Japanese tampon with finger cots
See a real American douche set from the 1920s.
See also Australian
douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca douche powder (U.S.A.)
(date ?) - Kotique douche liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.)
- Liasan (1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany)
- Liasan (2) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany)
- Lysol douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol menstrual
pain pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol booklet (selections),
1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad, 1926 (U.S.A.)
- Myzone menstrual pain pill, 1952 (Australia)
- Pristeen genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) -
Spalt pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Sterizol douche liquid ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite
douche ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
Vaginal hygiene in The
Intimate Side of a Woman's Life, by Leona W. Chalmers (1937, Pioneer
Publications, Inc., Radio City, New York), with photo of American bulb syringe
from the 1960s or 1970s.
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TamPak menstrual tampons, no applicator, Turkey, 1973
Box
This box from Turkey seems intended to imitate Tampax, starting with
the color. (Look at the Tampax box, below.) Someone, probably from Tambrands,
wrote on the white label. Do you see the line under
the letter K, pointing out the difference between the real and fake Tampax?
I'd bet the Tampax lawyers saw it too.
But the big difference is what's inside: tampons with no applicators!
Tampax famously made the first tampon with an applicator (see the patent and early history
plus a very early Tampax). But the super-size
TamPak does have an applicator.
I think the capitalization of the letter P, plus the K for the X, were
intended to fend off lawsuits, at the same time leading the buyer astray.
The typeface of the name reminds me of German
typefaces of the 1920s through the Nazi era. The Germans
had helped Turkey romanize its Arabic writing after World War I;
this might be an effect of that.
Nowhere do you find patent information - if there is any.
The box measures 4.625" x 2" x 0.625" (11 x 5.2 x 1.6
cm).
Tambrands kindly donated the box as part of a large
gift from its archives.
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