Three Column Vending Machine; "Protex Scent, Nipple End Prince, Protex Man Form Plus"
date: label: date made
content: after 1965
notes: label: Description
content: According to the vendor, this condom machine was used in a brothel in Cicero, Ill. The three-column machine has decals for three brands of condoms: Protex Scent, Nipple End Prince, and Protex Man Form Plus. A red sticker at the bottom of the machine indicates that the condoms sold for 25 cents and that they were to be "Used for Family Planning and Prevention of Venereal Disease." The reference to "Family Planning” indicates that the machine dates from after the 1965 court case of Griswold v Connecticut. That court case had led the U.S. Supreme Court to allow condoms to be sold as a contraceptive as well as a means of preventing disease.
label: Description
content: Vending machines were an easy way to discreetly distribute condoms.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: Subject
content: Sex
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0416.008
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.008
label: accession number
content: 1989.0416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vending Machine, Condom
label: Other Terms
content: Vending Machine, Condom; Manufacturing And Dispensing Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)