Colours
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980s
notes: label: Description
content: This Colours brand condom was manufactured by Circle Rubber U.S.A. Incorporated of Newark, New Jersey during the late 20th century (around 1980). The multi-colored box cover features a silhouette of a man and woman holding hands. The box indicates that it contains “one micro thin prophylactic lubricated.” The reverse side of the box has black text on a white background that reads “Circle Rubber Brand Latex Condoms, when properly used, are highly effective against pregnancy—although no contraceptive can guarantee 100% effectiveness. Any use of Circle Rubber Brand Latex Condoms for other than vaginal intercourse can increase the risk of damage to the condom. Circle Rubber Brand Latex Condoms when properly used, may help reduce the rise of catching or spreading many Sexually Transmitted Diseases (“STDs”) such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia infections, genital herpes, and AIDS, however, it cannot eliminate the risk. For maximum benefits, it is important to read the instructions for us, printed inside the package.”
label: Description
content: Colours condoms were often sold through vending machines. Throughout the twentieth century, vending machines provided an easy way to discreetly distribute condoms.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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: 1989.0416.026
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.026
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