Weekend Events: Condoms
Sep. 11th, 2016 12:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)

From Swedish magazine "Brand", 1905. Two ads for condoms.
Ad on the left reads, translated: "French cautionary articles. Women's protection, womb syringes, jockstraps, rubber batons (dildos) etc. etc. cheapest in gross and single units. Always in stock with instructions. Provide postage. THE FRENCH RUBBER DEPOT: C. M. Amdersson, Norrlandsgatan 18, Stockholm, A.T. Riks. Established 1893."
Ad on the right reads, translated: "French cautionary articles, cheapest. Always in stock with instructions. Provide postage. K.A. Strömberg, Jakobergsgatan 11, Stockholm, established 1888."
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1904

From the 1904 Christmas Issue of the Burr McIntosh Monthly. You can see more images from that issue at Forgotten Bookmarks.
1905

I looked up 92 State Street, but I got 3 addresses in 3 different zip codes, so not sure which was the original address.
1904

From the 1904 Christmas Issue of the Burr McIntosh Monthly. You can see more images from that issue at Forgotten Bookmarks.
1905

I looked up 92 State Street, but I got 3 addresses in 3 different zip codes, so not sure which was the original address.
If only Sarah P. had tried this...
Feb. 15th, 2013 10:47 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Was there never a self-improvement tag for that contest we had?