Modess Because Sanitary Napkins Vending Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960s
name: label: maker
content: Rochester Germicide Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sanitary napkin vending machine: The tall rectangular box is constructed of ferrous metal and is painted beige. There are also some remnants of pink paint, probably from painting adjacent walls. The front door has three hinges on the proper left edge. The dispensing mechanism on the front is chromed ferrous metal and the lock is also ferrous metal. The dispenser required the insertion of one dime and the instructions appear under the coin slot: "Insert Coin Above / Turn Handle / To The Right / If Coin Returns / Insert Again Or / Try Another Coin." There is a blue company name plate attached to front on the upper part of the machine which reads: "Modess / because / Modess Sanitary Napkins Distributed by Rochester Germicide Co. / Rochester New York". The back panel is perforated with holes including two larger ones at the top for hanging the machine.
label: Description
content: The "Modess ... because" advertising campaign by the New York marketing firm Young & Rubicam ran from the late 1940s to the 1970s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Menstruation
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Menstruation: On-the-Go
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0416.013
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.013
label: accession number
content: 1989.0416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vending machine, sanitary napkin
label: Other Terms
content: vending machine, sanitary napkin; Manufacturing And Dispensing Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ferrous metal; paint (overall material)