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Equipment - Shell Tox Insect Sprayer

  • Side view of Insect Sprayer

    Image of Shell Tox Insect Sprayer

  • Plunger of Insect Sprayer with lettering and picture visible

    Image of plunger of Insect Sprayer

  • Barrel of insect sprayer with lid unscrewed and separate. Lettering and picture visible.

    Image of barrel of insect sprayer with lid separate

  • Front of barrel and plunger. Lettering visible on barrel.

    Image of front of barrel and plunger of insect sprayer

  • Side view of Insect Sprayer
  • Plunger of Insect Sprayer with lettering and picture visible
  • Barrel of insect sprayer with lid unscrewed and separate. Lettering and picture visible.
  • Front of barrel and plunger. Lettering visible on barrel.

Historical information

An insect pump used to kill household pests such as flies, mosquitoes, silverfish and fleas. An advertisement in the Australian Women's weekly from January 26, 1946 references this particular model as an improvement on the previous pre-war model, as it now contained "the correct amount of DDT". DDT was banned in Australia in 1987.

Significance

This type of insect sprayer was in common use in Australian households in the mid-20th century.

Physical description

Insect sprayer- consisting of a pump with a cylindrical tank attached and a handle made of wood

Inscriptions & markings

On pump: ''SHELL / TOX / Death / to / every pest / A SHELL PRODUCT / MADE IN AUSTRALIA''
On both ends of tank: ''SHELL TOX / Death to every pest''

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