Protex
date: label: date made
content: ca 1986
notes: label: Description
content: This Protex brand condom was manufactured and distributed by the National Sanitary Laboratories, Inc. of Lincolnwood, Illinois in 1986. The single lubricated condom in contained in a green box which describes the condom as “super-ribbed and textured for greater stimulation.” The box’s reverse bears the trademarked phrase “Protection…The Healthy Way.” and lists the qualities of the condom as “ribbed and textured surface offers greater stimulation for her/super thin for ultimate sensitivity/naturally transparent/reservoir end/lubricated.”
label: Description
content: National Sanitary Laboratories was one of the largest suppliers of condoms for vending machines. Throughout much of the mid to late twentieth century, vending machines provided an easy way to discreetly distribute condoms.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place distributed
content: United States: Illinois, Lincolnwood
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: Subject
content: Sex
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: 1989.0416.021
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.021
label: accession number
content: 1989.0416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condom
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom, novelty
label: Other Terms
content: Condom; Contraceptive Devices
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 3.81 cm x .635 cm