Looks like a wood-working tool to me
‘Polar Cub Type G’ Electric Vibrator
A.C. Gilbert Co., circa 1921
March is Women’s History Month, so it seemed apropos when I discovered the Antique
Vibrator Museum, to share it with you.
The collection, owned by Good Vibrations spans the years from 1869-1970. According to the site, the first vibrator was a steam-powered apparatus made in 1869 by American physician George Taylor. This device was designed as a medical tool for treating "female
disorders." However, with the advent of line electricity the vibrator took off as a household device.
“In the newly electrified home, women were avid consumers of electrical appliances. First electrified was the sewing machine; the fan, the tea kettle, the toaster, and the vibrator came next.”
(I wonder if people gave them as wedding presents also!)
‘Hollywood Vita Roll’ Model A-125
S&D Engineering Co., circa 1930
The advertising for these new devices was creative: "Relieves All Suffering. Cures Disease." , “...furnish every woman with the essence of perpetual youth.", and give a woman "that delicious, thrilling health-restoring sensation called vibration," that "makes you fairly tingle with the
joy of living".
As good as that ad copy sounds, I’m glad that I’m a thoroughly modern woman. Give me a rabbit
vibe, the Fukuoku,
or the traditional smoothie
any day! (Good Vibrations also carries the Hello
Kitty vibe!)
Maybe the two Harvard woman, Amy Keel and her roomate, should have erected a 9 ft rabbit vibe snow sculpture in protest of the guys
sculpting the penis. It would have been interesting to see how the guys would have reacted to that! I wonder if they would have felt threatened!
Thanks Good Vibrations for some very interesting pictures....and thanks for being a great woman owned company!
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