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Name that Museum with safety/straight razors on display

So this is a play on the popular name that movie with razors thread. This one is for all you museum go-ers. I know i am not the only one who spots these while museum hopping! I will start it off:

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (Dulles hangar) Virginia - Gillette Super Black Adjustable in the astronaut display showing toiletries, etc. What a collector item - a razor that has been in space!

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (Dulles hangar) Virginia - uknown straight razor from the Hindenburg blimp

Smithsonian Museum on American History (Washington DC) - straight razor in the civil war section.

National Holocaust Museum (Washington DC) - big pile of DEs on the second floor display.
 

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Rusk County Historical Society Museum, located on the Rusk County Fairgrounds in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.

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Here's mine, a Coca Cola razor blade in Swedish steel. The Coca Cola Museum in Atlanta had this as part of their display case. I take it as a testament to their wall to wall marketing in the 30's.

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The Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument has Custer's shave kit on display - a big ol' WB chopper.

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...Ray
 
you know..it is a sad SAD bunch of individuals this board has...imagine being so OBSESSED that you mention museums with shave paraphernalia. I bet SOME of you will plan your vacations accordingly....I have one thing to say to you all.........ROAD TRIP!!!!!! (I have 'shotgun')
 
you know..it is a sad SAD bunch of individuals this board has...imagine being so OBSESSED that you mention museums with shave paraphernalia. I bet SOME of you will plan your vacations accordingly....I have one thing to say to you all.........ROAD TRIP!!!!!! (I have 'shotgun')

Haha, we are a sad group. Really mad I don't get shotgun though! Back left then...
 
now i can at least say to my wife i am not the only loser looking at this stuff when we are at museums. not saying i am not a loser, just that there are many more just like me.
 
I recall a couple museums off the top of my head:

Liberty Memorial: WWI Museum - Kansas City, MO
Central Nevada Museum - Tonopah, NV
 
At Monticello, Jefferson's home in Virginia, you can see his shaving brush. It's a surprisingly small ivory brush. I didn't see any razors though.
 
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