Razor Blade
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
name: label: maker
content: American Safety Razor Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on one side of this cardboard package reads “SEALECTED / STAR / DOUBLE EDGE” and that on the other reads “Famous Since 1880 / STAR DIVISION / AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR CORP. / BROOKLYN 1, N.Y. / MADE IN U.S.A.” The form was on the market by 1948.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Removal
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Marketed to Men
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jay Dee and Joan Yearous
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0730.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0730
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0730.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: razor blade
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (product material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/16 in; 2.54 cm x 4.445 cm x .15875 cm