Razor Blade
Object Details
- American Safety Razor Corporation
- Description
- An inscription on one side of this cardboard package reads “SEALECTED / STAR / DOUBLE EDGE” and that on the other reads “Famous Since 1880 / STAR DIVISION / AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR CORP. / BROOKLYN 1, N.Y. / MADE IN U.S.A.” The form was on the market by 1948.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jay Dee and Joan Yearous
- mid 20th century
- ID Number
- 1984.0730.01
- accession number
- 1984.0730
- catalog number
- 1984.0730.01
- Object Name
- razor blade
- personal hygiene product
- Physical Description
- paper (packaging material)
- metal (product material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/16 in; 2.54 cm x 4.445 cm x .15875 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_1282337
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-9a6f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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