Object Details
- Auto Strop Safety Razor Company
- Description
- Safety razor in a cardboard box with an inscription that reads 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
- 1984.0782.318
- accession number
- 1984.0782
- catalog number
- 1984.0782.318
- Object Name
- razor
- personal hygiene product
- Object Type
- Personal Hygiene Products
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 in; 2.8575 cm x 10.795 cm x 5.08 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_209738
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-df61-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
