Durex Gossamer
date: label: Date made
content: 1988
notes: label: Description
content: These Durex Gossamer brand condoms were manufactured by the London Rubber Corporation in 1988. Throughout much of the twentieth century, the London Rubber Corporation was one of the largest condom manufacturers both in Britain and globally.
label: Description
content: The pink box has an inset illustration of a couple walking along the beach at sunset. The box contains three foil-wrapped condoms. The box’s back contains instructions for using the condom. The brand name “Gossamer” (named after a spider’s fine silk) evokes the idea of a thin condom with extra sensitivity.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Sex
label: Subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kiehl's Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0196.211
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0196.211
label: accession number
content: 1989.0196
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condom, Box of
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom
label: Other Terms
content: Condom, Box of; Contraceptive Devices
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .9 cm x 5.5 cm x 7.1 cm; 11/32 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm x .9525 cm