Razor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923-1940
name: label: maker
content: Christy Company
notes: label: Description
content: Safety razor in a cardboard box with labels that read “Christy / TRADE MARK / SAFETY RAZOR / with the / MASSAGE BAR / KEEPS YOUR FACE YOUNG.” This was manufactured by the Christy Co. in Fremont, Ohio. Russ J. Christy established the Christy Knife Co. in 1891, and the R. J. Christy Co. around 1907. The massage bar on this razor was described in Christy’s patent of 1924.
label: Description
content: Ref: Russ J. Christy, “Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 798,129 (Aug. 29, 1905).
label: Description
content: Russ J. Christy, “Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 788,820 (May 2, 1905).
label: Description
content: Russ J. Christy, “Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 853,960 (May 21, 1907).
label: Description
content: Russ J. Christy, “Skin Smoothing and Stretching Device for Safety Razors,” U.S. Patent 1,502,615 (July 22, 1924).
label: Description
content: Russ J. Christy, “Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 1,777,602 (Oct. 7, 1930).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Fremont
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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: Hair Removal
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Marketed to Men
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content: Beauty and Health
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0100.093
label: accession number
content: 2005.0100
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0100.093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: razor
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 11.1125 cm x 4.445 cm