See early tampons Dale, Wix and B-ettes and a bunch of other earlier ones.See a Modess pad ad from 1928 - Compare the American "Modess . . . . because" ads, the French Modess, and the German "Freedom" (Kimberly-Clark) for teens.See a San-Nap-Pak ad from 1945 in American Girl, the Girl Scout magazine, and a box of San-Nap-Pak tamponsSee 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).DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.)CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation
and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
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Lil-lets menstrual tampons (South Africa, 1978)
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Women can buy Lil-lets in many countries, just like Tampax. But it has no insertion device, just like the first commercial tampons (Wix, for example), and many later ones (Tampax 's claim to fame is the invention of the applicator).In 1997 Tambrands gave the box to this museum as part of an amazing gift of 450 boxes of tampons dating to the founding of the Tampax company, 1936, plus hundreds of other items.See the instructions.
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The other side of the box duplicates this side, except that the English word "tampons" replaces the Afrikaans "tamponne."Manufacturers have long linked flowers with their menstrual
products (for example, here), probably to make
them seem "dainty" and "feminine," in the sense of being
delicate, good-smelling, etc., in other words qualities few people associate
with menstruating. Compare that to the colors and beautiful clouds, etc.,
often seen printed on toilet-paper wrapping, especially in America.
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The diameter of the tampon is 0.5", about 1.25 cm. |
