Early 20th-century Japanese
ads from publications - open-crotch drawers,
1890s (U.S.A., from MUM collection) - Modess "Sanitary
Shield" (two-band pad holder in
crotch; 1970s; U.S.A.) - SheShells bikini
(snap open at sides; no special crotch;
possibly for menstrual pads or tampons,
1970s, U.S.A.)
See Kotex ad with a man and no woman
from the Netherlands
Compare the American "Modess,
because . . ." ads, a French Modess ad,
a French ad featuring just a man!,
and ads for teens.
See Kotex items: First ad
(1921) - ad 1928 (Sears
and Roebuck catalog) - Lee Miller ads
(first real person in amenstrual hygiene ad,
1928) - Marjorie
May's Twelfth Birthday (booklet for
girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are
many links here to Kotex items) - Preparing for
Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls;
Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in
Spanish showing disposal
method - box
from about 1969 - "Are
you in the know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) -
See more ads on the Ads
for Teenagers main page
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Menstrual napkin belts, pads
& sanitary aprons from the
1909 & 1916 John M. Smyth, and
1930 M.W.
Savage, catalogs
(U.S.A.)
See washable
pads and ads for them, early
Kotex, "sanitary underpants
& panties" and more belts.
I thank again the generous
contributor from Oregon for
these scans!
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