See the same ad from the
Netherlands, 1938, with slightly different
text. See a very early ad,
1936, U.S.A.
More Tampax items:
First tampon with applicator (1931-33?) box, tampon, instructions
- 1936: box, tampon, patent (with a
short account of the invention
of
Tampax by Dr. Earle Haas, and of the first Tampax president, German
immigrant Gertrude Tenderich), ad, instructions, dealer's
instructions,
dealers' advisory
See also Australian douche ad
(ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche liquid
ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan
(1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital wash
ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad,
1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol ad, 1938 - Midol booklet
(selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad,
1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray
ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt
pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Sterizol douche liquid
ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs
(Germany) - Zonite
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal
Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
More Midol: Midol
booklet (selections), 1959, and Midol ad,
1938
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Tampax menstrual tampon ad, 1938,
U.S.A.
Tampax made possibly the first
widely successful commercial tampon in
the early 1930s (see a contender)
but faced opposition from the Catholic Church
and those thinking that using tampons
would take a women's virginity
(that was - is? - still an issue
in the 1990s in America). Another
concern was that it could get lost.
Some of these problems Tampax
addressed through the Dickinson Report,
in 1945, but some linger today. And
then there's the toxic shock
possibility (read about Rely tampon),
although that likelihood is much
reduced.
"No belts, no
pins, no pads" addressed one
of the main complaints women had in
dealing with menstruation and Tampax
used those words for many years. See a
later one.
And see a clever French
translation in another 1938 ad.
The same ad with slightly different
text appeared in the Netherlands
in 1938. My guess is that Tampax was
the first
commercial tampon in Europe,
although women had made their own for
decades and probably longer,
especially in the theatrical
profession.
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See the same ad in Dutch,
1938, with slightly different text. Tampon directory.
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