1943 & 1949 Flit

[tvini.livejournal.com]

1943 Flit insecticide. Dr. Seuss did illustrations for Flit before he became Dr. Seuss. I don't know if he illustrated the first ad. I have no doubt about the one below, though, drawn six years later.

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[bpphantom.livejournal.com]

these are awesome!

[kimerastorm.livejournal.com]

Ok now my grandmother telling me to get the flit makes sense.

[magelet10.livejournal.com]

Oh that's so cool!

[misstia]

i got a book, somewhere!, from i believe the late 30s or early 40s, a little paperwork and it's called something like 'pocket book of boners'....i kid you not....i bought it for the title! but it's filled with drawings by theodore geisel...

[minniemousegirl.livejournal.com]

who's Henry? Love these ads!

[afranjes.livejournal.com]

What exactly was this? I'm assuming that since it is no longer around, it was...toxic?

[teal-cuttlefish.livejournal.com]

Mineral oil. Now Permethrin, which is from marigolds I think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flit

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

My parents remembered these ads! They said the artwork was fantastic and VERY funny! I have to believe it, because for my dad to remember something like an ad (especially for something like fly spray), it'd have to be really out of the ordinary. :)

[tvini.livejournal.com]

Poking around further, I can see why your dad would remember them! Color Flit ad - clearly Theodore Geisel! (http://www.terramaja.nl/uploaded_files/1Flit%20reclame%20.jpg)

[lovelier.livejournal.com]

Very cool!

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

A few years back, I was holed up in a closet at the library at William & Mary, photocopying out all the political cartoons by "Dr. Seuss" in PM. It took a month or two of weekend and evening work, but I was glad to have pretty much all of them. Then a couple of years later, someone put out a book of them.

I have the book of Boners. I used to have the hardback, which was three books in one, but stupidly let it go when I was moving over and over.