 edition is digitized…
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Approved toxaphene for the control of these pests
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Advertisement for toxaphene with an extended list of harmful insects that can be controlled through the use of toxaphene.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic organic…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene Agricultural Insecticides
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Printed advertisement for toxaphene depicts a book with the title Toxaphene Agricultural Insecticides with an airplane spraying insecticide on a farm. This advertisement appeared in Agricultural Chemicals.
Originally…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Stop Insect Losses! Use Cotton Poisons the Right Way
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Printed advertisement for toxaphene depicts a man waving to a farmer driving a tractor spraying insecticide on cotton fields. This advertisement appeared in the Cotton Gin & Oil Mill Press, Cotton Trade Journal, and Oil…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Advertisement for toxaphene depicts a canister of toxaphene superimposed over a photograph of a farm.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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The Riddle of the Extra Bushels!
- Advertisement for Dow Agricultural Chemicals
- 1951-Jun
Black and white print advertisement for a range of agricultural chemicals manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company, including weed killers, insecticides, fungicides, plant growth regulators, and grain and soil …
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Puts Punch in your fly sprays
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Advertisement for thanite DDT insecticide spray depicts a fly killed by the effects of the spray.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.)…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, DDT (Insecticide), Corporations, Naval stores, Thanite, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Not all weevils froze...
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Advertisement for toxaphene includes tagline "Not all weevils froze..." in bold. Paragraphs below tagline describe how boll weevils can survive cold winters therefore precipitating the need for using toxaphene as an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Make the most from your cotton acreage this year
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Advertisement for toxaphene dusts/sprays depicts farmers with sacks labeled seed, fertilizer and insecticide.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic organic insecticide…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial