Blade, Razor
Object number2009.18.6 a-i
Manufacturer
Edward Weck & Company
Date1962
OriginBrooklyn, NY
Mediummetal; paper
Credit LineGift of City of Pittsburgh
DescriptionBox of seven safety razor blades.Dimensions(a) Height: .75; Length: 2.5 ; Depth: .375(b-h) H: 4.5 ; Width: 2.5; D: .375
(i) H: 5 ; W: 4 ; D: 3
Marks(a)
Red text. "5 WECK Sextoblades 50ó / EDWARD WECK & CO. Brooklyn 1, N.Y. / DIVISION OF STERLING PRECISION CORP".
(b)
Stamp on obverse: "8530-359-4810 / BLADE, SAFETY RAZOR, STR. 55 / 1 PKG. / CONT. NO. DSA2 (SMB-PHS) 1074 / E. WECK & CO. LI CITY, N.Y. / A 7/62 METHOD 1 A8 (2) / CLEAN BEFORE STERILIZING".
(c-i)
See stamp on (b).
Some have red stamps. "Jan. '62".
Historical NotesCollection of Civilian Defense Emergency Medical Supplies from a Civilian Defense Mobile Hospital in Pittsburgh. These 200-bed emergency hospitals were set up at designated sites around the country in case of a nuclear war in the 1950s.
Related institution
Civilian Defense Mobile Hospital
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Autostrop Safety Razor Company, Inc.
c. 1989
Aeterna
