See a Swedish tampon dispenser for YOUR home! More about Pursettes: Pursettes tampon tote. See the Pursettes booket for teenagers (late 1950s?) Similar to Dale (1930s-40s) tampons in their lubricated tips Lubricated applicator version (1960-70s?) - Tampon, box, carrier - 3 newspaper ads, 1959 - Tampax inter-office memo about Pursettes ad costs (30 Jan. 1964) - Box of 40 (1960s?) - Ads: 1959, Jan. '64, Feb. '64, 1965, 1972 (testimonial), Feb. 1974, also Feb. 1974, Oct. 1974, undated (1970s?) - Ad offering educational material All tampon directory for this site Pad directory for this site Ads for teenagers directory CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Plastic box filled with 60 Pursettes tampons (no applicator, 1960s-70s?) (Campana Corp., Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A.) history, tampon, women, menstruation, lubrication Introduction Similar to Dale (1930s-40s) tampons in their lubricated tips lubricated applicator version (1960-70s?) - tampon, box, carrier - 3 newspaper ads, 1959 - Tampax inter-office memo about Pursettes ad costs (30 Jan. 1964) - Box of 40 (1960s?) - ads: 1959, Jan. '64, Feb. '64, 1965, 1972 (testimonial), Feb. 1974, also Feb. 1974, Oct. 1974, undated (1970s?) - ad offering educational material I thank Tambrands, the former company that made Tampax, for this donation from its archives. Below: The instructions as folded & plopped into the box.   Below: Front side of the instructions. See what happens to the lubricated Dale tampon when dipped in water. The piece of paper measures 5 x 8" (12.7 x 20.2 cm). See a different version of the tampon tote (carrier) at the bottom of theese instructions.   NEXT: Box tampon instructions (back) Lubricated applicator version (1960-70s?) - Box of 40 (1960s?) - lubricated Dale (1930s-40s) tampons - See the Pursettes booket for teenagers (late 1950s?) - Pursettes tampon tote. All tampon directory for this site - See a Swedish tampon dispenser for YOUR home! © 2011 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org