Dutch
booklet for menarcheal girls -
Early Dutch
Tampax ads -
Early Dutch
booklet for
Camelia pads - Dutch exhibit about menstruation, 1982
(article) - Dutch Nefa menstrual pad ads,
1938, 1967 - early brochure for the German Amira
(1950s)
German and French menstrual ads using
nudity.
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The Original Museum
of Menstruation in Harry Finley's House
Basement, 1994-1998, p. 4
A member of the team of the
biophysics lab at Johns Hopkins that
developed the Instead menstrual cup
donated her Halloween costume,
above. Later, the Instead company
gave this museum a dress the Instead
inventor,
Audrey Contente, made with Instead
cups (here).
A marathon runner, she could and did
bear the
massive garment for publicity
purposes.
Behind the costume at right a wall display showed current
(1994-98) mainstream menstrual
products, a cup holding
reddened plaster to give an idea of
how much blood an average woman
loses during a period, and a
description
of how menstruation happens.
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Finley commissioned Dr. Ann Wass to
make this sanitary apron based on an
article
in
the 1914 Sears, Roebuck catalog.
A woman would pin a washable pad
onto the inside of the holder
going between her legs (at
right). The long rubberized apron at
rear would protect her
clothing from stains, when
sitting, for example.
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Opening day,
Sunday,
31 July 1994. Harry
Finley talks to people
outside and inside the
frame.
The table holds current
menstrual products,
including
a bowl for soaking
used modern washable pads.
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Mannequins hanging
from fishing line wear
underpants designed to
hold menstrual pads next
to a suspended 2-page ad
in the French Elle
for
tampons that continued
on the reverse for another
2 pages shown.
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The first large Kotex
ad
campaign, 1921, on
a hanging display.
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At left, a table
holds 2
mannequins, one wearing
a Kotex belt and pad, the
other a modern washable
belt and pad. At right,
miscellaneous ads
and the beginning of the
timeline of menstrual
products.
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On the wall, a timeline
of menstrual products.
A mannequin suspended
from the ceiling wears
menstrual underpants.
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A member of the lab
at
Johns Hopkins that
developed
the Instead menstrual cup
donated her Halloween
costume.
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A re-creation of a
1914
Sears, Roebuck menstrual
apron.
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Founder and designer
of
the museum Harry
Finley
stands next to the menstrual
apron and
diaper cloth
pinned to a clothes line.
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