Meds (U.S.A. and elsewhere, box and tampon,
1967, Personal Products Company) - pamphlet introducing
Meds to the world (1930s) - 1941 ad - Personal Digest leaflets, which sometimes have information
about Meds (1966-67) - 1967 ad - undated instructions
here and here. - Australian ad, 1950s
"Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene"
(1968) U.S.A. Teacher's
kit for Modess sanitary napkins, menstrual tampons and panties
(mostly complete)
"A Teaching Guide for Menstrual Hygiene" (cover,
1962, Personal Products Corp. [Modess], U.S.A.)
"A Teacher's Guide to Feminine Hygiene"
(cover, 1973, Personal Products Corp. [Modess], U.S.A.)
"Your Image is Your
Fortune!," Modess sales-hints booklet for
stores similar to the one below, 1967 (U.S.A.)
Modess (Johnson & Johnson, U.S.A.) 1927 Gilbreth
report to Johnson & Johnson about Modess - newspaper ads 1927-28
- "Silent Purchase" ad, June 1928 -
ad, 1928 - "Modernizing Mother" ads:
#1, February 1929 ("Mother . . . don't be quaint");
#3 April 1929 ("Don't weaken, Mother");
#5, June 1929 ("Never mind, Mother, you'll learn")
- ad about concealing pad, 1930 - ad
compared with Kotex ad, 1931 - ad, 1931 - wrapped Modess pad for dispenser, 1930s? - Ad, U.K., 1936 - True or False?
ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947 - Australian
ad, 1957 - ad (1956) with "Modess . . . .
because" ad incorporated into it - ad for
"Growing Up and Liking It" booklet (1963, Modess) - actress Carol Lynley in "How shall I tell my daughter?"
booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads
(many dates) - French ad, 1970s? - ad, French, 1972, photo by David Hamilton - Personal Digest leaflets (6), 1966-67: describe Modess
products - How Modess Sanitary Napkins Began:
excerpts from"A Company That Cares: One Hundred Year Illustrated History
of Johnson and Johnson"
MUCH MORE MODESS INFORMATION AND PRODUCTS
The first Tampax
 
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Meds menstrual tampons, junior size
The Modess tampon
(1940s-50s?, Personal Products Corp., U.S.A.)
Meds endured more than one incarnation and ultimately failed (example). From the typography and text it seems to me
that this version stemmed from the 1940s-1950s.
Tampax was maybe the first to introduce "junior"
tampons by this name.
I thank Procter & Gamble for donating the
box!
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Below: The battered
cardboard box (it arrived that way) measures 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 1"
(13.5 x 7 x 2.54 cm).
What?! When I saw "IC495," which came on the box from
Procter & Gamble, I first
thought of "Index Catalog" of Dreyer's
"New General Catalog of Nebulæ and
Clusters of Stars" (1895). IC495 referred to a "very faint,
very small" object M. Javelle
spotted with the "great equatorial [telescope] of 30 inches aperture
at the Nice [France] Observatory" in the
constellation Camelopardalis (at least today - I think).
Silly me. As a kid I was an astronomy geek.
I have no idea what this IC495 means.
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Below: Indulge me for a second as I show
you IC495 (red arrow)
from the copy of Dreyer's catalog I sent away for as a 14-year-old when
I lived in Okinawa, Japan, with my family.
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Below: The front of my now battered tome.
When you see pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope in the news you'll
often see things like NGC788. NGC
means New General Catalog, this very book!
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OK, back to menstruation.
Below: Back of the box.
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Below: The side are identical.
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Below: The ends are identical.
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Meds (U.S.A. and elsewhere, box and tampon,
1967, Personal Products Company) - pamphlet introducing
Meds to the world (1930s) - 1941 ad - Personal Digest leaflets, which sometimes have information
about Meds (1966-67) - 1967 ad - undated instructions
here and here. - Australian ad, 1950s
"Educational Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene"
(1968) U.S.A. Teacher's
kit for Modess sanitary napkins, menstrual tampons and panties
(mostly complete)
"A Teaching Guide for Menstrual Hygiene" (cover,
1962, Personal Products Corp., U.S.A.)
"A Teacher's Guide to Feminine Hygiene"
(cover, 1973, Personal Products Corp.,
U.S.A.)
"Your Image is Your
Fortune!," Modess sales-hints booklet for
stores similar to the one below, 1967 (U.S.A.)
MUCH MORE MODESS INFORMATION
AND PRODUCTS
Early commercial tampons - Rely
tampon - Meds tampon (Modess)
The first Tampax - Tampon
directory.
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