See Kotex's first successful tampon,
Fibs; early Kotex
tampon attempts;
and an early Tampax.
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A.C.C. Tamponettes menstrual tampons
(1939 & earlier? The Absorbent Cotton
Company, U.S.A.)
Tampon
Like most tampons from the 1930s
(Tampax
was an exception and later, LOX)
Tamponettes came with no insertion
device, which may have hindered
their acceptance. The instructions
do not say how to put the tampon
into the vagina, leaving the
reader to guess that it's her
finger. That might not have been
good news.
Procter & Gamble kindly
donated the box and contents as
part of a gift of scores of
menstrual products.
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The top tampon
appears as it comes from the
cellophane bag, below. The tampons
come from the 1939 box; the
earlier ones seem identical except
for the bulged cotton
at the string end, which are more
continuous in form in the earlier
version.
The tampon measures
2.25" (about 6 cm) long and 0.825"
(about 2.1 cm) in diameter
at the narrow end. The string is
5" (about 13 cm) long.
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The end of
the tampon shows tightly
wound layers of cotton,
just as with the earlier
tampons.
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The 1939 box holds
two cellophane packs, above, each
containing five tampons, as does
the earlier box.
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