Vibrator
name: label: maker
content: Arnold Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: The label on the motor of this vibrator reads “No. 1 / Arnold / Massage Vibrator / VOLT 110 AMP. 25 / NO. 842331 ARNOLD ELECTRIC CO. RACINE, WIS.” The label in the lid of the cardboard box reads “Certificate of / Warranty / and Guarantee . . . ARNOLD ELECTRIC CO. / RACINE, WISCONSIN.” The United States Standard Electrical Co. was formed in 1904 and produced small electrical devices sold under the name Arnold. It became the Arnold Electric Company in 1914.
label: Description
content: Ref: ad for “Arnold Massage Vibrator” that “Keeps Women Young and the Family Well,” in <i>Popular Mechanics</i> (Oct. 1913).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Racine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lea E. Sullivan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0364.01
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0364.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0364
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vibrator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.2 cm x 29.6 cm x 19 cm; 4 1/32 in x 11 21/32 in x 7 15/32 in