Kotex New Freedom
towel & pantie ad (date? publication?
U.K.)
Modess "Panti-kini"
(two-band holder to hold pad in crotch;
1960s-1970s, U.S.A.)
Kotex "Panti"
(clasp and band to hold pad in crotch;
1970s?, U.S.A.)
German underpants
(Unterhosen) made from American sugar sack
twine (1945/46)
Various underpants
and panties (and sanitary napkin
belts), 1946-47 (page from Sears, Roebuck
and Co. catalog, U.S.A.)
COMFO-GARD
"pantie" (ad, 1950s?, Malen Mfg. Co.,
U.S.A.)
German brief
panty (German: Slip, Unterhosen) for
menstruation (about 1960)
Various panties,
1960s (part of Personal Digest, Modess,
U.S.A.)
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Kotex
bikini napkin holder
1960s-1970s?,
Kimberly-Clark, U.S.A
sanitary
napkin, tampon,
pad, belts,
menstruation, women's health, ads
for teenagers,
menstrual period, cycle, panty,
hygiene, bikini
You'll be looking at one of 17
trillion ways to hold a pad in
place - oh, I'm exaggerating!
I wonder if selling a new pad
holder is similar to printing NEW! on
boxes of pads and tampons (and
everything else) when the only
thing that's new is the box style.
NEW! catches attention.
But this bikini does have a neat way of
attaching a pad. I show
you how it works.
The box bears no date but
because ZIP codes first appeared
in 1963 it has to be that date or
later. The hairdo - today it's a hairDON'T
- places it in that period, er,
era.
See a 1912 British bikini
before bikinis were bikinis (but
after the Roman ones); scroll to
the bottom of the linked page.
And see early panties
specifically designed for
menstruaion: "Sanitary
Bloomers," 1922 (ad from
Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog,
U.S.A.).
See more panties in the
column at left and below.
I thank the generous donor,
who has contributed many items
since the start of MUM, in 1994!
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The box measures 4 3/8 x 6 1/2 x
1/2" (11 x 16 1/2 x 1.25 cm); the
top tab is 1" (2.54 cm) high.
Kotex used the same fancy
lady for another probably
contemporary panty - er, panti.
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Below:
You'll see later that at least one
of these claims is false.
Gee, I'm a half century too late
in warning women!
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Below:
The bikini wraps
around
this white card in the box.
I unthinkingly took it off in
order to photograph before I could
show you. I was too eager to -
well, you'll see later.
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Below:
The illustrations, enlarged.
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German underpants
(Unterhosen) made from American
sugar sack twine (1945/46)
Various underpants
and panties (and sanitary
napkin belts), 1946-47 (page from
Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog,
U.S.A.)
COMFO-GARD
"pantie" (ad, 1950s?, Malen Mfg.
Co., U.S.A.)
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