Rubber Ducky Condoms
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980s
notes: label: Description
content: These Rubber Ducky brand condoms were distributed by entrepreneur Steve Finley of Irving, Texas during the late 1980s. The box features an image of a cartoon duck giving a “thumbs up” signal. The box claims that Rubber Ducky condomis are “The fit that won’t quit.” The box contained 3 condoms which were individually tested and lubricated for sensitivity.
label: Description
content: Finley tried to market his Rubber Ducky condoms to a younger audience. In an interview with D Magazine Finley said, "Rubber Ducky condoms are hip, fashionable. Kids are having sex at a much earlier age now. With such a young audience you’ve got to make using condoms a cool thing to do and at the same time convey the message that not wearing condoms is just plain stupid.” The Rubber Ducky theme would have had a strong appeal to adolescents in the 1980s as they were among the earliest audiences of Sesame Street.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Texas, Irving
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: Subject
content: Sex
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0218.01
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0218.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0218
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condoms
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 1 in; 11.1125 cm x 11.7475 cm x 2.54 cm