Curvfit Razor
Object Details
- Curvfit Razor Company, Inc.
- Description
- Curvfit was one of the first razors to market to women. It is curved to allow for female countour. It has a short handle, typical of razors for women in the 1910s-1940s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina
- 20th century
- ID Number
- 1980.0698.194
- accession number
- 1980.0698
- catalog number
- 1980.0698.194
- Object Name
- razor
- personal hygiene product
- razor, designed for women
- Physical Description
- metal (product material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 9.525 cm x 5.715 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Removal
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Marketed to Men
- Beauty and Health
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_733092
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6c7c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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