Vibrator
date: label: Date made
content: 1920 - 1940
label: date made
content: 1920s
name: label: maker
content: Lindstrom, Smith Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Lindstrom, Smith Co. of Chicago boasted that the White Cross vibrator had a high grade motor. And, while it met the requirements of the medical profession, it was suitable for family use. An inscription on this example reads "WHITE CROSS ELECTRIC VIBRATOR / MANUFACTURED BY / LINDSTROM, SMITH CO. / CHICAGO / VOLTS 10 A.C. & D.C. NO. 159408 MODEL 21 / CAUTION / DO NOT USE VIBRATOR IN BATH TUB OR / WHEN THE BODY IS CONNECTED WITH A WATER / SEWER, OR GAS PIPE OR STANDING ON WET SURFACE." It has the original operating instructions.
label: Description
content: Ref: Lindstrom, Smith Co., <i>Illustrated Catalog of the White Cross Electric Vibrator</i> (Chicago, 1918).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Carmel
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: 1989.0637.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0637.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vibrator
label: Other Terms
content: Vibrator; Physical Therapy; Massage
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, chromium (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: salmon (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 26 cm x 20 cm; 3 15/16 in x 10 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: container: 4 1/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 8 1/4 in; 10.4775 cm x 26.3525 cm x 20.955 cm