Private Collection: Auto Strop Safety Razor

Patented and first invented in 1904 by Henry Jacques Gaisman and sold by Auto Strop Safety Razor Company as a competitor to Gillette Razor Company. Gillette eventually purchased the Auto Strop company. This razor is from the 1920's and is in a private collection in NW Iowa.

References:

Gillette Valet Razor History

Previous articles in the series:
Private Collection: Kodak Partytime Instant Camera
Private Collection: Kiwi Shoe Server Kit
Private Collection: 1930's Listerine Bottle
Private Collection: The New Orpheum 80th Anniversary Commemorative Merlot Bottle
Private Collection: Fat's Inagural Great Beer Ride Across Iowa Bottle
Private Collection: Odell Brewing and Boulevard Brewing Companies Silver Anniversary Bottle
Private Collection: 2012 Model A Day Lager Bottle
Private Collection: c.1961 Motorola Record Player
Private Collection: California Raisin
Private Collection: Bedtime Bert
Private Collection: Idora Beaute Container
Private Collection: Standard Bearings Bottle Top
Private Collection: Vintage J. R. Watkins Menthol Camphor Container
Private Collection: Moosehaven, Florida Anniversary Plate
Private Collection: 1960 Coronado Dog Tax
Private Collection: Barley Dog Tag
Private Collection: Glenwood Safety Patrol Badge
Private Collection: 1964 Journeyman Plumber Coin
Private Collection: 1961 Park Forest Dog License
Private Collection: Langridge Drugs Tiny Bond
Private Collection: 1970's Baby Cloth Diaper Safety Pin
Private Collection: Midge Toy Die Cast Car
Private Collection: Cub Scouts 50th Anniversary Mug
Private Collection: Vintage Monopoly Game Piece
Private Collection: Rengo Obesity Treatment Box Lid
Private Collection: Air Way Auto Compass
Private Collection: Norlund Ice Cleat
Private Collection: 1970's Hy-Vee Sugar Free Root Beer Can
Private Collection: Outers No. 444 Gunslick Gun Cleaning Solvent
Private Collection: Taber's Floex Metal Gasket Cement Bottle
Private Collection: Matchbook, Elliott Lumber and Coal
Private Collection: Matchbook, The Tiki
Private Collection: Matchbook, The Tin Cup Restaurant, El Mirador Cocktail Lounge, and Hotel Francis
Private Collection: Matchbook, Turn Style
Private Collection: Matchbook, Baker Auto Parts
Private Collection: Matchbook, Union Bank
Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Hamms Beer Can
Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Stag Beer Can
Private Collection: The Great Muppet Caper Glasses
Private Collection: Smurf Glasses, Smurfette
Private Collection: A&W Dancing Bear Glass
Private Collection: Fly Fishing Reel
Private Collection: 4th Brewing Company Beer Coasters
Private Collection: Twirling Baton
Private Collection: Pipes and Pipe Stand
Private Collection: Depression era Rittenhouse Door Chime
Private Collection: 1960's Ceramic Duck

Private Collection: Vintage Air Pump

Private Collection: 1970's Baby Cloth Diaper Safety Pin

This baby cloth diaper safety pin is from the 1970's. It is in a private collection in NW Iowa.

Previous articles in the series:
Private Collection: Kodak Partytime Instant Camera
Private Collection: Kiwi Shoe Server Kit
Private Collection: 1930's Listerine Bottle
Private Collection: The New Orpheum 80th Anniversary Commemorative Merlot Bottle
Private Collection: Fat's Inagural Great Beer Ride Across Iowa Bottle
Private Collection: Odell Brewing and Boulevard Brewing Companies Silver Anniversary Bottle
Private Collection: 2012 Model A Day Lager Bottle
Private Collection: c.1961 Motorola Record Player
Private Collection: California Raisin
Private Collection: Bedtime Bert
Private Collection: Idora Beaute Container
Private Collection: Standard Bearings Bottle Top
Private Collection: Vintage J. R. Watkins Menthol Camphor Container
Private Collection: Moosehaven, Florida Anniversary Plate
Private Collection: 1960 Coronado Dog Tax
Private Collection: Barley Dog Tag
Private Collection: Glenwood Safety Patrol Badge
Private Collection: 1964 Journeyman Plumber Coin
Private Collection: 1961 Park Forest Dog License
Private Collection: Langridge Drugs Tiny Bond

Private Collection: Glenwood Safety Patrol Badge

         This badge may have been used by a school district for crossing guards or even a civilian group helping the police department in their local community. It is unknown which school district, town or city of Glenwood this is from. It appears to be from the 1960's and is in a private collection in NW Iowa.

Previous articles in the series:
Private Collection: Kodak Partytime Instant Camera
Private Collection: Kiwi Shoe Server Kit
Private Collection: 1930's Listerine Bottle
Private Collection: The New Orpheum 80th Anniversary Commemorative Merlot Bottle
Private Collection: Fat's Inagural Great Beer Ride Across Iowa Bottle
Private Collection: Odell Brewing and Boulevard Brewing Companies Silver Anniversary Bottle
Private Collection: 2012 Model A Day Lager Bottle
Private Collection: c.1961 Motorola Record Player
Private Collection: California Raisin
Private Collection: Bedtime Bert
Private Collection: Idora Beaute Container
Private Collection: Standard Bearings Bottle Top
Private Collection: Vintage J. R. Watkins Menthol Camphor Container
Private Collection: Moosehaven, Florida Anniversary Plate
Private Collection: 1960 Coronado Dog Tax
Private Collection: Barley Dog Tag

For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Black Out - Whiteness, Safety, and the Cold War

        This series is about the: For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights exhibit on temporary display at the Sioux City Public Museum in downtown Sioux City, Iowa. The exhibit runs through the middle of October 2015.

        The exhibit portrays the struggle for civil rights in the United States from more than one side. Some parts of the exhibit may not be pleasant to view but is important to show all audiences as a method of informing and educating. Some of the photos are graphic and some of the artifacts may be interpreted to symbolize hatred, bigotry and racism but these symbols do not reflect the opinions and attitude of the blog author. It is important to show these things because it is vital to show the success of the modern Civil Rights movement.

Black Out - Whiteness, Safety, and the Cold War:

For All The World to See: Relentless Whiteness

Previous articles in the series:
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Introduction
For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, Who was Jim Crow?