And, of course, the first Tampax AND - special
for you! - the American fax tampon,
from the early 1930s, which also came in bags.
See a Modess True or
False? ad in The American Girl magazine,
January 1947, and actress Carol
Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter"
booklet ad (1955) - Modess
. . . . because ads (many dates)
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Moderne Women menstrual tampon,
U.S.A., 1930s
Instructions
(See a box of the tampons)
Both Moderne Women tampon and fax
tampon came from Chicago, probably in
the early 1930s, and had identical
instructions for apparently an
identical tampon (see the first
paragraphs, below)! The manufacturers
and the street addresses were
different, however.
Compare the Nunap
tampon to the fax. Both are
identical in the illustrations at MUM.
Nunap, again, has a different
manufacturer. There are no copyright
or patent indications on the material,
but the language indicates very early
tampons, probably the first commercial
ones. It's possible that one
manufacturer simply stole the idea,
copy wording and illustrations from
the other, although the packaging
might be different; the fax
instructions are on the paper bag they
came in, whereas the Moderne Women
copy appears on a small piece of
paper.
Using the French word moderne is
probably an attempt to elevate the
tone of the product, common in
American commerce.
The Moderne Women instructions are
part of the wonderful gift Tambrands
gave MUM.
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Moderne Women
instructions 
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fax instructions 
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