Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists I sink I tan hit it. – Historic Reproduction
![Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists I sink I tan hit it., [between 1870 and 1890] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8d/8d1746aa7630-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists I sink I tan hit it., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists I sink I tan hit it.
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The title of this chromolithograph is a playful misspelling: "I sink I tan hit it" stands in for "I think I can hit it," pairing a pest-control pitch with the national pastime of baseball. The color print advertised Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, which the text says were sold by all druggists, and it lists an office at 323 Olive Street in St. Louis. Advertisers of the 1870s and 1880s often gave out colorful lithographed cards like this one, and the cheerful scene of children at play would have made the message familiar to households in a city where baseball was growing fast.
| Created / published | [between 1870 and 1890] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | MO." Forms part of: Samuel Rosenberg collection (Library of Congress)." |
| Notes | Title from item. General Office: 323 Olive Street |
| Subjects | Baseball--1870-1890. Pest control--Missouri--Saint Louis--1870-1890. Children--1870-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 997 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148870 |
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