Five Shermac Razor Blades
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930s
notes: label: Description
content: Package with inscription that reads “FIVE / SHERMAC / RAZOR / BLADES” on one side, and “MADE OF FINEST / SWEDISH STEEL, / GUARANTEED. / FULLY PROTECTED BY / PATENTS. / SCHERMACK-THOMPSON / CORPORATION / CLEVELAND, O. / MADE IN U.S.A.” on the other. The inventor, Joseph J. Schermack (1887-1950) was also known as the inventor and manufacturer of the postage-stamp vending machine.
label: Description
content: Ref: Joseph J. Schermack, “Lady’s Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 1,958,718 (May 15, 1934).
label: Description
content: “Joseph J. Schermack,” Detroit Free Press (Dec. 1, 1950), p. 14.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Removal
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James & Linda Koval
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0090.01
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0090.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: razor blades
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 1 in x 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.27 cm