Hickory Sanitary Belt, 28 inch waist
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925-1930
notes: label: Description
content: White cardboard box with black print, orange and black border and a central orange oval medallion with a botanical/floral design surround. Printed in black in the orange oval: "MADE IN U.S.A. / HICKORY / Sanitary Belt / TRADE MARK REG. U.S.PAT.OFF." Box contains a white sateen fabric and elastic sanitary belt with two metal safety pins permanently attached to tapes on the bottom tabs. The belt is secured at one side by a bone button. Stamped in black on inside of back bottom tab: "HICKORY [in oval] ." Stamped in black on inside on button side: "28." Made by A. Stein & Company, Chicago -- New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: associated subject
content: Menstruation
label: associated subject
content: Women's Health
label: associated subject
content: Feminine hygiene products
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Menstruation: Clothing
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jodi E. Schatz and Dean Jerrehian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2024.0009.02
label: catalog number
content: 2024.0009.02
label: accession number
content: 2024.0009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sanitary belt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging (box) material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric; metal; elastic (overall (belt) material)
label: Measurements
content: belt (laying flat): 8 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 34.29 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2.3 cm x 13 cm x 9.3 cm; 29/32 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 21/32 in