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| A Visa Platinum credit card doesn't contain platinum and Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila doesn't contain gold. The use of the word "platinum" or "gold" is meant to indicate that the product represents something of value, something of high quality. In the early 1900s, radium was more valuable than gold and platinum. As such, the term "Radium" was incorporated into the brand names of any number of products even when these products didn't actually contain radium. The same was true for the term "X-Ray." The products shown here, unlike those in the Quack Cure section of the collection, made no claim that they incorporated radioactive material. | |||
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Radium Brand Enamel |
Radium Brand Butter |
Radium Brand Cigars |
Radium Cigarettes |
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Radium Brand "Pouches" |
Radium Condoms |
Radium Beer |
Radium Brand Clippers |
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Radium Radia |
Radium Razor Blade |
Radium Playing Cards |
Radium Lump Gloss Starch |
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Radium Boot Polish |
Radium Dye bottle |
Radium Matches |
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X-Ray Headache Tablets Sign |
X-Ray Furniture Polish |
X-Ray Stove Polish Bag |
X-ray Stove Polish |
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X-Ray Soap |
X-Ray Razor Blades |
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Atomic Razor Blade |
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If you have any corrections that you would like to make to the information presented here, the grammar, spelling, or anything else, please contact Paul Frame at framep@orau.gov |
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