Phantom Kotex ad,
                            with ad for Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday,
                            a menarche booklet, 1932 - Kotex doesn't show!
                            3 ads for Kotex menstrual pads, 1927, 1932,
                            1955 (U.S.A.) - Kotex
                              doesn't show! #2:
                            June 1932
                          
                          Box and pads,
                            1930s? - wrapped
                              Kotex pad for West Disinfecting
                            Company dispenser (mid 1930s)
                          
                          Many belts, sanitary aprons &
                            underpants from the Butler,
                            Smyth and Savage
                              catalogs, early 20th century.
                          See 3 ads for
                            American belts, 1949 and 1955, and a booklet for girls
                            by Beltx.
                          
                          
                          Phantom Kotex ad,
                            with ad for Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday,
                            a menarche booklet, 1932 - Kotex doesn't show!
                            3 ads for Kotex menstrual pads, 1927, 1932,
                            1955 (U.S.A.)
                          Booklets
                            menstrual hygiene companies made for girls,
                            women and teachers - patent
                              medicine - a list
                            of books and articles about menstruation - videos
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                              
                              
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                                    Full-page, both sides ad for  
                                        The New Victoria menstrual pad
                                        holder & belt (late
                                      19th century?, Chicago Specialty
                                      Co., U.S.A.) 
                                      (sanitary napkin, pad,
                                      menstruation, belt, pad holder,
                                      menstrual, period, cycle)
                                    
                                    See how a woman wore a belt
                                      in a Dutch ad.
                                    I thank the donor for this
                                        and many other items donated to
                                        this museum!
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                                    Below:
                                      Small
                                        versions of the page, enlarged below &
                                      here.
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                                            Below:
                                              Back of the black &
                                              white page, which measures
                                              8 x 11 3/4" (20.3 x 29 .8
                                              cm). 
                                              Enlargement
                                                below.
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                                            Below:
                                              Back of the page. 
                                              Enlargement on first
                                                page.
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                                    Below:
                                      Back side.
                                    "Periodical
                                        appliance" reminds me of
                                      "facially"
                                      for "on the face of it" that I
                                      read recently  
                                      in a newspaper.
                                    "Want this city" and similar
                                      phrases mean the desire of agents
                                      - sales reps - to claim a certain
                                      territory.
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