Curity Nursery Mask
date: label: date made
content: ca 1945-1951
label: product launch date
content: 1938
name: label: maker
content: Kendall Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sealed paper envelope with blue and pink printing. The front depicts a mother wearing the mask leaning over her infant. Front includes a price sticker ( The Hecht Co., Washington, 25c) and a handwritten name (Mrs. Mal[?]ey). Back depicts a woman wearing the mask along with instructions and product information. Envelope contains a linen medical mask. The product appeared in newspaper advertisements described as "New" in 1938.
label: Description
content: Directions and Use from the packaging:
label: Description
content: "Easy to put on: 1.) Pull the long tapes through the loops. 2.) Open mask out and affix it to face with loops at bottom. 3.) Pull the tapes up and tie them high on head. 4.) Mask will then fit snuggly - the lower edge under chin and upper edge across the nose."
label: Description
content: "Curity Nusery Masks have one purpose - to safeguard baby's health - by providing for home use, a standard Hospital precaution against infection. Curity Nursery Masks are easy to adjust, comfortable to wear, washable, and economical. They make safer care possible. Wear one in the nursery whenevr you have a cold. A special filter checks in a large measure the passage of breath-born bacteria to nose and throat. The whole family will insist on doing likewise when they hear that it helps prevent infection from colds etc. Safeguard your baby's health with Curity Nursery Masks!"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Walpole
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: 2012.0046.30
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0046.30
label: accession number
content: 2012.0046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: face mask, nursery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in; .635 cm x 9.8425 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19.2 cm x 9.6 cm x .2 cm; 7 9/16 in x 3 25/32 in x 3/32 in