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: Unwrapped, the tampon measures 4.5"
(11.4 cm) long. Each cardboard tube is 3" (7.5 cm) long.
The diameter of the larger (outer) tube is 5/8" (about 1.5 cm), the
inner one slightly smaller.
All photos @2008 Harry Finley
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Below: The string measures 4.25" (about
10.7 cm), the cotton plug 1.5 x 0.75" (about 3.8 x 1.8 cm). The bottom
picture shows brown marks
on the right end. As you can see, the string enters the plug at one side
of the end, not in the center.
The plug was difficult to remove, I hope as
a result of age; I'd hate to have been stuck with a tampon that wouldn't
come out. But then
an early Tampax had the same problem.
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End | box | leaflet | tampon
wrapped, unwrapped
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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