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Shell Tox Aerosol Insecticide

  • Circa 1941

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Shell brand insecticide aerosol spray can with red and beige text on red, beige, and gold label with shell graphic. Round red cap.

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Science History Institute. Shell Tox Aerosol Insecticide. Photograph, 2018. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/m326m249t.

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