Hero Condom - A ring for your next engagement
date: label: date made
content: ca 1987
name: label: maker
content: Health Education Resource Organization
notes: label: Description
content: This condom was distributed by the Health Education Resource Organization (HERO) of Baltimore, Maryland during the late 20th century. HERO was established in 1986 as a community-based organization to combat the spread of AIDS. The single foil-wrapped condom is enclosed in a blue cardboard envelope with white text on the cover that reads “A ring or your next engagement.” The upper inside reads “The ultimate token of your love.” Throughout the HIV-AIDS pandemic, condum manufacturers and distributers often used a light tone in their labels in an attempt to persuade people to pick up and use condoms.
label: Description
content: The condom is inserted into the cardboard of the envelope. Below the condom, text reads “Use condoms for the love of your life.” The back of the envelope reads Hero/Health Education Resource Organization/945-AIDS/Baltimore Metro/251-1164/DC Metro/1-800-638-6252/Elsewhere in MD/HERO, 101 West Read Street, Suite 812, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: associated subject; web subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: associated subject; web subject
content: HIV-AIDS
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Sex
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
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: 1988.0207.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0207
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0207.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condom
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm x .3 cm; 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 in x 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x .9525 cm