Dean's Redi-Wet Peacock Rubbers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930s - 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Dean Rubber Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: These Redi-Wet Peacocks brand rubbers were produced by the Dean Rubber Manufacturing Company of North Kansas City, Missouri during the middle of the 20th century.
label: Description
content: Three condoms were packaged together in a paper pouch, with each condom individually contained in a plastic capsule. The white paper pouch with green lining features a green image of a Peacock displaying his train. The three condoms are hygienically lubricated with a reservoir end to prevent tears and rips.
label: Description
content: Dean’s was one of the larger manufacturers of rubber condoms during the first half of the 20th century, and would exclusively supply pharmacists with well-tested and dependable condoms. This allowed pharmacists to sell higher-quality condoms at markups of 300-2,000 percent, supplying the consumer with a “moral” and effective prophylactic product while promoting condoms from the manufacturers that exclusively supplied the pharmacist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Missouri, North Kansas City
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
topic: label: associated subject; web subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Sex
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.146
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.146
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: condoms
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (package material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (capsule material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (condom material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 in x 5/8 in; 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.5875 cm