Kotex's second stick tampons (U.S.A.) & its ads, 1960s to 1970s - Comfortube tampons (1967), box, tampons - the very early Kotex Moderne Woman, fax, Nunap, & Fibs, all 1930s. "Remember how simple life used to be?" ads for the second stick tampon. - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s. Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess) The first Tampax Tampon directory. HOMEPAGE CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: HOMEPAGE | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | Email the museum | Privacy on this site | Who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation) | Artists (non-menstrual) | Asbestos | Belts | Bidets | Birth control and religion | Birth control drugs, old | Birth control douche & sponges | Founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) | Cats | Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | Contraception and religion | Contraceptive drugs, old | Contraceptive douche & sponges | Costumes | Menstrual cups | Cup usage | Dispensers | Douches, pain, sprays | Essay directory | Examination, gynecological (pelvic) (short history) | Extraction | Facts-of-life booklets for girls | Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | Feminine napkin, towel, pad directory | 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, towel, napkin directory | Patent medicine | Poetry directory | Products, some current | Puberty booklets for girls and parents| Religion | Religión y menstruación | Your remedies for menstrual discomfort | Menstrual products safety | Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | Science | Shame | Slapping, menstrual | Sponges | Synchrony | Tampon directory | Early tampons | Teen ads directory | Tour of the former museum (video) | Towel, pad, sanitary napkin directory | 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 | Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site. Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH Kotams first Kotex stick menstrual tampons (Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Kotex menstrual pads, panties, belts, educational booklets), 1960-65, U.S.A. Tampon First page. Kotex's second stick tampons (U.S.A.) & its ads, 1960s to 1970s - Comfortube tampons (1967), box, tampons - the very early Kotex Moderne Woman, fax, Nunap, & Fibs, all 1930s. "Remember how simple life used to be?" ads for the second stick tampon. - a Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s. Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess) The first Tampax Tampon directory. I thank the former Tambrands for donating the box! Below: The wrapped 'pon right out of the box. Below: The 'pon right out of the wrapper. The plug (cotton part) measures about 1 3/4 x 7/16" (4.5 x 1 cm). The exposed stick is 3" long (7.6 cm), the string about 4 1/2" (11.5 cm). Below: The 'pon preparing for firing! The arrow points to the rather complicated string setup. The long end goes through the loop. Compare with a slightly later Tampax.     NEXT | box - instructions Kotex's second stick tampons (U.S.A.) & its ads, 1960s to 1970s - Comfortube tampons (1967), box, tampons - the very early Kotex Moderne Woman, fax, Nunap, & Fibs, all 1930s. "Remember how simple life used to be?" ads for the second stick tampon. - Japanese stick tampon from the 1970s. Early commercial tampons - Rely tampon - Meds tampon (Modess) The first Tampax - Tampon directory. © 2009 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org\