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Lesson on Flies in Classroom

Date: 1915
Description: A student is using a pointer to direct the attention of seated students toward a poster labeled "Life Cycle of a Fly" during a lesson on the dangers of hou...
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Secession Web

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis as a spider traps flies in his web. The web appears to be attached to the Union flag. He has a skull and crossbones on his back and blood d...
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Pfc. Glen Lindsey and Fly Traps

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: Pfc. Glen Lindsey displays the fly traps he invented to trap thousands of flies in the Truax Field area.
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Child Milking Cow

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Description: A child from the East Tennessee Farmers Union milking a cow covered with flies.
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Classroom Presentation on Flies

Date: 1915
Description: A group of students and a teacher are sitting at desks in a classroom while listening to a lesson on the dangers of house flies. Agricultural lecture chart...
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Fly Trap

Date: 1924
Description: A wooden fly trap standing at the back entrance to the farmhouse of Professor Perry Holden.
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Giant Fly Sharing Bowl with Toddler

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Description: Illustration of a toddler sitting near a window in a high chair eating from a bowl with a spoon. A giant fly is also eating from the bowl. Hand-tinted lant...
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Insect Christmas Card

Date: 12 21 1940
Description: A hand-made Christmas card created by Marshall Hertig, an entomologist. It features a photograph of Phlebotomus Verrucarum (at a magnification of 13.5), a ...
Poster

"Step" Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Italian film "La steppa." Illustrated image of a fly resting on a vertical line against a brown and blue gradient backg...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1969
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a cricket or grasshopper serenading a large trout swimming underwater. The insect is playing a violin, while standing on...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1980
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a large trout surrounded by a variety of insects, a fishing reel, and a fishing lure. This drawing appeared in the Wi...

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