Durex Gossamer condoms

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Title

Durex Gossamer condoms

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Gossamer condoms were Durex's standard condom. This very plain packaging from the early 1970s is typical of how condoms were discretely marketed until that time.   Condoms were not a popular method for New Zealand men in the first half of the 20th century. Condoms sold in New Zealand were imported from the northern hemisphere. They were prone to holes and sometimes perished during the long sea voyage through the tropics. Safety standards were introduced in the 1970s and condoms became more re...

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Format

Image

Date created

1973

Creator

LR Industries Ltd.

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1295399

Related subjects

Sex / cardboard / rubber / plastic / personalia / condoms / England / Dame Margaret Sparrow

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