Razor Blades

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Object Details

maker

Cooper Safety Razor Company

Description

Four paper packages with inscriptions that read “blades by / cooper” and “BLADE BY COOPER / OF SURPASSING EXCELLENCE / UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. / COOPER SAFETY RAZOR CORP. / 35 YORK ST. / BROOKLYN, N.Y. / MADE IN U.S.A. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.” Other inscriptions read “THIS BLADE IS MADE OF / HIGHEST QUALITY SURGICAL / CHROME STEEL BY A UNIQUE / PATENTED PROCESS. / MONEY REFUNDED IF NOT / SATISFACTORY.” Cooper Products Co. filed for a trademark in 1932.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

ID Number

1985.0475.771

catalog number

1985.0475.771

accession number

1985.0475

Object Name

razor blades

personal hygiene product

Object Type

Razor Blades

Measurements

overall: 1 in x 2 in x 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm x .635 cm

place made

United States: New York, Brooklyn

associated place

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

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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/ng49ca746a1-3b15-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_335401