Razor
- Object Name:
- Razor
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.600
- Place of Origin:
- Little Valley, NY
- Date:
- 1900-1930
- Description:
- Straight razor in case, from a drugstore. Steel blade with brown horn handle. Blade stamped "GEO. W. KORN RAZOR MFG. CO. / LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y." Other side of blade stamped "The Real". Safety cover on blade. In rectangular dark green paperboard slip case. Blue paper label adhered to case, printed in white: " 'The Real' / SAFETY RAZOR / Patented U.S.A."
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Horn - Dimensions:
- W-0.8 L-6.1 D-0.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugstores, Shaving equipment
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