See Kotex's first successful tampon,
Fibs; early Kotex
tampon attempts;
and an early Tampax.
Tampon
oddities: Sa-tips
(U.S.A.. 1930s-1940s?) Sanpax (the "x" is
overprinted with a "D" on the box) (Israel?
Switzerland? 1970) The instructions are
completely in Hebrew except for one word,
sanpax. Secret
(U.S.A., 1930s-1940s)
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EZO menstrual tampons
(1930s?, U.S.A.)
Procter & Gamble kindly
donated the box and contents as
part of a gift of scores of
menstrual products.
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Below:
The single tampon in the box came
wrapped with damaged - and fragile
- although tightly wound paper.
As with the early Tampax
it looks hand wrapped, another
indicator of age.
The outer images on the second
line show the ends.
All photos @2008 Harry Finley
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Below:
The mostly unwrapped 'pon showing
the already damaged paper, which
shows no oxidation that I could
detect.
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NEXT: The
tampon without wrapper | box | leaflet |
tampon wrapped
Tampon
oddities: Sa-tips
(U.S.A.. 1930s-1940s?). Sanpax (the
"x" is overprinted with a "D" on
the box) (Israel? Switzerland?
1970) The instructions are
completely in Hebrew except for
one word, sanpax. Secret
(U.S.A., 1930s-1940s)
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