See the roughly contemporary Cashay tampon, box,
instructions. (Procter & Gamble
donation, 2001), and
Dale (U.S.A.,
1930s?-1940s?) Tampons, box, instructions.
(Procter & Gamble donation, 2001)
And, of course, the first Tampax AND -
special for you! - the American fax
tampon, from the early 1930s, which also
came in bags.
See a Modess True
or False? ad in The American Girl
magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in
"How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad
(1955) - Modess . . .
. because ads (many dates).
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The Museum of Menstruation and
Women's Health
Meds menstrual tampon (Personal
Products Corporation, 1967), with
1967 ad
The American tampon Meds started
in the 1930s and disappeared in
the 1970s, the vanishing
reflecting the general decline of
its sister brand, Modess pads,
once the main competitor of Kotex
sanitary napkins and tampons.
The Meds below had a plastic
sheath (the large object enclosing
the tampon, middle picture right
below) with a smaller cardboard
tube holding most of the string
(same picture).
See an ad
from 1941 and two undated
instructions here
and here.
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Tampon, applicator,
paper covering
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Front of box
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Back of box
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The ad is from
McCall's (U.S.A.),
August 1967, the same
date as the tampons and
box.
Tambrands,
before Procter &
Gamble took it over,
dated and donated this
box to MUM, as well as
several other boxes of
Meds from France,
Holland and Spain, as
part of a
gift of 450 boxes
of tampons and hundreds
of other items from its
archives. This
museum is very
grateful.
copyright 2006 Harry
Finley
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