Hy-Kup Menstrual Cup
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930s
label: copyright date ("why you should use a hygienic menstrual cup" Hy-Kup distributors)
content: 1928-01-29
name: label: collection
content: Reid Drugstore
label: maker
content: Hy-Kup Distrubutors
notes: label: Description
content: One Hy-Kup menstrual cup in an blue and white cardboard box with cellophane wrapper. Each side of the box has the Hy-Kup brand name with a white cross below. A single word -- Scientific - Sanitary - Comfortable - Odorless -- appears on each of the four sides. Inscriptions on the bottom of the box include: "Price $2.00" and the phrase "Lasts for a Year."
label: Description
content: The Hy-Kup appears to have been first marketed in 1928. It was advertised as "scientifically correct, invented, tested and perfected for the modern woman," it "eliminates belts and pads, odor and chafing," and is "absolutely secure." Advertisements also claimed that the cup was endorsed by leading doctors and nurses. The company recruited women to serve as distributors for Hy-Kup in their communities. The cups sold for $2.00 each and were advertised to last for a year. Paul Allen Wilkey (died June, 29, 1974), of Indiana, was named as owner and distributor of Hy-Kup in his obituary.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Menstruation
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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: Feminine Care
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Menstruation: Cups
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Blanche E. Reid
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0351.067
label: accession number
content: 1984.0351
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0351.067
objectType: label: Object Name
content: menstrual cup
label: Other Terms
content: otc preparation; Patent Medicines; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 6.0325 cm x 6.0325 cm