Razor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
name: label: maker
content: Gillette Safety Razor Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Safety razor in a cardboard box with inscriptions that read in part “GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR CO. / King Gillette, PRES.” The American Safety Razor Company was established in 1901, and became the Gillette Safety Razor Company in July 1902. King G. Gillette obtained a trademark registration (0056921) for his portrait and signature on the packaging, and production began in 1903.
label: Description
content: Ref: King C. Gillette, “Razor,” U.S. Patent 775,134 (Nov. 15, 1904), assigned to Federal Trust Company, of Boston.
label: Description
content: King Camp Gillette, “Razor,” U.S. Patent 775,135 (Nov. 15, 1904), assigned to Federal Trust Company, of Boston.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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: MG.293320.1500
label: catalog number
content: 293320.1500
label: accession number
content: 293320
objectType: label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: razor blades
label: Other Terms
content: Razor Blades; Personal Hygiene Products
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (product material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 11.43 cm x 6.35 cm