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Mice - Control

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  • A rat; representing the battle against rats and mice in the Netherlands. Lithograph by J. Roëde, ca. 1950 (?).
  • A farmer kills mice by piping a canister of of Lepit poison gas into an underground passage; advertising Lepit gas appliances. Colour lithograph by Lünge (?), ca. 192-.
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    A rat eating bread on a plate. Colour lithograph after C. Atkinson, 1951 (?).

    Atkinson, Claude. | Date: [1951?] | Reference: 824450i
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    Directions for taking alive or destroying rats and mice, either in houses, ships, mills, farms, &c. by a method hitherto unattempted, by John Middleton, late of Walthamstow.

    Middleton, John, rat-catcher. | Date: M,DCC,LXXX-IX. [1789]
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    The head of a rat: campaign against rats and mice in Folkestone. Colour lithograph, 1951 (?).

    | Date: [1951?] | Reference: 825486i
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    A rat, with photographs of a household, a garden, a warehouse etc. superimposed. Colour lithograph, 1981.

    | Date: 1981 | Reference: 824424i
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    A farmer kills mice by piping a canister of of Lepit poison gas into an underground passage; advertising Lepit gas appliances. Colour lithograph by Lünge (?), ca. 192-.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?] | Reference: 2002677i
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