TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Toxaphene Socks 'Em T2 - 1952 Hercules Advertisements ID - st74cr27k AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1952/// YR - 1952 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/st74cr27k AB - 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. KW - Toxaphene KW - Chemical industry KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Corporations KW - Naval stores KW - Insecticides KW - Advertising, Industrial LA - English ER -