Black Cat
date: label: date made
content: Mid-20th century
name: label: maker
content: Akwell Industries
notes: label: Description
content: Black Cat condoms were manufactured by Akwell Industries, Incorporated of Dothan, Alabama during the second half of the 20th century. The black box features an image of a cat with green eyes in gold outline. The back of the box describes the condom as an “Exciting prophylactic in deep black…to satisfy the exotic…to capture the mystique and intrigue of the night. For the Bold. For The Imaginative. For The Venturesome.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: Subject
content: Sex
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0416.016
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.016
label: accession number
content: 1989.0416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condom
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom, novelty
label: Other Terms
content: Condom; Contraceptive Devices
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 3.81 cm x .635 cm