See how women wore a belt with a pad - Swedish ad showing pad with belt - belts sold in the U.S.A. in 1928 - Washable pad with belt - belt packaging, probably from before 1930 See packages of many belts. CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Formont menstrual napkin belt, U.S.A., 1951 Contents of package Read the discussion on the first page. See a German belt with washable pads from just before this time. Harry Finley created the images. The cellophane encloses a fold-out piece of cardboard (below) around which wind the pad holder and waist band to hold the pad holder. Right below you see the outside of the silk holder with the waist band underneath.    Below: The flip side of the cardboard insert.   Below: the vulva side of the holder into which slips the menstrual pad, held in place by the two bands and the sides and ends of the holder. The holder measures 11.75" x 2.75" (30 x 7.2 cm). The tab (bottom picture) is 6.5" (16.5 cm and 0.5" wide) from the end of the holder but can be adjusted; see why it should be.     END of Formont. See how women wore a belt with a pad - Swedish ad showing pad with belt - belts sold in the U.S.A. in 1928 - Washable pad with belt - See the roughly contemporary Cashay and Dale tampons, and very early Tampax and fax. Copyright 2006 Harry Finley