See early tampoms Dale, Wix
and B-ettes and a bunch
of other earlier ones.
See San-Nap-Pak sanitary napkin ads from 1932
and 1945 and Ads for teenagers.
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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Cashay tampons (1930s-1940s?, U.S.A.)
Tampons
Procter & Gamble kindly donated the box and contents as part
of a gift of scores of menstrual products.
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Each of the three tampons comes wrapped in cellophane, above.
The wrapped tampon measures about 1.5" x 1.25" x 0.875" (thick).
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Detail from tampon, below, showing the loose cotton easily
pulled from the tampon.
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The unwrapped tampon is slightly larger than when in the
wrapped, compressed state. The free string measures 5.5" long.
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After noticing that the tampon was two squares of cotton,
one on top of the other, I tried to pull them apart, but look what's holding
them together! Several pieces of gauze between them anchor the string and
form part of the boundary between the squares. Read the company's explanation
for this (in the instructions).
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See the Cashay instructions and box.
See early tampoms Dale, Wix and B-ettes
and a bunch of other earlier ones.
See San-Nap-Pak sanitary napkin ads from
1932 and 1945 and Ads for teenagers. See the roughly contemporary Dale tampon, and very early Tampax
and fax.
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