The Grand Antique Mall, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, presents an Original Antique Wooden crate box ”HERCULES POWDER High Explosives Dangerous” that once held dynamite. All sides have readable, impressed letters. Features a sketch of the mythological Hercules carrying the skin of the Nemean lion that he killed. Circa: 1920. No lid. ABOUT THE COMPANY: T. W. Bacchus founded the dynamite manufacturing firm, The Hercules Powder Company, in 1912 in Wilmington, Delaware. DIMENSIONS: 6.5”H x 21.25”W x 17.5”D. WT=5.95 lbs. CONDITION: Very Good antique condition. Intact sturdy box. Odorless. All 4 sides readable words. 

Front & Back= I.C.C. —14 HERCULES POWDER HIGH EXPLOSIVES DANGEROUS

Side 1=HERCULES (Sketch of Hercules holding the skin of the slain Nemean lion)

POWDER REG. U.S.PAT.OFF.

Side 2= 50 LBS.  4X8  HERCULES GELATIN  REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE   L.F. (in red, deeply impressed in the wood) 40% STRENGTH  E

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