c/vintageads · by hahattpro@lemmy.ml · 1y"FLY-TOX kills Flies, Mosquitoes" - Fly-tox print ad - 1930s Strange old day, they have to use the pump, no spray can. 24 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
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reddig33@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
I’m afraid to ask what’s in it. Especially with that inset photo where she’s using a mouth dispenser.
skeletorfw@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Just good old fashioned DDT apparently...
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Their ads were great
reddig33@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
“Safe.”
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Later versions used freon as a propellant.
hahattpro@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
So, you have to buy a pump yourself ? or just open the can, let it in the room and fly tox just work out of the can ?
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
I don't know. I have a vague recollection of there being some kind of trigger and nozzle attachment for things like this.