Pursettes tampon ads: September 1972 (letter testimonial) - August 1973 (letter testimonial) - August 1974 (cartoon story) - October 1974 (cartoon story) - 1975 (cartoon story) - early Pursettes ads (1959)
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Pursettes menstrual tampon ad, undated

Pursettes not only used cartoons and testimonials to sell its tampon with no applicator, but with a lubricated tip, it also used "standard" ads, below.

Did Pursettes swipe not a shadow of doubt from the earlier Kotex Not a shadow of a doubt campaign?

Undated ad from an unknown American magazine, possibly from the 1970s.

Pursettes tampon ads: 1975 (cartoon story) - See the actual Pursette tampon, box and tote

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