See the Fibs box and an ad for Fibs - 1935-59 ads for
Fibs.
See more Kotex items:
First ad
for the pad (1921; scroll to bottom of page)
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Museum of Menstruation and Women's
Health
Fibs menstrual tampon, Kotex, about 1937,
U.S.A.
A book, "Shared Values: A
History of Kimberly-Clark" by
Robert Spector (1997), mentions
Fibs as the earliest K-C tampon by
name. But it also says "The
company made several stops and
starts in the tampon business" (p.
67). I have evidence that Nunap and
fax
tampons might have been among
their first stops and starts (read
my argument)
- and they
might have been the first
commercial tampons.
According to "Shared Values,"
Fibs was too big and bulky, did
not sell well and eventually
failed.
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 Each
box of
Fibs, the first Kotex tampon, held
four packages of three tampons
each (left). Look how the
packaging is similar
to that of fax and Nunaps.
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copyright 2006 Harry Finley
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