More about
Pursettes:
See the Pursettes booket for teenagers (late
1950s?).
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Plastic box filled with 60
Pursettes tampons (no applicator,
1960s-70s?)
(Campana Corp., Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A.)
history, tampon, women, menstruation,
lubrication
I thank
Tambrands, the former company
that made Tampax, for this
donation from its archives.
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Below:
The 'pons huddle
together
like penguins, fearing
for their fate! Well, after 50+
years they don't have much to
worry about.
But the missing ones . . .
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The tiny letters at the bottom
of the lid say "MADE IN U.S.A. \
U.S. PAT. 2,570,341,"
which is for the hinges.
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Below:
Pull the blue cellophane wrapper
as the arrow
indicates (I added it) and . . .
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Below:
. . . the 'pon pops out, sort of.
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Below:
The string is tucked almost into
the end. Yellow
lubricant covers
the tip at left. It's still
slippery when wet! But, again, not everyone
was happy
with the lubrication.
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Below:
How the strings intertwine,
covered by U.S. patent 2,553,000.
Aren't you
glad I've looked up the patents
for you? Are you awake?
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