Spot Reducer model S electric massager
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Spot Reducer model S electric massager. Made by Spot Reducer Co., Newark, NJ. This unit has a rubber cup mounted on a hand-held motor that provides a vibration effect when held against the skin. The Spot Reducer was sold as a device to help people lose weight. The company was subject to litigation for mail fraud in 1959, regarding claims made about that use. Information about the legal case can be found at: https://www.leagle.com/decision/1959577178fsupp3991494 and https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/judicial/admin-decisions/1959/1-85.htm (accessed 23 June 2020.)
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Bernard S. Finn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0410.02
label: accession number
content: 1991.0410
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0410.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: appliance
label: Object Name
content: electric appliance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.4 cm x 9.1 cm x 9.5 cm; 6 1/16 in x 3 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in