Protex Mardi-Gras
date: label: date made
content: after 1975
notes: label: Description
content: This Protex Mardi Gran brand condom was manufactured by National Sanitary Labs Incorporated of Lincolnwood, Illinois in 1975. The front of the package features a photo of a man and woman embracing in Mardi Gras costumes while confetti rains down. The front reads “Enjoy the Thrill of Colors/1 Colortone Lubricated Prophylactic.” The condom came in one of four pastel shades: Coral Caress, Golden Touch, Emerald Haze, and Blue Erotica.
label: Description
content: During the first half of the 20th century, condoms could be sold “For Disease Prevention only.” But after the 1965 court case, Griswold v Connecticut, condoms could be sold as a form of birth control as well.
label: Description
content: Protex condoms were often available from a variety of 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: Illinois, Lincolnwood
label: place distributed
content: United States: Illinois, Lincolnwood
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0416.049
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.049
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