Bickmore Gold Star Insect Repellant
Utilitarian Object
Identifier:
OBJ.O.1996.07Description
A Bickmore Gold Star Insect Repellant bottle, likely produced in the 1910s. Bickmore Co. started in Old Town, ME in 1882 with their original Gall Salve and expanded their production line in 1892 after incorporation. This bottle reads "The Bickmore Company, Old Town, Maine."Active ingredients: Technical Piperonyl Butoxide consists of (butyl carbityl) (6-propylpiperonyl) ether and related compounds; Pyrethrins.
Inert Ingredients: Water, Petroleum distillate, Polyoxyethylene Sorbitol oleate-laurate.
Label includes ad copy for other Bickmore products XYZ Ointment and EXODR.