Razor
Razor
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- Description
- Steel safety razor in a metal box with inscriptions that read “ANTICOR / THE / MAGIC / SAFETY / CORN / SHAVER” and “NEW BLADES / SOLD EVERYWHERE / 3 FOR 25¢ / CHANGE BLADES EVERY / THREE MONTHS FOR / BEST RESULTS” and “MONEY BACK / GUARANTEE TO GIVE ABSOLUTE / AND PERFECT SATISFACTION / TO EVERY CUSTOMER / ANTICOR MFG. COMPANY / NEW YORK CITY.”
- Ref: Hugo Buchner, “Corn-Cutter,” U.S. Patent 983,202 (Jan. 11, 1911), assigned to the Anticor Mfg. Co.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- razor
- personal hygiene product
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- metal (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 2.8575 cm x 2.8575 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0798.218
- accession number
- 1979.0798
- catalog number
- 1979.0798.218
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feet
- Beauty and Health
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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