Description
Mining and Scientific Press - 1883-06-02 - Hercules Powder.jpg
English:
Advertisement for Hercules Powder, a brand of blasting powder made by the California Powder Works (later the Hercules Powder Company). The imaged captioned
Hercules Slaying the Giants
is not only mythological, but also metaphorical: at the time this ad was made, Giant Powder Company was a major rival of the Hercules brand. (image cropped and lightened)
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Mining and Scientific Press
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published by Dewey & Co., San Francisco, California, USA.
The original image is on page 378 of the issue dated June 2, 1883,
available at the Internet Archive
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