A soldier in 19th-century costume (hussar?) killing flies by spraying them with a gun of Flit insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1931.
- Date:
- [1931]
- Reference:
- 589484i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The Flit insecticide currently (2004) marketed by Clarke Mosquito Control contains permethrin as its active agent, but permethrin seems to have been developed only in 1977. Flit was a petroleum-derived insecticide, made in the USA by Stanco, Inc., of New Jersey, a subsidiary of Standard Oil
Publication/Creation
[Germany?] : [publisher not identified], [1931]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 115 x 83.6 cm
Lettering
Flit tötet lästige Insekten
On container: "Flit tötet Fliegen, Motten, Stechmücken, ... sowie anderes Haus-Ungeziefer samt brut. Flit-Zerstäubung gibt keine Flecken." Container bears copyright statement dated 1928
Reference
Wellcome Collection 589484i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores