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Wipe out all these insects with Toxaphene

  • 1949

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Advertisement for Toxaphene, a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant developed by the Hercules Powder Company primarily for use in agricultural insecticides. The advertisement includes a checklist of insects killed with Toxaphene, including armyworms, boll weevils, cotton fleahoppers, and southern green stink bugs.

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.

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  • Series II: Advertising
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  • Volume 1949
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Hercules Incorporated. “Wipe out All These Insects with Toxaphene.” 1949 Hercules Advertisements, 1949. Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1949. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/nk322f038.

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