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Flyswatter with black painted wooden handle and black screen swatter. "Swat the Fly" was one of Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine's many public health campaigns, which also included "Bat the Rat", "Don't Spit on the Sidewalk," and efforts to ban communal drinking cups and hand towels.
Date: between 1900 and 1950
Item Number: 318747
Call Number: 1958.218.2
KSHS Identifier: 1958.218.2
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Public Health
Community Life - Community services - Public health
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Board of Health, Kansas State
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Household Accessory - Swatter, Fly
People - Notable Kansans - Crumbine, Samuel Jay, 1862-1954
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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