Sprayer, Hand
Object number2018.87.5
Manufacturer
Gulf Oil Corporation
(1907 - 1984)
Designer
E. W. Jacobson
Designer
Harry Orland Creazzi
Designer
John Dalzell
Date1940-1949
OriginUnited States of America
MediumMetal; Paint; Plastic
Credit LineGift of Christine Bartell
DescriptionMechanical hand-pump insecticide sprayer or Flit gun. Sixteen-ounce cylindrical chemical drum with pump cylinder screwed to top. Pump cylinder has hand-operated metal piston with black plastic handle. Side of chemical drum and pump cylinder are painted blue, orange, and white with orange and white maker and product text.DimensionsHeight x Width x Length: 4.625 x 4.25 x 15.938 in. (11.7 x 10.8 x 40.5 cm)MarksSide of chemical drum has orange text "Quick Action / Gulfspray" twice; "MODEL 30 INTERMITTENT / TANK CAPACITY 16 OZ."; and "kills / FLIES, MOSQUITOES, MOTHS, ANTS, / ROACHES, FLEAS, AND BEDBUGS".
Proper left side of pump cylinder has orange and white text "Gulf SPACE SPRAYER".
Proper right side of pump cylinder has orange and white text "SPACE SPRAYER Gulf".
Top of pump cylinder at the base has logo with blue text "Gulf".
Underside of pump cylinder has white text "GULF OIL CORPORATION Gulf Building, Houston, Texas, U. S. A. Made in U. S. A. 277F-L-AE".
Historical NotesGulf Oil insect spray flit gun designed by E. W. Jacobson, Harry O. Creazzi, and John Dalzell, c. 1940s. The flit gun, was an insecticide sprayer used from 1928 until the 1950s. This object is part of a collection of Gulf Oil Racing items that belonged to donor Christine Bartell's father, Harry “Chick” Creazzi and that document his career at Gulf. Creazzi worked with famed racecar designer Harry Miller to design the first rear engine race car for Gulf Oil racing in the late 1930s. Creazzi went on to become the head of the racing department at Gulf. Gulf recruited Miller in 1937 when they were attempting to further their research of petroleum products and enter competitive racing. Miller was contracted to build four cars for Gulf and Creazzi assisted him from at the start, they worked out of Gulf’s research facility in Harmarville, Pennsylvania.
Related institution
Gulf Oil Corporation
(1907 - 1984)
Related institution
Gulf Research and Development Company
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