Hero Condom - An ounce of prevention
date: label: date made
content: ca 1987
name: label: maker
content: Health Education Resource Organization
notes: label: Description
content: This condom was distributed by the Health Education Resource Organization (HERO) of Baltimore, Maryland during the late 20th century. HERO was established in 1986 as a community-based organization to combat the spread of AIDS. The single foil-wrapped condom is enclosed in a green cardboard envelope with white text on the cover that reads “An ounce of prevention." The text on the inside upper of the envelope reads "It's the only cure for AIDS." Throughout the HIV-AIDS pandemic, condom manufacturers and distributers often used a light tone when labeling condoms in an attempt to persuade people to pick up and use condoms.
label: Description
content: The red condom is inserted into the cardboard of the envelope. Below the condom the text reads “Use condoms for the love of your life.” The back of the envelope reads Hero/Health Education Resource Organization/945-AIDS/Baltimore Metro/251-1164/DC Metro/1-800-638-6252/Elsewhere in MD/HERO, 101 West Read Street, Suite 812, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: associated subject; web subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: associated subject; web subject
content: HIV-AIDS
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Sex
label: associated subject; web subject
content: LGBTQ
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
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: 1988.0207.03
label: accession number
content: 1988.0207
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0207.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condom
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm x .3 cm; 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 in x 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x .9525 cm