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
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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Below:
The front of the holder.
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Below:
The back of the holder.
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Below:
The top part of the front section
(left, above) & what looks to
me like hearts
as flowers (the larger designs)
and maybe other flowers.
Lessee, hearts
pump blood that "flowers" -
flows as in the
derivation from the French word
(more).
Flowers
play a big symbolic role (maybe
unconsciuosly) in menstrual
products advertising.
The Kotex staff was very scholarly
when it wasn't having fun.
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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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