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Mabex Vaporizer

  • 1950s

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Mabex brand pesticide vaporizer with white text and moth graphics on red, round tin. Center punched with holes on both sides of tin.

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  • 1 in. H x 3.5 in. Diam.
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 6

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Science History Institute. Mabex Vaporizer. Photograph, 2018. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/qr46r1684.

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