TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Stop Thief! Use the Proved Cotton Poison Toxaphene T2 - 1949 Hercules Advertisements ID - 9593tv77x AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1949/// YR - 1949 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1949 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1949 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1949 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9593tv77x AB - Advertisement for Toxaphene featuring a photograph of a boll weevil. Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant primarily used in agricultural insecticides. 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 - Toxaphene KW - Chemical industry KW - Boll weevil KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Insect pests--Control KW - Corporations KW - Naval stores KW - Insecticides KW - Advertising, Industrial LA - English ER -