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Toxaphene Socks 'Em
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
Advertisement featuring a black and white photograph of a dead boll weevil with caption reading:
Close-up of a boll weevil, flat on its back – killed by toxaphene
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.
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Hercules Incorporated. “Toxaphene Socks 'Em.” 1952 Hercules Advertisements, 1952. Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/st74cr27k.
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