See the first Kotex ad (scroll down
the page a bit).
See also Australian
douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca douche powder (U.S.A.)
(date ?) - Kotique douche liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.)
- Liasan (1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany)
- Liasan (2) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany)
- Lysol douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol menstrual
pain pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol booklet (selections),
1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad, 1926 (U.S.A.)
- Myzone menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia)
- Pristeen genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) -
Spalt pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany)
- Zonite douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci
Capo Rome) - the odor page
 
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Kotex menstrual pad ad, U.S.A., 1922
Kotex ads, like most ads, were much wordier in the 1920s and 1930s.
In this case (15 November 1922), in the second year of the company's advertising,
it treats the invention of the word Kotex - COTton-like
TEXure - as the key to embarrassment-free shopping.
Actually, it didn't work. Not until Albert Lasker,
the founding genius of modern American advertising, told stores to
place the boxes on the counter, and put a coin box
next to them (see),
did Kotex sales really grow. Customers seem to have been less likely to
steal in that era.
See the first Kotex ad (scroll down
the page a bit).
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