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Now it's really "Good-bye Weeds"

  • 1950s

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Color-printed magazine advertisement by the American Cyanamid Company. The image depicts two farmers chatting in a field while a plane flys behind them. The work advertises the product AERO™ Cyanate, Weedkiller which will purportedly efficiently kill weeds while leaving crops unharmed and without poisonous residue.

The American Cyanamid Company, founded in 1907, was originally a manufacturer of agricultural chemicals. The product line was soon broadened to encompass many different types of industrial and specialty chemicals, leading the company to be one of America's top 100 manufacturing companies during the 1970s and 1980s. The company merged with American Home Products (AHP) in 1994. AHP eventually changed its name to Wyeth Corporation and in 2009 Wyeth merged with Pfizer, becoming a subsidiary of the world's largest pharmaceutical company.

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American Cyanamid Company. “Now It's Really ‘Good-Bye Weeds,’” 1950–1959. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/nuaylhl.

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