See early tampoms Dale,
Wix and B-ettes and a bunch of other
earlier ones.
See a Modess pad
ad from 1928 - Compare the American "Modess . . . . because"
ads, the French
Modess, and the German "Freedom"
(Kimberly-Clark) for teens.
See a San-Nap-Pak
ad from 1945 in American Girl, the Girl
Scout magazine, and a box of
San-Nap-Pak tampons
See a Modess True
or False? ad in The American Girl
magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in
"How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad
(1955) - Modess . . .
. because ads (many dates).
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Sa-tips menstrual tampons (1930s-1940s?
U.S.A.)
Tampon
See the box.
Procter & Gamble kindly
donated the box and contents as
part of a gift of scores of
menstrual products.
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Each tampon bears
seven 0.5" (about 1.26
cm) cuts
(arrows), probably to
increase flexibility or
absorption. The
string channels into two
of them. The tampon
measures 2.125" (5.5 cm)
long and 0.625" in
diameter (about 1.5 cm);
the string is 3" (about
7.6 cm) long. The tampon
seems to be rolled
cellulose.
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The box contains an
envelope, above, that
holds eight tampons; it
arrived opened, probably
by someone at Tampax.
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See the box.
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