Old Japanese ads for menstrual belts at MUM

More menstrual napkin belt topics
See how women wore a belt (and in a Swedish ad) - many actual 20th-century belts - a modern belt for a washable pad and a page from the 1946-47 Sears catalog showing a great variety - ad for Hickory belts, 1920s? - Modess belts in Personal Digest (1966) - drawing for a proposed German belt and pad, 1894

What did American and European women use in the past for menstruation?

See a prototype of the first Kotex ad.

See more Kotex items: Ad 1928 (Sears and Roebuck catalog) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928, Australian edition; there are many links here to Kotex items) - 1920s booklet in Spanish showing disposal method - box from about 1969 - Preparing for Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls) - "Are you in the know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) - See more ads on the Ads for Teenagers main page

Ads for the Kotex stick tampon (U.S.A., 1970s) - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s.
Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)

CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
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Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Early Japanese ads for menstrual napkin belts, part 3 (part 1, 2)

In 1998 a Japanese college student, Tomoko Maeno, kindly sent a copy of her study of the history of Japanese menstrual products to this museum.

Below and on the following pages I reproduce several ads for menstrual hygiene from the early 20th century from her thesis.

Read a discussion.

last page
page 1, 2

Victoria Band (menstrual napkin belt; in circle). See an American ad for The New Victoria belt and pad holder from probably this or an earlier time; is it the same product?
The thesis writer marked this as being from 1921; the publication is unknown.

Ms. Maeno gave no date or the name of the publication for this page, but it's probably early 20th century.

This seems to be a carrying case for the Victoria Band (sanitary napkin belt); no date or publication are given in English, but it's probably early 20th century.

This is a tin for the Victoria Band (menstrual pad belt) from 1918; no publication is mentioned in English.

Last page page 1, 2 - Modess belts in Personal Digest (1966) - drawing for a proposed German belt and pad, 1894 - ad for Hickory belts, 1920s?

© 1999 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org

What did American and European women use in the past for menstruation?

See a prototype of the first Kotex ad.

Ads for the Kotex stick tampon (U.S.A., 1970s) - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s.
Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)

Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Early Japanese ads for menstrual napkin belts, part 3 (part 1, 2)

In 1998 a Japanese college student, Tomoko Maeno, kindly sent a copy of her study of the history of Japanese menstrual products to this museum.

Below and on the following pages I reproduce several ads for menstrual hygiene from the early 20th century from her thesis.

Read a discussion.

last page
page 1, 2

Victoria Band (menstrual napkin belt; in circle). See an American ad for The New Victoria belt and pad holder from probably this or an earlier time; is it the same product?
The thesis writer marked this as being from 1921; the publication is unknown.

Ms. Maeno gave no date or the name of the publication for this page, but it's probably early 20th century.

This seems to be a carrying case for the Victoria Band (sanitary napkin belt); no date or publication are given in English, but it's probably early 20th century.

This is a tin for the Victoria Band (menstrual pad belt) from 1918; no publication is mentioned in English.

Last page page 1, 2 - Modess belts in Personal Digest (1966) - drawing for a proposed German belt and pad, 1894 - ad for Hickory belts, 1920s?

© 1999 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org

© 1999 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org

What did American and European women use in the past for menstruation?

See a prototype of the first Kotex ad.

Ads for the Kotex stick tampon (U.S.A., 1970s) - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s. Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)

Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Early Japanese ads for menstrual napkin belts, part 3 (part 1, 2)

In 1998 a Japanese college student, Tomoko Maeno, kindly sent a copy of her study of the history of Japanese menstrual products to this museum.

Below and on the following pages I reproduce several ads for menstrual hygiene from the early 20th century from her thesis.

Read a discussion.

last page page 1, 2

Victoria Band (menstrual napkin belt; in circle). See an American ad for The New Victoria belt and pad holder from probably this or an earlier time; is it the same product? The thesis writer marked this as being from 1921; the publication is unknown.

Ms. Maeno gave no date or the name of the publication for this page, but it's probably early 20th century.

This seems to be a carrying case for the Victoria Band (sanitary napkin belt); no date or publication are given in English, but it's probably early 20th century.

This is a tin for the Victoria Band (menstrual pad belt) from 1918; no publication is mentioned in English.

Last page page 1, 2 - Modess belts in Personal Digest (1966) - drawing for a proposed German belt and pad, 1894 - ad for Hickory belts, 1920s?

© 1999 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org

© 1999 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org

Ads for the Kotex stick tampon (U.S.A., 1970s) - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s.
Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)

last page
page 1, 2

Victoria Band (menstrual napkin belt; in circle). See an American ad for The New Victoria belt and pad holder from probably this or an earlier time; is it the same product?
The thesis writer marked this as being from 1921; the publication is unknown.