Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Exterminators and Sprayers
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Exterminators
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0.47 Cubic feet
consisting of 1 box, 1 folder.
1896-1940
undated
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Exterminators and Sprayers forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Exterminators and Sprayers is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Preferred Citation note
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Exterminators and Sprayers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Conditions Governing Use note
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Materials in the Archives Center
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
Missing Title
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Series 1: Business Ephemera
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Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
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Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers
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Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Scope and Contents
This material consists primarily of articles, printed advertisements, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationary, envelopes, pamphlets, health reports and farmer bulletins pertaining to exterminators and sprayers. The material dates from 1896-1940, but the bulk is late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Materials are organized by name and company. There are four folders of material grouped by type: related publications, general publications, magazines, news articles and miscellaneous items.
Processing Information
In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund, the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History implemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about and facilitate access to more of our collections.
A large portion of stored material from the original acquisition received minimal level processing, which resulted in additions to this Subject category. This effort included basic arrangement and replacement of non-archival housing for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners have not all been removed. Revisions to the encoded finding aid were made to reflect the added content in context to the previously processed material.
Minimal level processing and enhancement of the machine-readable finding aid completed by Nicole Blechynden, September 2017.
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Insect pests -- Control
Insecticides
Insect pests -- Control -- Equipment and supplies
Companies
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Amer. Drugs & Chemical Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1924)
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1
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Bennett, M.J.Company, New York City
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1
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Biocerta Corporation, New York (1940)
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1
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Blanchard,James A.Company, New York (1924)
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1
3
Botanical Manufacturing Co, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1
3
Champion, M.H., Owego, Tiogo County
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1
4
Carbolineum Wood Preserving Co., New York (1910)
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1
4
Common Sense Manufacturing Co., Buffalo, New York
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1
4
Crown Chemical Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1890)
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1
4
Danysz, Vivus, London
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1
5
The Demins Co., Salem, Ohio
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1
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Diamond Oil and Paint Co., Scranton, Pennsylvania
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1
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Dobbins Mfg co., St. Paul, Minesota
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1
5
Earp- Thomas Farmogerm Co. Bloomfield, New Jersey
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1
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Ellis's Tree Protector, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
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1
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Fichtenberg, New York, Lockport, New York
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1
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Feild Force Port Co. Lockport, New York
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1
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Frank Disinfecting Co., Albany, New York
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1
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Fruit Grower Co. (1905)
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1
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Grace Agency, Brooklyn, New York
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1
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Grace Agency, Brooklyn, New York
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1
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Hudson Mfg. Co. Minneapolis, Minesota
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1
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Hurst Mfg Co., Canton, Ohio
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1
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Hester, Charles, Manchester
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1
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Hooper, Orlando, New York
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1
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Hopkins, Insecticides, New York
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1
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Hotchkiss and Tuttle Co., Wallingford, Conn.
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1
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Isaacsen, Adolph, New York
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1
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Josten, C.H., New York
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1
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Kearney Chemical Works, New York
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1
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Kidder, K.P., Burlington, Vermont
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1
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Lee, George Co. Chicago, Illinois
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1
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Little and Co., Rochester, New York
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1
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Lowell Specialty Co., Lowell, Michigan
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1
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O-At-Ka Chemical Co., Le Roy, New York
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1
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Rapell, Frank and Co. Saeger, Pennsylvania
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1
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Ratin Laboratory, Inc., Copenhagen, 1905
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1
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Reade Manufacturing Co. Hoboken, New Jersey
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1
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Stahl William, Manufacturer Quincy, Illinois
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1
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Thomas Manufacturins Co., Dayton, Ohio
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1
17
Publications, Miscellaneous, and General Images
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Related Publications
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Report - Locust Investigation Commission
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1898
1
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Bulletin - State Board of Health of Maine
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1914
1
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One Hundred Trade Secrets
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1915
1
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Destruction of Obnoxious Insects
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1879
1
18
GPO Publications
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1
Unknown
Disinfection Against Mosquitoes
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1901
1
19
Notes on the Bionornic of Rats and Methods of Destroying Rats
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1
Unknown
Rats and his Relation to the Public Health
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1899
1
Unknown
Magazine and News Articles
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1
20
Miscellaneous
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1
21
General Images
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1
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Rough on Rats, advertisement
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undated
SUPP
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7
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of trade card.