Hickory Sanitary Belt, Size Large
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925-1930
notes: label: Description
content: White cardboard box with black print, orange and black border and a central orange oval medallion with a botanical/floral design surround. Printed in black in the orange oval: "MADE IN U.S.A. / HICKORY / Sanitary Belt / TRADE MARK REG. U.S.PAT.OFF." Box contains a pink sateen fabric and elastic sanitary belt with two metal safety pins permanently attached to tapes on the bottom tabs. The belt is secured at one side by two "pearl" buttons. Stamped in black on inside of back bottom tab: "HICKORY [in oval] / LARGE." Made by A. Stein & Company, Chicago -- New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: associated subject
content: Menstruation
label: associated subject
content: Women's Health
label: associated subject
content: Feminine hygiene products
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Menstruation: Clothing
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jodi E. Schatz and Dean Jerrehian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2024.0009.01
label: catalog number
content: 2024.0009.01
label: accession number
content: 2024.0009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sanitary belt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging (box) material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric; metal; elastic (overall (belt) material)
label: Measurements
content: belt (laying flat): 9 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 24.765 cm x 36.83 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2.3 cm x 13 cm x 9.3 cm; 29/32 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 21/32 in