Razor Blades
Object Details
- Gem Safety Razor Corporation
- Description
- Blades for a safety razor in a cardboard box with inscriptions that read in part “THE MILLION DOLLAR RAZOR” and “AutoStrop Safety Razor Co., Inc.”
- Henry J. Gaisman (1870-1974), inventor and philanthropist, established the Auto Strop Safety Razor Co. in 1906 and sold it to the Gillette Safety Razor Co. in 1930. The firm introduced “THE MILLION DOLLAR RAZOR” in 1928, boasting that it was “the result of 21 years of research and the expenditure of a million dollars in experiments.”
- Ref: “H. J. Gaisman, 104, Inventor, Is Dead,” New York Times (Aug. 7, 1974), p. 38.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
- ID Number
- 1984.0782.316
- accession number
- 1984.0782
- catalog number
- 1984.0782.316
- Object Name
- razor blades
- personal hygiene product
- Object Type
- Personal Hygiene Products
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 7.62 cm x 8.255 cm x 2.8575 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Brooklyn
- 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_209736
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-df60-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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