TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Known Copyright TI - Toxaphene exhibition display (1952) ID - 1hfulvd AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1952/// YR - 1952 AV - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 27, Folder 44 VL - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 27, Folder 44 AN - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 27, Folder 44 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/1hfulvd AB - 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 photograph are unidentified. 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 its business to encompass a variety of industrial products, including pine and paper chemicals, synthetics, pigments, polymers, and cellulose. KW - Chemical industry KW - Corporations KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Advertising, Industrial KW - Advertising KW - Toxaphene KW - Insecticides KW - Agriculture LA - ER -