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Mabex Vaporizer
- 1950s
Mabex brand pesticide vaporizer with white text and moth graphics on red, round tin. Center punched with holes on both sides of tin.
- Manufacturer The Mabex Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Black Flag Sprayer
- 1950s
Black Flag brand round metal sprayer with black text on yellow label. Small rubber cap.
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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3 items
Ortho Fruit Tree Spray
- 1950s
Ortho brand pesticide bottle with black and white text on red label with fruit graphics. Red screw cap.
- Manufacturer California Chemical Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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2 items
Miller's 50% DDT Wettable
- After 1937 – before 1969
Miller's brand pesticide can with black and yellow text on red, yellow, and green label. Butterfly and landscape graphics.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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2 items
Black Flag Bug Killer
- 1950s
Black Flag brand pesticide bottle with black text on light green and white label with flag graphic. White screw cap with sprayer.
- Manufacturer Boyle-Midway Inc.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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2 items
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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Perkin-Elmer Model DSC-1 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- 1950s
Close-up view of a Perkin-Elmer Model DSC-1 Differential Scanning Calorimeter. The man posed with the instrument is unidentified.
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Calorimeters, Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Corporations, Calorimetry
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Perkin-Elmer Model 21 Infrared Spectrophotometer
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified female model demonstrating use of a Perkin-Elmer Model 21 Infrared Spectrophotometer. Notably, the Perkin-Elmer Model 21 was designed as the first linear wave-number versus transmittance…
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Perkin-Elmer stratoscope on display
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified group examining a Perkin-Elmer stratoscope, a balloon-borne astronomical telescope designed to study the turbulence and granulation in the Sun's photosphere, as well as planetary…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Telescopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Instrument manufacture, Corporations
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Richard Perkin with scientific instrument
- 1950s
General view of Perkin-Elmer Corporation co-founder and President Richard Scott Perkin (right) and an unidentified individual examining a portion of the interior of a Perkin-Elmer instrument.
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Photographer Jameson, J.R.
- Subject Perkin, Richard Scott, 1906-1969, Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Corporations
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Portrait of Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969)
- 1950s
Portrait of American entrepreneur Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969) seated at a desk. In 1937, Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer (1872-1954) founded the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, an optical design and consulting company…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Portrait photography, Perkin, Richard Scott, 1906-1969, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Portraits, Corporations
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Model of Perkin-Elmer stratoscope
- 1950s
General view of Perkin-Elmer Corporation Vice President Thomas Fahy (right) and two unidentified individuals examining a model of a stratoscope, a balloon-borne astronomical telescope designed to study the turbulence…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Telescopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Instrument manufacture, Corporations
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APEX Electric Moth Fumigator
- 1950s
Metal pesticide fumigator, box, rope electrical cord, instructions, and record log.
A. Small, metal cup with plastic bottom, two prongs, and metal handle.
B. Blue rope electrical cord.
C. Box with red and blue text on…- Manufacturer Clean Home Products, Inc.
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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4 items
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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1952 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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Scientific Committee report to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- 1952-Jan-03
The report, from a committee chaired by Arnold O. Beckman, recommended that attempts to manipulate the weather be controlled and monitored by a federal agency.
- Creator Of Work Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
- Subject Weather control--Environmental aspects, Weather control
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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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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 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 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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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 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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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