BLACK FLAG Insect Powder Puffer/Duster, Press Release Tin, c. 1940s sumi ink drawings seal or otherwise I have

seal or otherwise I have not been able to determine through researching

but in my opinion all the better for it

as if getting ready to speak

I found this one at antiques shop in Maine and was struck by what a handy spool holder it would be - with twelve pegs for spools on the rotating wheel

It looks like maybe a little dust on the surface--I shot with some magnification and did not notice it at all just looking at it

BLACK FLAG Insect Powder Puffer/Duster, Press Release Tin, c. 1940s sumi ink drawings seal or otherwise I haveI love this for the bold black BLACK FLAG against bright yellow, very much including for its evocation of BLACK FLAG, the band. And for being a fun thing to carry around squeezing! This originally would have held Black Flag Insect Powder, the oldest brand of insecticide in the US, which, when you pressed down on the center here, would be propelled in a poof out the spout. I have read that these puffer dusters were often used for puffing the sheets to