Razor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL/SAFETY
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0982.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GILLETTE
- MODEL
- Milady Décolletée
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, POSSIBLY BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.5 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 2.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Toilet article
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GILLETTE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED C.1920 AND FOR MANY YEARS AFTER
- Canada
-
This was used in Vancouver, B.C around 1920 and later. It was then used by the donor in Ottawa. - Function
-
used to cut hair. - Technical
-
According to the donor, this razor was in an ivory case which would be congruent with how the Milady Decolletée was sold in the 1920s. It was the first razor for women being sold during the first world war. It was “small and curved to better fit the armpit” and was being sold because of sleeveless fashion at the time [Ref 1. pg 124] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED 'TRADE Gillette MARK' & 'Made in Canada'
- Missing
- BLADES
- Finish
- BRASS COLOUR
- Decoration
- HANDLE HAS SLIGHTLY INDENTED CROSS-HATCH PATTERN
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GILLETTE, Razor, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1995.0982, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0982.001/
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