Ear plug

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1966–2008
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0160.006

MANUFACTURER: 3M
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Foam earplugs inside card stock container.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 6.3 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 1.8 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Services
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: 3M
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Martin's Air Charter was fomed in 1958; name changed to Martinair Holland in 1966; name changed to Martinair in 1991; company was fully owned by KLM in 2008.
Canada: Unknown
Function: Worn by airline passengers on overnight flights to shut out noise & facilitate sleep; included in airline passenger travel kit.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on front of box reads: "[logo] Martinair Holland/The other Dutch airline/EARPLUGS"; lettering on botton of box reads: "Distributed by:/Holland Sky Supplies/ Product of 3M/Recyclable [recycling symbol] Paperboard"; lettering on box top reads: "OPEN THIS END/PULL OUT/CAUTION Keep away from infants. These earplugs are non-toxic, but may/interfere with breathing if/caught in windpipe."
Missing: N/A
Finish: Yellow ear plugs; box is predom. dark blue with white logo & lettering on front & blue illustrations on white fields on back.
Decoration: Martinair Holland logo on front of box.

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3M, Ear plug, between 1966–2008, Artifact no. 2007.0160, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0160.006/

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