Medicine and Madison Avenue: Insecticides and Poisons

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A database of over 600 advertisements and historical documents dated between 1911 and 1958, relating to the creation and influence of health-related advertising.

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John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
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Company
- Stanco Incorporated (12)
- Unknown (5)
- Bridgeport Brass Company (3)
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (2)

Product
- Flit (12)
- Fly-Tox (3)
- Aer-a-sol Insecticide (2)
- Bug Bomb (2)

Subject
- Subcategory--Insecticides and Poisons (28)
- Illustrator--Dr. Seuss (5)
- Features--Children (4)
- Features--Military (2)

Year
- 1945 (9)
- 1944 (8)
- 1946 (2)
- 1947 (2)

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Includes products designed to kill disease-bearing insects and other vermin.

Hate Filthy Flies? Kill 'em By the Gallon!	Know Your Enemy!	Kill the Enemy Who's After Your Blood!	How to Guard Your Home Against Bugs...with Knox Out
Flies Are a Serious Problem	Kill her! She's a Disease-Carrying Demon!	The Malaria Mosquito is After You!	She Sucks Your Blood and Leaves Living Death!
Kill the Enemy Who's After Your Blood!	Untold Miseries to Many Out of One Old Tin Can!	Quick, Henry, The Flit!	Quick, Henry, The Flit!
Quick, Henry, The Flit!	Quick, Henry, The Flit!	Quick, Henry, The Flit!	$5,000.00 Given Away For Telling Us Why You Like... Bridgeport Brass Aer-a-sol Insecticide Bomb
General Bug Calls Out The Dive Bombers!	General Bug Orders Germ Warfare!	Kill 'em All...with High-Pressure Aerosol Insect-O-Blitz	Jacksonville gets it First! The Bug Bomb
Insects Will Hate You For This!	Don't Endanger Your Health	Ask Him! Insects Are "Deadly" Kill Flies, Mosquitoes and Many Other Insects With Fly-Tox	Kill Those Filthy Flies and Mosquitoes with Fly-Tox
NO-garbage odors! NO-flies and ants! NO-cats and dogs!	Ready For Immediate Delivery! D.D.T., The Wonder Chemical In My-T-Kill Spray	Standard Fly Spray Protects Health	Help Defend Against Disease By Killing Rats, Mice and Roaches

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