General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

tin

Patents

N/A

General Description

pressed metal [tin ?]

Dimensions

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

Length

6.8 cm

Width

4.7 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. Prior to 1969 it was illegal to sell contraceptives advertised as such in Canada. Condoms were sold as prophylactics against disease. [Ref. 3]

Function

To identify, contain and protect contents when not in use.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"THREE GENUINE TRANSPARENT/ RAMSES [logo]/ TRADE MARK REG. COPYRIGHT 1950/ RUBBER PROPHYLACTICS" printed on lid. "SAVE/ $1oo/ GET 12 RAMSES/ FOR THE PRICE OF 9. ASK YOUR/ DRUGGIST FOR RAMSES DOZEN/ PACKAGE No. 11/ $3.00" printed on underside of lid. "[logo]/ RAMSES RUBBER PROPHYLACTICS/ ARE CAREFULLY TESTED & INSPECTED/ ALWAYS INSIST ON RAMSES/ THE GENUINE TRANSPARENT/ DO NOT ACCEPT SUBSTITUTES/ SOLD ONLY IN DRUG STORES/ FOR PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE/ MADE IN U.S.A. PRINTED IN U.S.A./ PRICE 3 FOR $1.00/ DISTRIBUTED BY JULIUS SCHMID (CANADA) LTD./ TORONTO, CANADA". "983.7 b" printed by hand in black ink on rear of case.

Missing

Tin is complete, but missing contents.

Finish

Rectangular cream-colour pressed metal box [tin ?] has black, blue, red and tan text and graphics.

Decoration

"Ramses" trade mark-Egyptian-inspired stylized motif- appears on tin lid.