o.b. ads,
booklets & actual tampons: German (1970s) - German (1972) nude
woman on bed - German
nude (1970s) - French
(1989) - folder,
Germany, early 1950s (tells
what o.b. means!) - Dutch, two ads from
1959 giving THEIR take on what o.b. means,
which was wrong - Dutch ads, 1962, 1967 - Belgian ad with
beach & bathing suits, 1980s? - American
ad showing Judith
Esser, designer of the o.b. tampon,
August, 1984 - o.b. puberty
booklets (excerpts): German, Dutch (2004) -
o.b. actual tampons:
Switzerland (o.b.é.),
1970
More o.b. booklets:
[Die] Menstruation (excerpts, 1977,
o.b. tampons, Germany) Photographer David
Hamilton contributed many photographs to
this explicit and beautiful booklet. By the
way, "Die" in the title means "the," not to
lose life.
Volwassen worden
("Growing up," the Netherlands, excerpts, 2004,
o.b. tampons)
Your Personal Guide to
Menstruation and Tampon Usage (complete booklet,
U.S.A., 1988, o.b. tampons)
Booklets
menstrual hygiene companies made for girls,
women and teachers - patent
medicine - a list
of books and articles about menstruation
See early tampons
and a list of tampons
on this site - at least the ones I've
cataloged.
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Anne
non-applicator menstrual
tampons with finger cots, box of 10
(1968), Japan, from o.b.
tampons
I thank
the former Tambrands (history) for the
donation!
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Below:
The other
side of the instructions.
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Below:
Compare these instructions for the
1970 Swiss
version of o.b. with ones
above.
Look carefully: someone redrew
them. And #2 above, the finger cot,
is lacking
in the
Swiss instructions. Instead of the
finger protector the Swiss got a
small, flexible plastic tampon carrier.
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Below:
The side as it really is. I flipped the top
part (under this image)
so you can read it.
Good luck.
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NEXT | box -
instructions p.1
- tampon
o.b. ads,
booklets & actual tampons: German
(1970s) - German
(1972) nude woman on bed - German nude
(1970s) - French
(1989) - folder,
Germany, early 1950s (tells what o.b.
means!) - Dutch,
two ads from 1959 giving THEIR take on
what o.b. means, which was wrong - [Die]
Menstruation (excerpts,
1977, o.b. tampons, Germany)
Photographer David Hamilton
contributed many photographs to
this explicit and beautiful
booklet.
So many BOOKLETS
- So many TAMPONS
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