Dr. Hobson's Anti Skeeter Talc
date: label: date made
content: ca 1926 - 1930
name: label: maker
content: Pfeiffer Chemical Company
notes: label: Description
content: Gold colored tin with dark green and medium green printing. Tin is flask-shaped and has a twist-open shaker top. Stylized mosquitoes are depicted on the sides of the tin. Directions specify: "To keep Mosquitoes away, apply freely to all exposed parts of the body. Repeat when necessary or as the odor of the Anti Skeeter Talc lessens. REVISION 1926 / NET CONTENTS 3 1/4 oz."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles L. Richter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0244.01
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0244.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Object Name
content: insect repellent
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: oil of citronella 4.5%; carbolic acid .28% (overall active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 11.43 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.4925 cm