Meds (U.S.A. and
elsewhere, box and tampon, 1967, Personal
Products Company) - pamphlet
introducing Meds to the world (1930s) - 1941 ad - Personal Digest
leaflets, which sometimes have information
about Meds (1966-67) - 1967 ad - undated
instructions here
and here. - Australian ad,
1950s
"Educational Portfolio
on Menstrual Hygiene" (1968)
U.S.A. Teacher's kit for Modess sanitary napkins,
menstrual tampons and panties
(mostly complete)
"A Teaching Guide for Menstrual Hygiene" (cover, 1962,
Personal Products Corp. [Modess], U.S.A.)
"A Teacher's Guide to
Feminine Hygiene" (cover, 1973,
Personal Products Corp. [Modess], U.S.A.)
"Your Image is Your
Fortune!,"
Modess sales-hints booklet for stores
similar to the one below, 1967 (U.S.A.)
Modess (Johnson & Johnson,
U.S.A.) 1927 Gilbreth
report to Johnson & Johnson about Modess
- newspaper ads 1927-28
- "Silent Purchase"
ad, June 1928 - ad, 1928
- "Modernizing Mother" ads: #1, February
1929 ("Mother . . .
don't be quaint"); #3 April 1929 ("Don't weaken, Mother");
#5, June 1929 ("Never
mind, Mother, you'll learn") - ad about concealing
pad, 1930 - ad
compared with Kotex ad, 1931 - ad, 1931 - wrapped Modess pad
for dispenser, 1930s? - Ad, U.K., 1936 - True or False? ad
in The American Girl magazine, January 1947
- Australian ad,
1957 - ad (1956)
with "Modess . . . . because" ad
incorporated into it - ad for "Growing Up
and Liking It" booklet (1963, Modess) -
actress Carol Lynley
in "How shall I tell my daughter?" booklet
ad (1955) - Modess . .
. . because ads (many dates) - French ad, 1970s?
- ad, French,
1972, photo by David Hamilton - Personal Digest
leaflets (6), 1966-67: describe Modess
products - How Modess
Sanitary Napkins Began: excerpts
from"A Company That Cares: One Hundred Year
Illustrated History of Johnson and Johnson"
MUCH MORE MODESS INFORMATION AND PRODUCTS
The first Tampax
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Meds menstrual
tampons, junior size
The Modess tampon
(1940s-50s?, Personal Products Corp.,
U.S.A.)
I thank
Procter & Gamble for
donating the box!
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Below:
The enclosed instructions
measure 4 3/4 x 10 1/4" (12 x 20.2
cm)
when unfurled from the four folded
panels.
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Below:
Right from the box the
bottom panel forms the
"cover" and the
upside-down panel above it
is the back.
DON'T
STAND ON YOUR HEAD TO
READ THE BACK PANEL!
I've enlarged and righted
it under
these pictures.
The cover shows foxing, yellow
aging.
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Below:
The other side of the
sheet. See enlargements
of the drawings
towards the
bottom of the page.
Age caused the yellowing.
The nursing consultant: Is
anyone named Olive
these days?
"Is
a tampon alone enough
protection?" See
more about Modess
pads.
"What
about bathing?"
The use of "can" rather
than the correct "may" led
to millions of jokes
about women being able to
swim after using tampons
even if they lacked that
ability before.
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Below:
The drawings enlarged.
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Meds
(U.S.A. and elsewhere, box and
tampon, 1967, Personal Products
Company) - pamphlet
introducing Meds to the world
(1930s) - 1941
ad - Personal
Digest leaflets, which
sometimes have information about
Meds (1966-67) - 1967 ad -
undated instructions here and
here. -
Australian
ad, 1950s
"Educational
Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene"
(1968) U.S.A. Teacher's kit for Modess sanitary
napkins, menstrual tampons
and panties (mostly complete)
"A Teaching Guide for Menstrual
Hygiene" (cover,
1962, Personal Products Corp.,
U.S.A.)
"A Teacher's
Guide to Feminine Hygiene" (cover,
1973, Personal Products Corp.,
U.S.A.)
"Your Image is
Your Fortune!," Modess
sales-hints booklet for stores
similar to the one below, 1967
(U.S.A.)
MUCH MORE MODESS INFORMATION AND
PRODUCTS
Early commercial
tampons - Rely tampon
- Meds
tampon (Modess)
The first Tampax
- Tampon
directory.
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