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Razor Blades

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    Object Details

    maker

    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

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Removal
    Beauty and Hygiene Products: Marketed to Men
    Beauty and Health

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-df60-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_209736

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