Lilia (U.K., pad in a tube, 1930s?). Generous
gift from Andrew Smith, Wales, United Kingdom.
More Modess:
See more of these Modess leaflets.
1927 Gilbreth report to Johnson & Johnson
about Modess
newspaper ads 1927-28
"Silent Purchase" ad, June 1928
ad, 1928
"Modernizing Mother" ads: #1, February
1929 ("Mother . . . don't be quaint");
#3 April 1929 ("Don't weaken, Mother");
#5, June 1929 ("Never mind, Mother, you'll learn")
ad about concealing pad, 1930
ad compared with Kotex ad, 1931
ad, 1931
wrapped Modess pad for dispenser, 1930s? Ad, U.K., 1936
True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine,
January 1947
Australian ad, 1957
ad (1956) with "Modess . . . . because"
ad incorporated into it
ad for "Growing Up and Liking It" booklet
(1963, Modess)
actress Carol Lynley in "How shall I tell
my daughter?" booklet ad (1955)
Modess . . . . because ads (many dates) - and threw
in household tips.French ad, 1970s?
ad, French, 1972, photo by David Hamilton Personal Digest leaflets (6), 1966-67: describe Modess
products
How Modess Sanitary Napkins Began: excerpts from"A
Company That Cares: One Hundred Year Illustrated History of Johnson and
Johnson"
Panties: Modess "Sanitary
Shield" (two-band pad holder in crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.)
Modess "Panti-kini" (two-band holder
to hold pad in crotch; 1960s-1970s, U.S.A.)
 
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Personal Digest
Folder showing Modess products, 1966,
U.S.A.
Personal Products Company (Johnson & Johnson)
tampon, pad, sanitary napkin, panty, panties, briefs, belt, menstruation,
menstrual cycle, period
women, Coets, Meds, Vee-Form
The former Tambrands, maker of Tampax (history), kindly donated the
leaflet.
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small pictures to see enlargements.
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Below: Other companies also invented ways
of approving their own products - the early
Wix tampons for example.
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Below: See more sanitary panties
(do you wear UNsanitary panties?) like the Panty-Kini
shown below.
Panties designed to hold pads have been around since at least the 1920s.
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and elsewhere, box and tampon, 1967, Personal Products Company) -
Meds (box & tampons, 1940s-1950s?) -
Lilia (U.K., pad in a tube, 1930s?). Generous
gift from Andrew Smith, Wales, United Kingdom.
pamphlet introducing Meds to the world (1930s)
- Meds box & tampons, 1970, New Zealand - 1941 ad -
Several Personal Digest leaflets - 1967
ad - undated instructions here and here.
- Australian ad, 1950s
Panties: Modess "Sanitary
Shield" (two-band pad holder in crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.)
Modess "Panti-kini" (two-band holder
to hold pad in crotch; 1960s-1970s, U.S.A.)
Lilia (U.K., pad in a tube, 1930s?). Generous
gift from Andrew Smith, Wales, United Kingdom.
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