Essex
date: label: date made
content: Mid-20th century
notes: label: Description
content: These Essex “plain ends” latex condoms were manufactured during the early to mid-20th century. The condoms were electronically tested and made of super-thin latex for extra sensitivity. Previously, rubber condom manufacturing required the addition of gasoline to create liquid rubber. This made condom factories extremely susceptible to destruction by fire.
label: Description
content: Beginning in 1920, condom manufacturers began using latex to make condoms. Unlike rubber, latex, which is created when rubber is dispersed in water, is not highly flammable. It also has a high tensile strength and can be stretched more easily than rubber.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject; web subject
content: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Sex
label: associated subject; web subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
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: 1983.0871.74
label: accession number
content: 1983.0871
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0871.74
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Prophylactic
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, condom, novelty
physicalDescription: 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