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Tampax Junior menstrual tampon,
1939-40, U.S.A., (page 4)
Instructions and
advertising insert
In 1997 Tambrands, the then-maker
of Tampax, gave these boxes to this
museum as part of an amazing gift
of 450 boxes of tampons dating to
the founding of the second Tampax
company, 1936, plus hundreds of
other items.
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Below:
The instruction sheet measures 8 7/16"
x 5 1/16" x (21.6 x 12.9 cm). The top
side, right below, I left in color. I
made the reverse (below it) in black
and white; the type is blue.
Compare these
instructions with those from 1938 in France
and America;
the hand below is on those
instructions but with some
additional ones. Note that
the lady's a nurse, common on early
menstrual products. See a fierce German nurse! See a
fierce Dutch
nurse!
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Small
Wonder says that economy
packages - below
- first appeared in 1938. This sheet
measures 5" x 3".
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