See an exhibit that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the SCA Mølnlycke company. Tour the former museum in Harry Finley's house. See an Italian washable pad, probably from the 1890s (and it looks much cooler than the ones above!) - See contemporary washable pads. CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Some early history of the Scandinavian tampon and menstrual pad company SCA Mølnlycke Workers in the SABA company put menstrual pads into bags, probably in the 1950s. I hope it's 9:40 in the morning, not evening! I want to thank Marethe Slensvik of the SCA Mølnlycke company in Norway for this photograph and information, and for much material and information about the company's menstruation exhibit in Norway! NEXT: a SABA advertisement from the late 1950s or early 1960s - one of the demonstration busses and two ads from the 1950s - the first factory (and the beginning of this report) © 1998 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org