Protex Contracept Plus Premium Condoms
date: label: date made
content: ca 1982
label: date made
content: 1982
label: date made
content: c 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This Protex Contracept Plus brand condom was manufactured and distributed by the National Sanitary Labs Inc. of Chicago, Illinois in 1982.
label: Description
content: The condom was “extra thin” and contained the spermicidal lubricant nonoxynol-9 to further decrease the risk of pregnancy. The inclusion of spermicidal lubricant reflected the fact that after 1965, condoms were marketed both as a means of preventing disease and as a form of contraception.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: 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: 1989.0416.018
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.018
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