Protex Scent
date: label: date made
content: Late 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This Protex Scent condom was manufactured and distributed by National Sanitary Laboratories, Inc. of Lincolnwood, Illinois during the late 20th century. The packet’s cover describes a ‘Scented Condom in Throbbing Color.” The box contained one lubricated prophylactic condom in one of four scents: Strawberry Secret, Bold Banana, Midnight Musk, or Lusty Lime. The reverse reads: “Scents are the most unique condoms in the world. The throbbing colors combine with a gentle fragrance to bring you a new dimension in love making pleasure never before experienced./Reservoir End “Protex Protects/For Family Planning and V.D. Prevention.”
label: Description
content: Protex 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: Illinois, Lincolnwood
label: place distributed
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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: 1989.0416.037
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0416.037
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