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| Date: | 07 27 1944 |
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| Description: | City of Madison staff demonstrating homemade liquid mosquito sprayer designed by Dr. Bernhard "Dommie" Domogalla, city biochemist. Left to right: LeRoy Joh... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Boom spraying of cranberries, in the Wisconsin Rapids area and probably by members of the Asa Bennett family. This technique using a tractor was developed ... |
| Date: | 07 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Pfc. Glen Lindsey displays the fly traps he invented to trap thousands of flies in the Truax Field area. |
| Date: | 08 22 1946 |
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| Description: | Sherwin Williams Company, 340 State Street, window display of PESTROY-DDT, new brush-on liquid coating for screens, porches, basements, sills, thresholds, ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A gardener sprays a row of plants with a sprayer and metal container. The container likely holds pesticide. |
| Date: | 07 30 1948 |
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| Description: | Blaney Farms 4-H booth with display: "Fight Weed Thieves." Three young women and one young man are shown with a display of farm products. They are all hold... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Three men operating an International I-14 industrial tractor and a 300-gallon beam sprayer in an apple orchard. One man is sitting on the tractor while the... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men are operating an International I-14 tractor and a beam sprayer. One man is sitting on the tractor while the other man is standing and operating the... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Cover of United States Department of the Interior Circular 11 entitled DDT: Its Effect on Fish and Wildlife by Clarence Cottam and Elmer Higgins. Th... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Pages one and Two of Senate Bill 458 regarding the depositing of toxic insecticides. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | German Prisoner of War stationed in Wisconsin Rapids working on the A.E. Bennett and Sons Cranberry Marsh. He is spraying the cranberry crop with either an... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Irving R. Bennett, of the A.E. Bennett & Son Cranberry Marsh, spraying cranberry marshes for pest and weed control. The hose was attached to a rig that cou... |
| Date: | 01 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. The red, green and black label features a drawing of a dead rat, with skull and cross... |
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