See the fax
tampon and the almost identical tampon Nunap
sold probably about the same time, both probably
made of Cellucotton, the component of Kotex. See
Dale and fax tampons
See other marketing devices: Ad-design contest for menstrual
products in the United Kingdom; "Your Image is Your Fortune!,"
Modess sales-hints booklet for stores, 1967
(U.S.A., donated by Tambrands, 1997)
See early tampoms Wix
and Dale and a bunch of other
earlier ones.
See some 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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Zephies menstrual tampon (U.S.A.,
1940s?)
Instructions
Main
Zephies page.
Procter & Gamble kindly
donated the box and contents as part
of a gift of scores of menstrual
products.
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The cotton plug measures 2 1/4 x
1/2" (55 x 13 mm). The strings are
uneven and measure 4 1/4 and 4 3/4"
(106 x 121 mm).
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