To kill bedbugs William Tell uses a crossbow, but he should be using Hahnelyn Gas to kill them by fumigation. Colour lithograph, 190- (?).

Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
Reference:
583290i
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Description

Advertisement for a product, Hahnelyn Gas, which kills pests by fumigation. Packaging illustrated shows use of the product in a domestic interior and bears lettering: Hahnelyn Vergasungs-System. Jeder sein eigener Desinfektor für Wohnungen, Speicher, Baracken, Keller, Ställe etc.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1909?] (Reichenbach i. V. [im Vogtland] : Vogtland Druckerei-Gesellschaft Hübler, Strödel & Co.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 69.8 x 99.3 cm

Lettering

Wanzen mit der Armbrust schiessen is Blödsinn ; nur Hahnelyn-Gas tötet radikal Wanzen samt Brut

Reference

Wellcome Collection 583290i

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