Safety Razor
Object Details
- Description
- Red plastic safety razor in a case with an inscription in the lid that reads in part “. . . PLASTI- / PACK / PAT. NO. / . . .” Inscriptions on the cardboard package for the blade(s) read in part “Goldtone / DOUBLE EDGE / BLADE” and “The unique Goldtone pro / cess adds longer life and / smoother shaves. / SANITARY and / RUST RESISTING.” The form was on the market by 1944. Daniel C. Dillon, Jr., d.b.a. D. C. Dillon & Co., obtained a trademark in 1944.
- Ref: Daniel C. Dillon, Jr., “Collapsible Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 2,325,751 (Aug. 3, 1943), assigned to Dillon-Beck Manufacturing Co.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
- ID Number
- 1984.0782.322
- accession number
- 1984.0782
- catalog number
- 1984.0782.322
- Object Name
- razor kit
- personal hygiene product
- Object Type
- Personal Hygiene Products
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 2 in x 1 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.7625 cm
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Removal
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Marketed to Men
- Beauty and Health
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_209742
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-df64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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