See the first
Kotex ad (scroll down the page a bit).
See also Australian douche ad
(ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche liquid
ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan
(1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital
wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol douche liquid
ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel douche liquid
ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol
menstrual pain pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol booklet
(selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream
ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital
spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt pain tablets,
1936 (Germany) - Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs
(Germany) - Zonite
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal
Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the
odor page
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Kotex menstrual pad ads, U.S.A., 1928 &
1930
Mentioning Cellucotton in newspapers
Many Kotex ads mentioned Cellucotton,
the absorbent material that Kotex
developed during the First World
War. See two newspaper examples
below.
No laundry was one reason
women used disposable pads.
Read Kotex's explanation
of how nurses in a sense created
Kotex.
I thank the industrious retired
teacher and genealogist for
sending these scans and many other
contributions!
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Below:
from Decatur [Illinois] Review,
March 22, 1928
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Below:
from Sheboygan [Wisconsin] Press,
May 20, 1930
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