Razor Blades
Razor Blades
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- 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
- Object Name
- razor blades
- personal hygiene product
- Object Type
- Razor Blades
- maker
- Cooper Safety Razor Company
- place made
- United States: New York, Brooklyn
- associated place
- United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 2 in x 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm x.635 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0475.771
- catalog number
- 1985.0475.771
- accession number
- 1985.0475
- Credit Line
- The Fournet Drugstore Collection
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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