Kotex around 1966: 19591969, 1974
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Kotex box and menstrual pad, 1966 (U.S.A.)

Directions

Introduction.
See the pad, box.

I thank the donor!

Below: The glossy sheet of page, printed on both sides,
makes two pages when folded in half, which was again folded when found in the box.
The sheet as shown measures
7 1/2 x 6" (19 x 15.2 cm).
"Dainty" was a favorite word in American menstrual products advertising,
maybe to offset the revulsion many women felt toward their periods.

Below: "Kimlon," in the bottom of the right-hand column, won a trademark at the end of the 1950s.


END. See the pad, box.
Other Kotex pads around 1966: 19591969, 1974

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