Start the New Year Off Right!

[pupman]

START THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT!
Looking to buy insect powders such as Lyon's Powder,Costars,John F. Henry,Engels ,Kyles Persian Powder, Manx,D.Maurer & Son,Engels,Knowles 6 & 8" size,Meyers Destroyer,Wentz,Reynards, and any other odd insect powders in the familiar Lyons Powder shape.If you are wondering what they look like please see my attached picture.Try me first,try me last,just TRY ME!!!!! High prices paid for examples I need for me specialty collection! Please let me know what you've got,you'll never be "BUGGING" me!
KEVIN KELLY
53 JOLUDOW DR.
MASSAPEQUA PARK,N.Y. 11762
E mail:bigdoglover@optonline.net
Thank you and Happy New Year!

 

[madpaddla]

Pup:
I have a John F Henry Balsam of the Lungs. He made multiple bottles I guess. Good luck with your searches. Mine is listed on Ebay. Happy New Year.
Madpaddla

 

[idigjars]

Kevin, nice bottles. Thanks for sharing the pic. Good luck with your collection. Paul

 

[pupman]

Dear Madpaddla,Thank you very much for the offer but I only collect Lyons powder shape insect powders,it's nice in a way so that I keep a small but interesting collection and concentrate on one catagory.After almost 25 years collecting it's nice to specialize. As far as your John Henry bottle goes,it sounds very interesting.John F.Henry came to New York around 1865 and worked for Demas barnes(Lyons powder fame).He founded the John F. Henry warehouse about 1868 having bought a share of Barnes business and became John F.Henry/Curran and company in 1873.He sold everything from insect powders to medicines and sundries.He made some nice smooth based, colored insect powders with his name affixed such as the cobalt example above in the picture. As far as I know he never produced any pontiled insect powders coming jsut after the pontiled era.Thank you for taking the time to write me and keep me in mind for any insect buggers you may find! Kev

 

[GuntherHess]

I found this interesting fly trap trade card circa 1875-1885. Do you know if J C ALLAN & CO BUFFALO made any insect powders?

 

[pupman]

Not to my knowledge but ,hey,you really never know.Nobody I have ever talked to heard of a Meyer's destroyer and then on popped up a few years ago,Kev

 

[GuntherHess]

Another cool bug killer card from early 1880s... I guess these replaced or were competing with the insect powders?

 

[idigjars]

Matt, neat looking trade cards. Thanks for sharing the pics. Paul

 

[bearswede]

Predecessor to the "Roach Motel", no doubt...



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[GuntherHess]

If you are like me and didnt know wtf a croton is, its apparently a German cockroach ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cockroach