Playtex tampons: "The Innovator,"
4-page announcement to retailers about the "Playtex economy pa[c]k,"
1975. Text on cover: Playtex is first with a plastic
applicator, with a deodorant, on national television, etc. Tambrands donation.
Want to be a SCHOOLEBRITY in the know?
(Huh, you say?) Read
Are you in the know? BOOKLET collection
of the great pad & etiquette tips for teens
Kotex ran for decades (but without the ads) (1956)
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
See early tampons and a list of tampons on this site - at least the ones I've cataloged.
 
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"We're #2[.] We try harder."
Playtex menstrual tampons, folder, 1972
women, health, menstruation, applicator, plastic, period, hygiene, menstrual
I thank the contributor, Tambrands, the former maker of Tampax
, for the donation!
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Below: Page 3.
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Below: The jumble close up.
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Below: Perfect early 70s hairdo and clothing.
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Gee, I haven't anything like this concoction since, um, 1972.
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