Champ Condoms ( package with an image of Ted Williams)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950s
name: label: depicted
content: Williams, Ted
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Box of three <i>Champ</i> condoms with an image of Ted Williams swinging a baseball bat in a stadium in the center of the package.
label: Description (Brief)
content: National Hygienic Products used an image of Ted Williams obtained from a 1954 Topps baseball card to sell their prophylactics in the 1950s. The Boston Red Sox outfielder did not recieve any royalties and reportedly sued the company to stop using his image.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Ted Williams played his entire career as a left-fielder for the Boston Red Sox (1939-1942, 1946-1960). He served for three years in the US Navy and Marine Corps during World War II and again as a marine aviator during the Korean War for two years. His number, 9, has been retired by the Boston Red Sox and he was inducted in to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966, his first year a eligibility.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Mexican Americans
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Mr. Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.177
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.177
objectType: label: Object Name
content: condom
label: Object Name
content: condom, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.4 cm x 4.2 cm x .9 cm; 2 1/8 in x 1 21/32 in x 11/32 in