See the same tampon but as sold in the Netherlands as Ortex
Gold and in Japan under another name, Anshin.
 
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Cameo origami menstrual tampon (Japan,
1971) (the same as Ortex in the Netherlands
and later, Anshin in Japan)
Instructions and an ad for Cameo in English
Ponder the main Cameo discussion.
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 second Tampax company, 1936, plus hundreds of other items. And thanks
to a Dutch contributor for pointing out the British connection and sending
proof in the form of scans.
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The instructions are a single sheet of paper, 8 1/2 x 3 1/4" printed
on both sides and folded once. Sections two and three, below, form the interior
of the folder. Compare this sheet to the Anshin instructions.
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A Dutchman who has contributed many items to the museum kindly sent
the scan of the Cameo ad below, which comes from the Woman's Mirror
(May 22, 1965). Note the hexagonal tampons. I enlarged the last lines, at
bottom.
The woman in the cameo has a hairdo different from the Japanese logo.
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END. See the Anshin
and Ortex Gold tampons, identical to these but in
different packaging for different countries.
Japanese tampon with finger cots - Shampon Young Japanese
stick tampons - ad for Elldy tampon with
applicator (October 1996) - Kotex stick tampon
(U.S.A.) - ad for the Kotex stick tampon (1970s)
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Tampon directory
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