Korona
date: label: date made
content: mid to late 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This Korona condom was distributed by M&M Rubber Company of Kansas City, Missouri during the 1980s. The cover of the white cardboard package bears a heraldic crest featuring an image of a horse on a shield. The package’s cover bills itself as “a select product developed for unnoticed protection with maximum natural sensitivity.” The back of the package bears the text “this superior product is brought to you by the miracle of modern science. Use Koronas with confidence. It is the finest product of its kind—anywhere.”
label: Description
content: Korona condoms were often available from a variety of vending machines. Throughout the twentieth century, vending machines were an easy way to discreetly distribute condoms.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Kansas City
label: place distributed
content: United States: Missouri, Kansas City
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: 1989.0416.040
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.040
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