Advertisement for pine oil manufactured by the Hercules Powder Company depicts a kitchen with a bucket in the foreground. Tagline reads "Smells Clean...Cleans Clean."

Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement…

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 1951 edition is digitized…

Advertisement for nitrocellulose lacquers manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use on wood, metal, plaster, textiles, and other materials. The advertisement includes an illustrated depiction of a…

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 1930 edition is digitized…

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 1936 edition is digitized…

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 1941 edition is digitized…

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 1940 edition is digitized…

The Hercules Mixer was the Hercules' 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 Number 1 and 3…

The Hercules Mixer was Hercules' 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 January-February…

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…

The Hercules Mixer was Hercules' 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 June and October…

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…

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…

The Hercules Mixer was Hercules' 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 February and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.)…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…