Object Details
- Christy Company
- Description
- 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.
- Ref: Russ J. Christy, “Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 798,129 (Aug. 29, 1905).
- Russ J. Christy, “Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 788,820 (May 2, 1905).
- Russ J. Christy, “Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 853,960 (May 21, 1907).
- Russ J. Christy, “Skin Smoothing and Stretching Device for Safety Razors,” U.S. Patent 1,502,615 (July 22, 1924).
- Russ J. Christy, “Safety Razor,” U.S. Patent 1,777,602 (Oct. 7, 1930).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1923-1940
- ID Number
- 2005.0100.093
- accession number
- 2005.0100
- catalog number
- 2005.0100.093
- Object Name
- razor
- personal hygiene product
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- cardboard (container material)
- paper (packaging material)
- Measurements
- 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
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Fremont
- 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_1292573
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c29a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
