Bed Bug Murder vintage label

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At Etsy, cOveTableCuriOsitIEs is selling this beautiful 1920s label from a product called Bed Bug Murder. As the label says, "Bed Bugs are Terrible." It's just $10 and there's only one for sale.
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RAID
KILLS BUGS
DEAD
Its claimed that it was the Beat poet Lew Welch who came up with the advertising slogan “Raid Kills Bugs Dead” while working at agency Foote Cone & Belding. Although many have noted that it is needlessly repetitive (can one kill bugs undead?) It also forms a beautiful mini-haiku.
cuvtixo

Ooops. Turns out that it actually follows the humorous and often cynical form of Japanese SenryÅ« poetry, not Haiku. Damn you public radio for exposing me as a psuedointellectual!
Raian

I recently travelled across Canada staying at hotels and hostels. I had encountered bed bugs twice– one time at a hostel and another time at a hotel. I have to say they are terrible, resilient, little bastards!
Halloween Jack

I shot a bed bug in Reno, just to watch it die.
zuzu

Sold! Download the high resolution scan and make your own. Propers to anyone who vectorizes it and posts the SVG.
buenoben

I just did a live trace, hope it works :)

bedbugmurder.svg
rengeek

I bet some band will name themselves “Bed Bug Murder” soon.